Friday, November 20th, 2009
We went to Silver Bells in the City today. First, we went to my friend M's house to have dinner. Then, we drove to the light parade together and M was able to get a great parking spot compliments of her husband's work. We scurried toward the beginning line of the parade and found a place to sit. We enjoyed the lighted floats but did not appreciate the lady that stood behind us shoving her camera into the back of my friend's head. My favorite float was the double CATA bus that had lights strung around it to look like a caterpillar. After the parade we went to the library for face painting and ran into some more friends. We missed the tree lighting ceremony but did get a quick glimpse of the fireworks while on our way to the Lansing Center for the "150th birthday bash finale". While at the bash we had apple cider and ate hors d'oeuvres. Z saw a friend from 4th grade, little C saw her teacher, and I saw my friend L. It's so lovely to run into to people you know while attending a big city event. Big D took our kids home but M, M's kids, and I decided to go on a horse drawn carriage ride before heading home.
Silver Bells in the City, which attracts 120,000 attendees, annually features an Electric Light Parade followed by the lighting of Michigan’s official Christmas tree and a firework show over the State Capitol.
The entire evening is also filled with free family entertainment including free admission to Lansing’s cultural institutions, horse-drawn wagon rides on Washington Square,........
