We didn’t mean to get you down about Seafair by complaining about the traffic in our last post. In fact, the return of Seafair means the return of many a tradition, including this weekend’s annual Lake City Pioneer Days, which is a Seafair event that stars the infamous Seafair Pirates in the Grand Performance Parade starting at 7 p.m. Saturday.

And after that, the Seafair Pirates are coming to Maple Leaf!!!

That’s right, Dan Kerege, president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #1, tipped us off that the pirates are heading to the Eagles nest at 8201 Lake City Way N.E. at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

Maybe next year we can get them to come to the Maple Leaf Summer Ice Cream Social!