It is nice that the parade is being televised – but if you can get there in person, please do. The crowds have gotten smaller over the years and that is disappointing. These amazing women deserve to experience thousands of cheering fans lining the streets. I understand that everybody can't make it, but every warm body helps. We've been fortunate to see every parade but the first one (my parents came up from Norwalk to watch that parade with us, and mom got sick). It's a wonderful feel-good experience. I try to come up with new excuses for my moist eyes every year. This year I am leaning towards excessive radiation from unusually violent sunspot activity or gravity pull from that hidden planet beyond Pluto.