100 years of Macy’s Thanksgiving Parades #SundaySalon
Happy Sunday! Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at ReaderBuzz. Check out her post and the links to see what other bloggers have been up to in the last week.
How’s the weather?
We’re finally getting some downright cold weather. I put the flannel sheets on the bed this week.
What are you reading?
Our next book group meeting is on December 5. I didn’t expect the novel There There by Tommy Orange to be such a page-turner, but I’m finding it hard to put down. I pick it up every chance I get to check in with the, mostly, American Indian characters in Oakland, California who are preparing, in various ways, for the annual Big Oakland Powwow.
What are you watching?
Ken Burns’ new documentary on PBS about Leonardo Da Vinci is fascinating. One of the reasons that I got Rick to watch it with me was that he’s been doing a Tom Hanks movie marathon this month. The Da Vinci Code was on his list of movies to watch. I got the DVD at the library. I also found a DVD of a documentary from the Smithsonian Channel, The Real Story: The Da Vinci Code. So, we have a good little theme going here.
What are you doing?
Felix the Cat, a balloon from the 1927 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
I’m looking forward to the Macy’s Parade on Thanksgiving. That’s been a big part of most of my Thanksgivings since childhood. The very first parade was held on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1924, one hundred years ago. Neither Macy’s nor the broadcaster NBC are making much of a deal of that, however. Since there were no parades during World War II, this year’s parade is billed as the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What are you up to this fine Sunday?