| December 15, 2008 | Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade 2008 |
 Chris and I rode our bikes over to the canals to see the holiday boat parade. (Along with the Marina del Rey boat parade, it's one of the annual Westside traditions.) We locked our bikes on Washington, and we saw this gal carrying a large cardboard train and rushing down toward the canals. "Is that where it starts?" she asked us, pointing to a bunch of people underneath one of the bridges. We told her that we thought it was, and she rushed along the pathway. We followed her, and when she arrived a whole floating vessel of 20 or so people began cheering.  They were the "Island of Misfit Toys," and they needed their choo-choo train, and she was the train. She put the cardboard train around her body and hopped aboard.Other memorable boats: *'Jaws' boat, complete with (remote control?) shark that followed them around *S.S. Minnow with the entire cast of Gilligan's Island aboard. It really looked like it was sinking. Also, check out this set that Chris took with his digital Leica -- they're way more beautiful! Labels: holidays, la, losangeles, venice posted by Jess Barron @ 10:40 AM 
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