This is the first year that the Regatta has been presented in conjunction with the city's 4th of July celebration. Budgetary constraints -- lack of city money -- forced the two celebrations to share the costs of maintenance, emergency and police services. The Regatta gets the benefit of the 4th of July fireworks and the 4th of July celebration expands over the entire weekend.
We thought - with the fireworks drawing the really big crowd on Monday, Sunday afternoon would not be so crowded. Wrong! Crowded and hot. We went to see the "anything that floats" races, fun and funny. Afterwards, we did not tarry, but grabbed the T and came right home.
And Monday, watched Brentwood's fireworks from our roof.