Yesterday was the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown Pittsburgh. I have always enjoyed the parade, since I started going when I was little. This year though, it seemed so much different. Instead of the bagpipers and dancers, throwing beads and candy, it was more a political parade, with politicians throwing beads and candy, along with stickers and signs promoting themselves, or Obama or Clinton. It just wasn't as special. Here is Hillary in the parade.
It's nice not to worry about parking or anything, just being able to walk a few blocks and be at the parade. Then there are the massive parties, in market square and station square, and I am sure there are things on the South Side and Oakland too. It is always a good time, even with all the crazy drunks everywhere. It's so packed though, and impossible to move around, but a Pittsburgh tradition, especially with the green beer. Specifically to this year, even in market square, people carried around Obama signs, or Clinton signs, and the worst thing is when drunks get in a fight. There was this one guy, stumbling past me that kept going on and on about Obama. It's Saint Patrick's Day! The last thing I want to talk about is politics, thank you.
I hope next year upholds the fun traditions, and that politics were only so prevalent because it is an election year, and not involved as much next year.
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