“Once I said ‘Pasadena,’ they were, like, ‘Oh, that’s where the Rose Parade takes place,’” Zameza said. Carlos Castillo stays bundled up with his son, Nate, and wife, Rosie, while camping out along the Rose Parade route. “We normally put shaving cream on the tortillas,” Gault, 21, of Pomona said, “to really make them stick.”It’s a harmless Rose Parade tradition, she explained, noting that the police generally don’t have any issues with the pre-parade pranks. “But when the sun goes down, and they close the street, they’re going to be up and down on their scooters,” Harris said. The street closure, she explained, is what the children most look forward to, “because they’re free and they’re safe.”

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2020 05:15 UTC