My alarm wakes me up at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1. “The Girl Scout banner holders are already on the parade route,” I tell myself. “They are well-groomed and excited and well-prepared.” As the mother ...

Trader Joe’s stole the show Wednesday with the longest float at the Rose Parade. The grocery chain’s 85-foot, three-piece floral float featured too many weird and whimsical details to count, from a ...