Everyone Loves a Parade Part Deux

If you love parades, you'll love this weekend. We got the St. Stupid's Day Parade on Friday, the Cesar Chavez Parade on Sunday, and on Saturday, there’s the Reclaim the Street Party. What's the Reclaim the Street Party? It's a Community Mutiny! The organizers are calling for everyone to get dressed up in costume, bring noise-makers and/or puppets, plus any method of transportation that doesn’t involve fossil fuels, and to meet at Dolores Park by 1 PM this Saturday. From there, everyone will march on down to some some undisclosed spot where a costume ball and party will be held. Artists and musicians are particularly wanted. Quelle fun.

Of course, this being San Francisco, you can't have a group of people getting together in silly costumes without their being some sort of socio-political ramification to it all and, fret not, there is. In this case, it's to, well, "Reclaim the Streets." Oh, and protest proposed MUNI fare hikes. Says the Web site: "Reclaim the Streets is a decentralized direct action movement which uses street parties to take back public space - the street – from cars, corporations and the police state." Not to mention to take "a stand against the increasing commodification of public space and public transportation." Sometimes SFist wonders if there are people in this city who when going to the bathroom, claim that they're not going to the bathroom, but "reclaiming the toilet."

But we digress.

Image taken from Reclaim SF's 2004 Valentine Day's Parade.