No rain on my parade

If you want to read about my grand (or not so grand) marshalship, check today’s print column and see a photo gallery of the parade. Saturday morning was partly cloudy and it didn’t rain, which was a relief.

I didn’t see much of the parade while I was in it, but since I was at the head of the 10 a.m. parade, that meant I was through before anyone else. I was driven back to the starting spot by 11 a.m., and so I walked a bit along Holt and saw some of the later entries.

There were the usual drill teams, marching bands and whatnot, and good for them. A few only-in-Pomona touches among the entries: lowrider cars cruising, day laborers on the march and, on horseback, a guy dressed as Zorro, cape and all.

I also saw a tae kwon do studio, which trailed a car with its trunk open. Every so often the kids would stop, two of them would go to the trunk, get a board and hold it up, and another student would kick it in half. Haaii-yahh!!

There seemed to be lots more people on the sidewalks than than there were when I was actually in the parade, blast their latecoming hides.

Seeing Holt from the sidewalks instead of through a car window, as I usually do, was enlightening. Did you know there’s a tropical fish store? And next to it, Nu China Express, whose sign boasts “The best Chinese food in Pomona”? (Not that there’s much competition.) Nu China’s window and sidewalk signs show an amusing range, from cappuccino and donuts to menudo and tamales. I’ll have to go in sometime for kung pao chicken, a cruller and a taco.

Or, um, not.

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