Pasadena Doo Dah parade

Today we went to the 36th annual Pasadena Doo Dah Parade...a spoof of the oh-so-famous Rose Parade that graces the exact same street each year. 

The parade organizer came to speak at one of my classes last year, and my interest was piqued immediately. I knew I had to go check out the parade where the wackier, the better. There apparently are no rules...only that you be very ridiculous and random.  

And instead of throwing candy like at normal parades, people threw tortillas. 

It's kinda like Halloween for hippies....or maybe what's it's like to use hallucinogenic drugs. 

Anyway, it was awesomely weird:

some cute spectators of the weirdness

these guys were grilling hot dogs to deliver to the crowd, while this scantily clad skateboarder zoomed around happily with his hula hoop. 

There was a whole band of middle aged men with kids toys they had hooked up to amps. Probably my favorite. 

i also loved the guys zooming around in little cupcake cars