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Colorado Boulevard becomes a large all-night party as people cheer midnight, eat junk food, try to stay warm and jockey for the best free view of the parade.
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Television viewers (at least 3 billion of you) see only the fantastical floats, the bright sunshine, the exotic flowers, the picturesque mountains, the beautiful girls - and then you decide to move here. (Please move here - it keeps our real estate values and smog levels up.)
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What no one shows you (except Mixed Meters) is the garbage left behind on Colorado Boulevard after the crowds leave and before the estimable City of Pasadena Street Maintenance & Integrated Waste Management Division moves in. Tomorrow morning it'll look like nothing ever happened. How do they do it?
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![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - trash.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - trash.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/468503/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20trash.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - Ugly Betty.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - Ugly Betty.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/457641/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20Ugly%20Betty.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - corn tortillas used as frisbees.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - corn tortillas used as frisbees.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/124965/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20corn%20totillas%20used%20as%20frisbees.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - pillow.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - pillow.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/685849/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20pillow.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - doused fire.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - doused fire.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/275375/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20doused%20fire.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - Dead Flower.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - Dead Flower.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/772245/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20Dead%20Flower.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - keeping warm.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - keeping warm.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/725198/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20keeping%20warm.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - confetti.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - confetti.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/102433/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20confetti.jpg)
![Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - cheetos and Happy New Years Hat.jpg Rose Parade 2007 Garbage - cheetos and Happy New Years Hat.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/460866/Rose%20Parade%202007%20Garbage%20-%20cheetos%20and%20HappyNew%20Years%20Hat.jpg)
Click on any of the pictures for an easier-to-see size.
The previous Mixed Meters Rose-Parade-Related Post is HERE.
Rose Tags: Rose Parade. . . Pasadena California. . . New Years Celebration. . . Tournament of Roses. . . California Real Estate Values. . . California Smog. . . Ugly Betty. . . trash. . . confetti. . . Colorado Boulevard. . . garbage. . . Cheetos. . .Sun Worship. . .Left Behind. . .corn tortillas. . .Mixed Meters
1 comment :
What delightfully compelling photography! Yay team!
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