Last Tuesday, the 23rd, I joined all of my neighbors from Northeast Minneapolis (and surrounding suburbs) on Central Avenue to watch the annual Celebrate Northeast Parade.

Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?

It’s the little things.

Shucks! We missed Tater Daze in Brooklyn Park! Maybe next year…

Miss Hotdish is a royalty title that all Minnesotans could envy, don’tcha know?

What do rugby and hard cider have in common?

We saw 4 different groups of Shriners. These were not the cool ones.

Nerdy and uncomfortable-looking…

… but talented!

I’ve seen this guy’s friends before…

CARdinal… Get it?

I’m still giggling at my previous caption, just so you know.

I think know I need a Northeast Minneapolis flag.

These were some pretty cool kids. But the coolest is that kid with the pseudo eye patch—one of the lenses is missing from his sunglasses.

Instead of the parade ending with horses, it ended with clowns. Weird.

This gnome’s for Karyn.