Is it possible...

...that the Cooper-Young Festival has gotten too big for the Cooper-Young neighborhood?

We went Saturday. Of course, parking was a nightmare. But I can remember having a hard time finding a parking place in that neighborhood ten years ago on any given Saturday night. The crowd was positively Mardi Gras-esque, and as I corralled John across Young Avenue to use the ATM at the Deli all I could think was "this is like Bourbon Street the Saturday before Fat Tuesday." More kids, less tits, and not quite as drunk, true, but the comparison still works.

But it's not like they can move the damned thing. Where would it go? The Pyramid? The (soon to be majorly overhauled) fairgrounds? It wouldn't be the neat thing that it is if they did that. But maybe a shuttle bus to some reasonable parking would be a start. And hell, extend the festivities on down to Central. I don't know. But we had fun. John jumped in the moon bounce. Later, he had a corndog. I drank lemonade. Sonya got recruited to work the MRD booth. I got some sun!