2008 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, originally uploaded by Claudia Snell.

Twister is great! The kids love him. He shows up at all the important events around the city. He’s very entertaining at the Tornadoes games. I just have one question. What is Twister?? He looks like he could be a dog or a bear or maybe some type of panther/cat-type animal. I decided to take a poll to see what everyone else thinks. I’ve also allowed for an “other” option for those of you who think he’s some other type of animal - please do share what you think it is, it’ll be a lot more fun that way.

I don’t want to leave out the other super-awesome mascot of Worcester, Finz. Everyone loves Finz too- check out the crowd of kids all trying to give him a hug. But I am also very sure that Finz is a shark so no big questions about him

We went out to the parade yesterday. Everyone else who was out there knows it was freezing, windy and a lot of fun. It’s really something that you should get out and experience. The crowds were huge but from what I could see, mostly really well behaved. People seemed to be in a good mood and having a great time.

There were a lot of people dressed in parade appropriate gear like this awesome guy who was nice enough to let me take his picture. I LOVE his hat!

There were also a lot of great bands. This is the Worcester Fire Brigade Pipes and Drums - WOW!! They totally rock!

I saw some people I know. This is a great guy I used to work with driving a truck in the parade. Hi Mike!

And there were a lot of funny moments too. This officer was doing his job and suddenly had some help from a dragon.

I’ve got a totally stupid amount of photos on my Flickr. I actually have a bunch more than what is up there but haven’t had time to post. Soon… I hope.