La Jolla Christmas Parade and Festival |
Tsk tsk...a tardy piper |
Ooh...glittery hoofprints can only mean one thing... |
Mini horse staging area! |
Green glittery hooves |
Horse vs. mini horse perspective shot |
Papillon Picnic Club of So Cal staging area |
The papillons think Lyle is trying to infiltrate and attack! |
Arf! |
Old planes from the forties kick off the parade |
Old plane |
Old plane |
The man leads off the ground portion of the parade |
The La Jolla Annual Christmas Parade 2006 |
Sons of the American Revolution |
Sons of the American Revolution |
Eek! Scary clown crowd control |
Grand Marshal Marvin K. Brown |
Uncle Claus and date |
Most Holiday Spirit: La Mesa Girl Scouts Troops 6616 and 6176 |
Most Holiday Spirit: La Mesa Girl Scouts Troops 6616 and 6176 |
Most Holiday Spirit: La Mesa Girl Scouts Troops 6616 and 6176 |
Lyle is *not* impressed by the amount of holiday spirit |
Pretty hairdos! (mane-dos?) |
Civic Marshal: The Montessori School of La Jolla |
San Diego City Schools Elementary Music |
Yay clarinets! |
Hairstyle of the Day! |
Miss San Diego 2006 Elly Garner |
Magician Loch David Crane and his Star Trike! |
No, that was just the driver, the *dog* is Loch David Crane |
San Diego Outstanding Teen 2006 Kristen Paruginog |
San Diego Outstanding Teen 2007 Contestant Alex Jones |
San Diego Outstanding Teen 2007 Contestant Jonelle Guy |
San Diego Outstanding Teen 2007 Contestant Alexis Swanstrom |
San Diego Outstanding Teen 2007 Contestant Lauren Thomson |
Brittany Byler...no title? What's she all about? |
San Diego Outstanding Teen 2007 Contestant Linzie Campbell...best sign yet! She should win. |
Miss San Diego 2007 Contestant Mallory Spoelstra |
Miss San Diego 2007 Contestant Sarah Roberts |
Stage mom alert |
Miss San Diego 2007 Contestant Sarah Dihmes |
Miss ? San Diego |
San Diego Golden Girls Baton Corps |
Lunge ladies, lunge! |
San Diego Golden Girls Baton Corps B squad |
San Diego Golden Girls Baton Corps C squad |
San Diego Golden Girls Baton Corps army of one bringing up the rear |
San Diego Lifeguards |
Flemish something-or-other |
Hold on to your kids! He lures them in by tossing out toys |
Pacific Coast Harmony |
Canine Companions for Independence escorted by Girl Scouts Troop 3035 |
Alice Brana of Coldwell Banker |
Santa's Favorite: La Jolla Elementary |
Mascot Gordon the Whale |
Gorden the Whale playing to the judges |
(He's posing, not falling) |
The UPS Store |
San Diego Blood Bank: the serum Scion? |
Indians (I don't know which tribe) |
Hirsh Orthodontics |
C'mon Gary, can't you hold a to-scale toothbrush? |
Oh no, one of the mini horses escaped! |
Phew - the escaped mini horse is really just a freakishly oversized dog |
Classic Thunderbirds of San Diego CTCI Chapter 24 |
Classic Thunderbirds of San Diego CTCI Chapter 24 |
Is that a weasel tail? |
Congresswoman Susan Davis |
La Jolla Democratic Club (they look confused because they were introduced as The Oldest Living La Jollan) |
Here she comes, Phillanthropic Marsall and possible oldest La Jollan |
She's riding shot gun so you can't see her from here |
FOCAS adoptable dogs - cute! |
I love three-legged dogs! |
Cuties! |
Another three-legged cutie! |
Birch Aquarium |
Birch Aquarium flyers |
Brownie Troop 3377 - in pink! |
Standley Middle School Marching Band |
Heil La Jolla Historical Society |
That's one scary-ass gnome |
Watch out! He's coming for the children! |
Ladies, you can find the Youth Marshal at CSU Channel Islands |
Most Community Spirit |
Most Community Spirit: So Cal Scorpions Women's Professional Football |
Only the linebackers made it |
I love the home-made Santa beard |
Gym Ventures |
Finally, the mini horses! |
Go, mini horse, go! |
Does that big boy really qualify? |
The circling showoff brings up the rear |
Who are these little cuties with? |
