For Grandma Warbel

This is a post for Grandma June. There's no Colin in this one. Colinfans might want to skip it. :-)

Every year we go down to where Mollie and her boyfriend Paul live for the 4th of July. It is a neighborhood in Cincinnati called Northside. The houses in Northside were mostly built post-civil war up to the turn of the 20th century. It's a neighborhood that's rich in heritage. In fact, it's one of downtown Cincinnati's very first suburbs; long before cars were dominant.

Anyway - the Northside 4th of July parade has become a Cincinnati institution. Cincy being a reactionary right-wing enclave, the Northside 4th of July parade is the one place where Cincinnati is willing to let her freak flag fly a little bit.

In other words - it's an absolute blast and something not to be missed. Colin's been several times - and he always has a gas. One of the staples of the Northside parade is the Lawnchair Ladies. It's a precision drill team comprised of ladies and their lawnchairs.

We mentioned the Lawnchair Ladies to June this year and she'd asked to see some of the Ladies in action. A day late and a dollar short, here's some video that Paul shot of this year's performance, by request for June:

Here's some older video of the brigade in action on a somewhat dryer 4th:

And that's a little flavor of Cincinnati letting her hair down. Hope you enjoyed it.

If you find yourself in Cincy on the 4th, ask 'em to take you to Northside - it's the only place to be!