Happy July 4

Our office is closed today, of course. I’ve just returned from another fantastic Independence Day Parade sponsored by the Rotary Club. We ran out of hot dogs a little early, but other than that our tent was hopping. Some highlights for me:

1) That we corralled Merritt into riding in our float as Ms. Park Cities People.

2) That, after we’d photographed a pretty young blonde girl in our photo tent, I told her she could have her dad or mom log onto our website — which seems to be having technical difficulties at the moment, so I can’t link to it – to get a print of the photo, and she said “Oh good. Because my mom’s Merritt Patterson.”

3) After State Rep. Dan Branch spoke at the gazebo, the master of ceremonies took back the microphone and said, “Now, since we’re in an election year, we need to give equal time. So please welcome Pete Sessions.” Only in a GOP stronghold like the Park Cities can following one Republican with another be considered “equal time.”