Besides the Wednesday before Thanksgiving being the biggest bar night of the year, it’s also the night when the parade people put all the floats on Woodward Avenue for the next morning’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit.
So after going to the bar, my momma picked my friend Nora and I up (yep, that’s right, drink responsibly!) and my aunt and cousin were in the car and we all drove to downtown Detroit. My friend and I were yabbing the entire way there, I remember that. We tried to convince my cousin that Michigan State University is a wayyy better option than Central Michigan (um, obviously?) and I remember all our reasons were ridiculous (I’m pretty sure I brought up Puffin’s Bakery and Urban Outfitters).
Anyway, we finally got there and just like last year, all the floats were just sitting there, all lined up in a row. Last year there were some police officers trolling around as security and this time there were a few trucks nearby keeping watch, making sure nobody did anything stupid to wreck the floats before their big day.
My friend Nora got yelled at for doing this:
“GET OFF THE FLOAT!” A strange voice yelled. So then she decided to play nice:
My mom played with Curious George:
And look, a panda driving a seal!
And of course, the reindeer practicing for their run around the world on Christmas Day. Nora wanted to climb on top of them (who am I kidding, so did I) and while it did look partially feasible, it also partially looked like a near-death experience as well.
It might have been awesome if there was no one around, but we had already been yelled at once by a truck man so it was probably a good idea we didn’t try something stupid again.
Anyway, it was fun and it was freezing. I think we might have fallen asleep in the car on the way home.
One final point. Has anyone ever been to The Whitney? I remember people talking about it a lot during homecoming season in high school, but I completely forgot about it until we found ourselves in front while walking along the floats. There was a party going on and I was getting curiouser and curiouser as the people standing outside stared at us, probably wondering what we were doing. The place is cool from the outside, at least:
Yeah, Detroit.
6 responses so far ↓
Em-Bem // December 1, 2009 at 9:18 am |
There is nothing wrong with Central my dear.
MSU doesn’t have TACO BOY, Central does. That’s a BIG selling point. Mmmmm.
cmitten // December 1, 2009 at 10:26 am |
Haha, I know there’s nothing wrong with Central, it’s actually a good school. I just have Spartan pride, that’s all. And No they do NOT have a Taco Boy! That sounds fun!
Michelle // December 1, 2009 at 9:19 am |
Did you know that ‘biggest bar night of the year’ is a Michigan thing? Apparently people in like DC and Virginia do not know what it is!
cmitten // December 1, 2009 at 10:26 am |
Really? I had no idea!
Michelle // December 1, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Yea I just found that out this week!
Mike // December 5, 2009 at 11:04 am |
I can verify, as someone who lives in like DC and Virginia, that I do not know what the ‘biggest bar night of the year’ is. And here’s yer irony for the day: I was born in MI! No joke!
(‘course, it could just be that I’m a homebody. ;-p)