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Skip The Crowds -- We're Live-Tweeting The Rose Parade Right Here
The city of Sierra Madre float participates in the 128th Tournament of Roses Parade (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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Last week, KPCC reporter Jill Replogle let us all in on one of her darkest secrets -- she's never been to the Rose Parade.
Until today.
Dear party people,
— LAist (@LAist) December 26, 2018
Will your crew adopt our reporter @jillrep on Tuesday to show her how to live it up at the Rose Parade? ⤵️
(Seriously, can she come with you? DM us.)
Our eternal rose-covered thanks,
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Follow along as our intrepid journalist learns to navigate the claustrophobia-inducing crowds of New Year's Day revelers. She may be cramped and cold, but she will still be enthusiastically tweeting.
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And so it begins!
My virgen Rose Parade w/ guide Charles Phoenix. @LAist @KPCC pic.twitter.com/TRbWIWlRCU
— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) January 1, 2019
This fish! Made of grapefruit and other fruit and veggie slices. La Cañada-Flintridge float. @KPCC @LAist #RoseParade pic.twitter.com/w7DWGM67ug
— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) January 1, 2019
Yummm...
So many bacon-wrapped hotdogs at the #RoseParade. pic.twitter.com/pLEsv04aoJ
— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) January 1, 2019
UPS FTW
UPS killed it with their pink, crowned, ballet-shoe wearing ostrich. #RoseParade pic.twitter.com/HkrfruAz3z
— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) January 1, 2019
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And just like that, another Rose Parade in the books.
I am declaring my first #RoseParade a success, mostly because I avoided having to use a port-o-potty. NOT that there weren't hundreds of them!
— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) January 1, 2019
Jill's next adventure? Going plastic-free with her family. Follow her on Twitter to track her journey.
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