They sure have a spring in their step |
The Neuter Scooter! |
Lyle (having forgotten his first birthday present 12 years ago) begs to steer clear of the Neuter Scooter |
Most Creative sponsored by Brockton Villa: All Hallows Academy |
Most Creative sponsored by Brockton Villa: All Hallows Academy |
Girl Scouts Troop 1458 |
District #1 City Council Scott Peters and Family |
Miss Vista 2006 Tamra Smith |
Check out the size of that cape! |
Miss Teen Vista 2006 Kathryn Nemmers |
They've got big paws and big capes in Vista |
More girl scouts |
Check out all the merit badges! |
Bird Rock Daisies |
Young people with guns |
Military Marshal: Marines in Humvees |
Ms. Armed Forces Sergeant Maria Madigan USMC All-American 2007 |
Military something-or-other |
The announcers' booth |
La Jolla YMCA Adventure Guides |
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Matoaka |
Rohde Plumbing |
Sand Skippers |
Army and Navy Academy, Carlsdad: guns and musical instruments |
Army and Navy Academy, Carlsdad |
La Jolla Gymnastics Team |
La Jolla Gymnastics Team |
La Jolla Gymnastics Team |
The Winchester Widows |
That one bagged herself a 'coon |
The Winchester Widows |
The Auto Trader '54 |
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Cultural Marshal Miss Kumeyaay Nation |
Iwo Jima survivor in a car from MCMXIII (you do the math) |
Seal-a-bration! |
La Jolla Friends of the Seals |
California Ballet: The Nutcracker |
Boo hiss: the mice! |
Yay: the toy soldiers! |
Sugar plum fairies! |
Best overall, sponsored by Adelaide's: Stella Maris Academy |
This wins "the best" over the Neuter Scooter? |
Most Colorful: Falun Dafa |
Most Colorful: Falun Dafa |
Most Colorful: Falun Dafa |
Falun Dafa is great! |
Someone's gotta fight the smaller fires |
Michael Aguirre, San Diego City Attorney busy at work on a Sunday |
Here come the Papillons! |
Check out the princess in the stroller |
Another princess in a stroller |
More of them are being carried or pushed than are walking! |
The Gillispie School Geckos |
Scottish Highland chicks |
And pipers |
Hey, looks like Tardy Taggart made the parade |
La Jolla Community Church - "Together we Make a Difference"...more like "Together we Make a Camel" |
Waving Christians making a difference |
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La Jolla Surf Camp |
Surf Divas |
Ice Cream! They should have won Best in Show! |
Unarius Academy of Science: "a teaching of the interdimensional psychodynamics of the mind" |
The San Diego Golden Retriever Meetup Group |
Good Will Marshall (she owns a plastic surgury spa) |
Santa Claus brings up the rear |
Time to get a move on |
Congratulating themselves on a job well done |
Here's the festival part |
Looks like Lyle's not the only tired doggie |
Ick...it's the weasel again |
An antique auto is like another man's wife...do not touch! |
Front-row Joe parking for the Thunderbirds |
Off to the cove |
Lyle checks out some synthetic grass |
Camo pom! |
La Jolla Cove |
Tide pools are like another man's wife...look, but don't touch |
Tide pools |
Tide pools |
Sea anemones |
Chitons |
Sea anemones and hermit crabs |
Mussels |
Ooh - my favorite sea anemone |
Jennifer admiring the tide pools |
Madi and Lyle admiring the tide pools |
Lyle looms behind an unsuspecting tide pooler |
Sirens blaring...clear the way! |
Footprints galore |
C'mon, let's go seal-a-brate |
There they are! |
Hey, what's that butthead doing down there? |
He's not allowed to seal-a-brate down there! |
OMG, he's stripping for the seals |
What the heck? |
Ha! He fell |
He looks lost...in more ways than one |
Bypassing Muttropolis...last month's two-part Gentle Dental is too fresh in our memories |
Reflective Lyle |
Santa hits the dinner special at Cafe Milano |
Mechanized Santas and chihuahuas don't mix |