Missed this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade? Check out some great shots of bands, Globetrotters, and floats above. [via Flickr] more ›

If you're staying in town for the holiday tomorrow but plan on using buses, be prepared for some downtown area reroutes because of the McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The CTA website has info here and the Trib also has us covered. Hmmmm. The parade runs down State Street, from Congress to Randolph, from 8:30 a.m. til 11:00 a.m. For a little history on the parade, check out Prescott's Flashback. more ›

If you're hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients - although we imagine IMs "so are you nakie" to be included in cop shows, just for realism. If only the cops were busting the Hummer-driving jerk who made a poor... more ›

If you're not too hung over from your Thanksgiving Eve festivities ("yay! no work for four days, lets get wasted!" or more like "holy shit, i have to spend the next 48 with my family, lets get wasted!"), head over to State Street tomorrow for the 72nd annual State Street Thanksgiving Parade. Over 350,000 people are expected to show up with 1.5 million watching at home. The parade features huge-ass helium balloons, marching bands, shitting... more ›

We wish we could recommend going to the Thanksgiving Parade tomorrow, but it starts at freaking 8:30AM and we're expecting a hangover until at least 10. Seriously, who is going to start lining up for the parade at like 7?! more ›