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Your own private Rose Parade. Here's the details — for next year
The Alhambra float.
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The Rose Parade draws hundreds of thousands of revelers to Pasadena every year.
But if you want a unique personal viewing of the floats, I've got a little secret to share with you.
Every year, a couple days before and after the Rose Parade — you can check out many of the floats as they slowly wind their way through the streets of the San Gabriel Valley, going from Fiesta Floats in Irwindale to Pasadena.
Me, winning at the annual SGV tradition of seeing some of the Rose Parade floats winding through the neighborhood at night. Los Angeles is amazing.
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Residents know it as their annual disruption to traffic. To me, it's also a chance to see the floats up close without the crowds amid the quiet of the night.
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I was there last night in Temple City for this annual neighborhood tradition.
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It was around 9:30 p.m., few people were out on the streets except for a couple folks walking their dogs.
There were also security and the parade folks escorting the floats as they went down the street.
It was so cool to see, especially the San Diego Zoo float because I knew that one was the 2024 winner.
Now you know, mark your calendar for 2025.
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