Still a Frozen Block of Ice
But I had a great time at the City of Lights parade. If you can believe it, the first time I’ve stayed for the parade. I met new people, made some friends, and saw lots and lots and lots of old ones. Old friends, I mean, the friends weren’t necessarily old. Some of them were very young. 
Some tweets + photos from the event I did:
The bandstand at the City of Lights parade! twitter.com/leftinlowell/s…
— LeftinLowell.com (@leftinlowell) November 24, 2012
Oh yeah, I remember freezing my butt off doing these things with an out of tune horn. twitter.com/leftinlowell/s…
— LeftinLowell.com (@leftinlowell) November 24, 2012
I added an addendum to the above, as I didn’t mean to imply anything bad about the LHS band in particular: “(The being out of tune was inevitable in the freezing cold.)”
City Hall was just lit. Official start of the holiday season! twitter.com/leftinlowell/s…
— LeftinLowell.com (@leftinlowell) November 24, 2012
Also, I checked out Sweet Lydia’s new place at 160 Merrimack St. It was hoppin’, with lots of people coming in and buying her yummy goods while I was there. I was so pleased by that! She’s a great addition to Lowell’s downtown and, if you are stuck for a gift for someone, consider giving them some marshmallow goodness (or peanut butter and jelly candy bars, or jelly candies, or other stuff). You can’t go wrong with marshmallows and sweets! I nearly fainted with delight at the gourmet jelly candies I got. (One type has mango in it. That’s one of the magic words! The other, if you must know, is “maple.” As in syrup, candy, taffy, sugar, etc.)
