Last Tuesday, the 23rd, I joined all of my neighbors from Northeast Minneapolis (and surrounding suburbs) on Central Avenue to watch the annual Celebrate Northeast Parade.
![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3658833022_ab51929b41.jpg)
![Bananas for the Co-op](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3658840460_c02fd5952d.jpg)
![Turnip to shop](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3658050023_881412edf5.jpg)
![Orange you going to shop...?](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3658053367_54ce60b462.jpg)
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
![MPLS Aquatennial](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3658063037_a7c0022295.jpg)
![Calliope](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/3658860924_4143434eda.jpg)
It’s the little things.
![Horses are supposed to be at the end of the parade](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/3658867586_b69624b147.jpg)
![Brooklyn Park](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3658872948_8e48229931.jpg)
Shucks! We missed Tater Daze in Brooklyn Park! Maybe next year…
![Tater Daze](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3658877342_a1522419fe.jpg)
Miss Hotdish is a royalty title that all Minnesotans could envy, don’tcha know?
![Miss Hotdish](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/3658879934_d5fc7d0b16.jpg)
![Flame Burger Train](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/3658883156_f760632def.jpg)
![Rugby and Hard Cider](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3658887946_82fa0bf808.jpg)
What do rugby and hard cider have in common?
![Blue Heron Days](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3658098947_31a9dba6f8.jpg)
![Shriners](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3658897572_2833f45c23.jpg)
We saw 4 different groups of Shriners. These were not the cool ones.
![Unicyclists](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3658239177_552f0448c7.jpg)
![Unicyclists](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3658930384_6a9429d680.jpg)
Nerdy and uncomfortable-looking…
![Unicyclist](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3658157359_689159faaa.jpg)
… but talented!
![Friendly Fridley](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3658165933_1da1836eb8.jpg)
![Fairyland Art Car](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3658973502_b02457ee7c.jpg)
![African Art Car](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/3658981766_eb4aaa79c9.jpg)
![Dragonfly Bicycle](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/3658985502_17cdcd89c0.jpg)
I’ve seen this guy’s friends before…
![St Louis Park](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3658989204_733c2f924f.jpg)
![Xcel Energy](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3658196817_7716d5b908.jpg)
![Cardinal in a Car](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/3658997306_3de0bebe1a.jpg)
CARdinal… Get it?
![Ukranians](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3659000166_a45ee34e36.jpg)
I’m still giggling at my previous caption, just so you know.
![SS Northeast](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3659003490_b2cd389b56.jpg)
![Celebrate Northeast](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/3658212007_eb53a4e923.jpg)
I think know I need a Northeast Minneapolis flag.
![Kids in a Band](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3658215051_700c7edc8a.jpg)
These were some pretty cool kids. But the coolest is that kid with the pseudo eye patch—one of the lenses is missing from his sunglasses.
![Minneapolis!](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/3659014282_934000de34.jpg)
![Clown](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3658225277_f347b2a8ed.jpg)
![Clown](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3659024378_0a495ab729.jpg)
Instead of the parade ending with horses, it ended with clowns. Weird.
![Gnome](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3659029512_ac114e5a94.jpg)
This gnome’s for Karyn.
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