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lauradi7dwMany of the news stories leading up to New Year's Eve around the world were about fireworks displays cancelled and cities turned into armed camps because of fear of terrorist attacks. Since nothing happened in any of those places, I worry that the massive militarization of an evening will be deemed a success, and repeated. Then there is Boston.
There were lots of police officers in the Procession - on foot (as one of the contingents in the parade), including police commissioner Bill Evans, in street clothes, who said Happy New Year to us as he passed by (we were standing right next to the street). There were police on horses, police on bicycles. After that, except for a couple of traffic cops, two on motorcyles, and a group of shady-looking T police at Alewife later on, we did not see *any* police, and a number of the T stations downtown were unattended after the 8 PM free entry time, so not even T employees were there for our "safety." There were a few park rangers and some firefighters on the Common during and after the 7 PM family fireworks, but really, no noticible police or soldier presence at all. There were throngs of people all over, well-behaved, taking as many photos as possible. I mentioned in last year's New Year's Day post that while I often am eye-rolly about all the selfies and friend pictures people take, sometimes I can just be glad that people are having fun, and the camera phone people last night did seem to be enjoying themselves. Portraits with fireworks, with the band organ set up next to Copley Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairground_organ, with ice sculptures. People in Bruins or Canadiens clothing seemed especially pleased by the ice sculture saluting today's match-up.
Question: among other more traditional New Year's Eve headwear, there were many light-up Squid hats around. Have I missed some squid-related bit of popular culture?
There were lots of police officers in the Procession - on foot (as one of the contingents in the parade), including police commissioner Bill Evans, in street clothes, who said Happy New Year to us as he passed by (we were standing right next to the street). There were police on horses, police on bicycles. After that, except for a couple of traffic cops, two on motorcyles, and a group of shady-looking T police at Alewife later on, we did not see *any* police, and a number of the T stations downtown were unattended after the 8 PM free entry time, so not even T employees were there for our "safety." There were a few park rangers and some firefighters on the Common during and after the 7 PM family fireworks, but really, no noticible police or soldier presence at all. There were throngs of people all over, well-behaved, taking as many photos as possible. I mentioned in last year's New Year's Day post that while I often am eye-rolly about all the selfies and friend pictures people take, sometimes I can just be glad that people are having fun, and the camera phone people last night did seem to be enjoying themselves. Portraits with fireworks, with the band organ set up next to Copley Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairground_organ, with ice sculptures. People in Bruins or Canadiens clothing seemed especially pleased by the ice sculture saluting today's match-up.
Question: among other more traditional New Year's Eve headwear, there were many light-up Squid hats around. Have I missed some squid-related bit of popular culture?
