Old West End Festival 2014

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The festival ran from Friday evening, June 6 through late Sunday afternoon, June 8.

We visited the festival on Saturday and Sunday with our neighbors who had never attended. They loved it.

Around 9:15 a.m., we started at the Black Kite Coffee shop, located at Delaware and Collingwood. We bought drinks and snacks. We stayed at Black Kite for a bit before walking to the parade route. I bought green ice tea and a scone.

The weather was excellent. Comfy morning start on Saturday. It warmed to the low 80s in the afternoon, but it was not humid. It rained early Sunday morning, but by late morning, the rain had ended, the sky was overcast, and the temps were cool. The sky cleared, however, by early afternoon, so it was a sunny, pleasant, Sunday afternoon. Light to moderate wind on Saturday, breezy on Sunday.

The parade was a lot of fun, as usual. It has to be the most entertaining parade around here. The New Orleans Mardi Gras-style jazz band led the parade. The Scott High School band was entertaining to watch. I love the percussion. The parade featured entries from numerous special interest groups and organizations. Of course, the parade also contained a lot of political entries. Many humorous parade entries existed too. I liked the hacked-together double bicycle where a big skeleton "peddled" in the front with a human on the back.

On Saturday, we visited three of the five homes on the home tour. We checked off the other two homes on Sunday.
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• garage sales
• yard sales
• admired home architectural styles
• a lot of walking: robinwood, scottwood on Saturday, and included Glenwood on Sunday. fortunately, heavily treed area so quite shady.
• dog-friendly area. water dishes supplied along walks.
• live music. at least two bands played on front porches.
• middle area with pavilion or gazebo with live music, exhibits, food vendors on street, at Delaware and Robinwood where we watched the parade. bought a walking taco.
• art fair by glass museum - bought RBWO watercolor painting
• food area near glass museum, dining tent, taco truck, more live music. bought pork tacos and a coke.
• toured a friend's home at end of day on Saturday that they bought recently and are currently renovating before moving in.
• toured an open house for sale on Sunday.
• visited building with antiques and books for sale and the and Toledo History Museum, along Collingwood.
• we ended both days around 6 to 6:30 p.m. tired after Saturday.

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