Saturday, June 16, 2012

Fremont Fair

Saturday, June 16, 2012


Today after I gave a Seattle Architecture Foundation Greatest Hits Tour with fellow volunteer tour guides we went to the street festival that celebrates the start of summer in the quirky Seattle community of Fremont, as they refer to themselves, the “center of the universe.” It coincides with the summer solstice. It is best described as the Freedom to be Peculiar.
The highlight is the Fremont Solstice Parade, organized by the Fremont Arts Council. The Solstice Cyclists bike naked, with mostly only paint to cover themselves, unofficially start the parade. The pageantry and floats were more than I expected. Joe took some pictures of the official parade portion.





















It was actually really warm today so after getting a bite of street food, we head back to the car to call it a day. We could only take so much of the always peculiar Fremont Fair.

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