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Sunday May 13, 2012. The Mayday Parade is usually held first Sunday in May; but this year it was postponed on account of sogginess.

I keep meaning to attend, and keep missing it. This year, I went.

There were marching bands. People costumed as dragons, horses, unicorns, bees, wood ticks (a group concerned with Lyme Disease prevention), vegetables. Political groups ranging from pro-Obama to ones which consider Karl Marx a rightwing extremist. Hare Krishnas and at least one other Hindu group. Skateboards, kick scooters, bicycles, one dekacycle. Atheists.

When I'd seen the end of the parade, I walked to the festival at Powderhorn Park.

There were food trucks and food booths. Available food included Amish chicken al pastor tacos.

At a place selling pasties, one employee's tshirt said "Stop staring at my pasties."

And one spectator's tshirt said "Hail Seitan."

Various organizations and businesses had booths. Including the Minneapolis Republican Party; the man at that booth looked lonely.

I didn't see more than glimpses of the official entertainment.

I did watch a belly dancer who was busking. I didn't find her particularly interesting. However, her drummer looked hot.

It was fun; and I walked enough that I got a fair amount of exercise.