Patterson Park is about 3 blocks from the apartment J.G. and I moved into a couple months ago, but I've been going there for years and years with my dad and to walk his dog. On top of the highest hill in the park, there's this awesome big pagoda that's about a hundred years old and was built on the site of a pivotal battle with the English that took place in Baltimore during the War of 1812, and they restored it a few years ago so that you can go up into it and from the top you can see the harbor and practically the whole East side of the city. Last time we went to the pagoda a few weeks ago, someone there told us about the Lantern Parade that apparently the Creative Alliance people have been doing there the last few years on the weekend before Halloween. So we went and checked that out on Saturday and it was pretty cool. I've almost never been in the park after sunset, so it was surreal to be there at night and see maybe a couple hundred people marching through the park with these paper lanterns and big paper mache monsters and other weird art projects, with high school marching bands playing these big loud drum cadences, while a bunch of people from the neighborhood come out with their kids and their dogs to watch. I'm definitely gonna do that again next year, and maybe I'll make a lantern and march in the parade.

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