Lakers Parade Parallel

So today was the Lakers Parade and no thousands of Angelenos came out to support and catch a glimpse at the CHAMPS!
Living in Los Angeles really helps to connect me to our Los Angeles teams, as an abundance of Lakers flags fly from car windows and outfits scream of purple and gold Laker pride!

After taking the Celtics in the 7th game, the city of the Angels had a parade to look forward to!!
Streets crowded this morning as I made my way downtown to Little Tokyo, where I intern for GEREN FORD!
I usually make my way there in about an hour, but today was a little different, as it took me 75 grueling minutes to arrive late for my internship!
I truly think that all of LA was down there, waiting for the Lakers to arrive-- this quickly reminded me of my 2009 New Year's Eve at Times Square! I waited for 8 hours in the freezing cold-the coldest New Years they had had in 50 years!

While at the parade, fans complained of there not being enough restrooms available near the Staples Center!
While waiting for the ball to drop, we had a similar issue--We were not allowed to leave our spot the entire time, even to use the restroom, or we lose our spot--the spot we arrived 8 hours previous to hold!!

OUR ONLY OPTION--run to New York's finest, NYPD and plead to allow us back into our section after running to a nearby YUM YUM DONUTS, only to wait in a line of people all doing the same thing!
Thank GOD I had Amber and Tracey there to get through it with me!!
So to the Angelenos who complained today--at least the weather was PERFECT!!