Parade part II, peace vigil

Mapped the parade route yesterday - from Southmorland park to the Plaza, all around and about on the Plaza and down to O'Dowds Little Dublin. It's a pretty good hike all the way round. The way back seems longer, but that may just be after drinking (we had to do that part too, for verisimilitude). The route is good - we'll visit Dionysus, Neptune, Pomona, mermaids, penguins, and fauns, and, as a late entry, Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin once wrote "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy," which we figured was enough to earn him a stop on the parade route, especially since his statue is relatively near the pub.
O'Dowds (ordained by Eris as our destination - it's #23 on the Plaza map) turns out to be a fine sort of establishment all around. They have Strongbow cider on tap, which I thought was very exciting, since I have a hard time finding it in cans anywhere even. They also have very good irish stew.
So that all went well - we got confused and wandered around for a little bit looking for some of the fountains, but that was fun, too. We've got a map now though. We noticed that the "Boy with a Frog" fountain is missing its frog. This should be corrected. It's on the to-do list.
I'm going back up the the plaza for the peace vigil tonight. Maybe I'll be extra smart and remember to bring my camera. I haven't had the camera long and keep forgetting that I do, in fact, have one. So I haven't used it yet, but I'm trying to do better.

Parade part II, peace vigil

Mapped the parade route yesterday - from Southmorland park to the Plaza, all around and about on the Plaza and down to O'Dowds Little Dublin. It's a pretty good hike all the way round. The way back seems longer, but that may just be after drinking (we had to do that part too, for verisimilitude). The route is good - we'll visit Dionysus, Neptune, Pomona, mermaids, penguins, and fauns, and, as a late entry, Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin once wrote "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy," which we figured was enough to earn him a stop on the parade route, especially since his statue is relatively near the pub.
O'Dowds (ordained by Eris as our destination - it's #23 on the Plaza map) turns out to be a fine sort of establishment all around. They have Strongbow cider on tap, which I thought was very exciting, since I have a hard time finding it in cans anywhere even. They also have very good irish stew.
So that all went well - we got confused and wandered around for a little bit looking for some of the fountains, but that was fun, too. We've got a map now though. We noticed that the "Boy with a Frog" fountain is missing its frog. This should be corrected. It's on the to-do list.
I'm going back up the the plaza for the peace vigil tonight. Maybe I'll be extra smart and remember to bring my camera. I haven't had the camera long and keep forgetting that I do, in fact, have one. So I haven't used it yet, but I'm trying to do better.