I haven't been to the Albany parade in about 20 years - It was so underwhelming back then compared to the NYC parade always being broadcast on channel 9 and hosted by Captain Jack McCarthy (who also hosted the popeye show, btw)
This year a group of people were going to McGeary's and to the parade - I thought maybe it was about time to give it another try....
North Pearl Street had barricades up so that the viewing audience wouldn't spill out into the parade route, or maybe to increast the viewing area for the huge number of drunken idiots who needed an excuse to consume massive amounts of alcohol and trash the street and trash themselves as well. On a related note, I did see a lot of girls with 'Drink Team' T shirts, surprisingly one of them is a teacher at my school.
I actually felt sorry for the poor Albany cops who were assigned to the Pearl street section of the parade route...
Maybe once every 20 years is enough.
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