"Parking is not bad if you get there before 8 a.m. ...
... and don't worry about signs ...
... and get creative ...
... and don't worry about leaving ...
... but no parking in the neighborhood ...
... as you can see ...
... neighbors 1st"
"The neighborhood with marble steps ..
... snow gardens ...
... showing their colors ...
... set the event's character"
"Signs can be confusing"
"This is the 2-block ..
... epicenter of the ...
... 2 Street pARTy"
"Let's do a walk-about along 2 Street ...
... with only 1 hour until the ...
... Mummers Parade starts ...
... and the participants ...
... are wearing their colors ...
... and getting their pARTy On!"
"Excitement of a pick-up ...
... finding a police car in it's way ...
... added some energy to the morning"
"It's all about the shoes ...
... they need not be tied ...
... but colors & bells do help!"
"A Mummer stood here ...
... and a family of Mummers were here"
"Clubhouses line 2nd Street ...
... the Satin Slipper Clubhouse ...
... the Froggy Carr (my personal favorite) ...
... with Froggy Carr members John & John Sr. ...
... beer-totting ...
... beer-packing Clubhouses ...
... the Quaker City Clubhouse ...
... the Franlinger Clubhouse ...
... their members ...
... and with Philly's finest"
"Now we have the bars of 2nd Street ...
... like Irish/Asian O'Jung's ...
... Dee's Pub ...
... Doc's Union Pub at the epicenter ...
... McKenna's Pub ...
... and Raw Dawg's Saloon where I spent most of my free time ...
... with customer Bill & bartender Wilma ...
... with Mummer's Parade in the warmth of a beverage dispensing facility ...
... with pARTy Tom ...
... customer Jeff with pARTy Tom ...
... and relief bartender"
"Say good bye to Bill & Wilma ...
... & head to the empty street to await the return of the Mummers"
"The Mummer's begin their return ...
... after the Mummer Parade ..
... & the 2 Street pARTy begins ...
... from the balconies ...
... and along the 2 Street pARTy Zone ...
... celebrating ...
... & protected by Philly's finest ...
... with the neighborhood joining in ...
... it's PARTy Time ...
... complete with NYC Party Reptile ...
... it's bar time ...
... and street time"
"This future Mummer worked me for some beads"
"We don't need no stinkin' Snuggie ...
... we got each other"
"Dress warm and enjoy like the locals"
"My 4:20 stop ... thanks for the Coors man!"
"The darkness of night doesn't ...
... send the locals in ...
... the streets fill up ...
... & folks join in ...
... truck band...
... filling the air with spirit ...
... & as the Mummers celebrate ...
... and bring motion to the street ...
... the string bands march ...
... & the truck band plays ...
... as I say good-bye to 2 Street ...
... & 1 great neighborhood pARTy Event"
