Fourth of July

I spent my Fourth of July weekend on the Cape. The Fourth of July parade in Chatham, above and below.

On the evening of the fourth, I traveled back to Boston by bus. I saw many fireworks while on the bus, and also made it back to Boston in time to see the Boston fireworks over the Charles with Amaro! We had no plan, but just drove straight from South Station where I got off the bus towards the river. We ended up finding easy parking and just walked towards the crowds. Although we were not close to where the pops were playing, we were out with the crowd and I was able to see the Boston fireworks for the first time! They had such interesting colors!

color me with feathers

Here are a few pictures I took last weekend while in D.C. Amaro and I had a wonderful time in this city which always seems so alive to me...yes, it was hot and muggy, but I loved it!

The Saturday we were there there was a parade / festival celebrating Caribbean / Latino / African American culture (basically, everything goes. unless you are white or asian). We went to the parade with Peter, Angela, Rory, and Alex. It reminded me of what I imagine carnival in Brazil might be like (I'd love to go someday!) although I'm sure carnival is on a larger scale. In any case, I loved the bare-all exuberance of it all, even if I stood out like a sore thumb.

I feel like it must be easier to just dance and wear only feathers when it is hot out...imagine a festival where everyone wears furs and does the polar bear boogie woogie!