Rose Festival always makes me smile. I don't mean the midway area with the games and the rides although I must say I WOULD miss it if they took it away. I just haven't gone into the acutual Festival Center myself for quite a few years. I must say the mention of Deep Fried Twinkies did make me yearn for the feather draped cowboy hat crowd that seems to be local faire to the carnival scene. I got over it.
I mean I love the fireworks at the beginning of the month, I love love love the princesses, I love the Starlight Run and the perfectly fun parade that follows. There are so many great memories I have tied to the Rose Festival. I know that pretentious inner city dwellers love to bash the Grand Floral parade as the only time they have to deal with East County population, pthhhhh. The Grand Floral, The Starlight, The Rose princesses, the dragon boat races, the whole shebang screams Portland to me. And I LOVE Portland. Every bit of it.
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