 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 |