San Francisco...Cherry Blossom Festival! Japantown April 10-11th!

The 43rd Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off this weekend.

The  event runs April 10th thru 11th & April 17th thru 18th in downtown San Francisco.

The US-JAPAN Choral Festival is slated for Friday April 9th.

The exotic Asian tradition attracts about 150,000 visitors.

Expect exquisite foral displays that showcase the art of flower arrangements - which ultimately  reflect - one of the myriad facets of the ancient Japanese culture.

The festival will be held on Post between Laguna & Fillmore.

The 4-day event (spread over two separate weekends) promises to be quite entertaining.

There will be food booths offering up culinary delights, costumed performances, martial arts, and live bands.

The annual Queen Program gets underway on Saturday April 10th.

The Grand Parade will be held on April 18th.

The colorful procession begins at City Hall & ends up in Japantown.

See 'ya there!

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Ellen DeGeneres to marry...Portia de Rossi. Details, please!

So, the big scoop this week - actually the announcement was broadcast over the boob-tube during a taping of the Ellen show on Thursday - was that Ellen plans to wed her longtime squeeze - Portia de Rossi.








Congratulations!


Details please!

Who will be taking on the traditional role of Bride?

Groom?

Once that tell-tale decision is made, enquiring minds want to know - will there be a flashy diamond ring and an elegant frilly wedding frock for the missus (white, of course!) and a formal black tuxedo for the "other half" assuming the male role?


Two pretty female dolls will grace the high tier of the cake, no doubt.

But, are you leaning towards a best man, or a best woman?

Who will toss the bouquet, I wonder.

Ellen, will you sweep Portia over the threshold in your arms?

And, do you expect to honeymoon in Niagara Falls?

Pssst!

Ellen - the Canuck side is much prettier - more romantic than shufflin' off to Buffalo, fer sure!

By the way, don't forget the pre-nup, eh?