I took my child to the parade, we got there ~9:00 and it was already getting packed, we had a good view behind three people, those persons were by the barrier and we were up on the sidewalk so I thought my son could see all of the parade mainly the players. Couple ladies in front of us suddenly decided to step up on the sidewalk and "kindly" blocked the view of a few kids.
I was expecting a double deck open top bus with the players on top so people (specially little ones) could see them; cable car buses were very SF style but kids could not see a thing.
Out of respect for people behind us I decided not to place my son on my shoulders.
Those Packard, Pierce Arrow, Olds, etc. are such beauties. We saw the full collection the day before when they were preparing them for the parade out of their home on Van Ness.
It was such a great event, am glad I took my child to it; his teacher, a huge Giants fan planned a "Field Trip" for his class and needed chaperons, of course I "kind" of volunteered but wondered if it was to be OK with 32 kids among a huge crowd; he later e-mailed us letting the parents was a no go since the principal thought it was not such a good thing.
See you at the parade!
