East Dallas Times

The rockets' red glare — Courtesy Photo

by Bruce Felps

Although the Fourth of July parades in Lakewood, Lake Highlands, and Little Forest Hills take place July 3, the annual fireworks show from Lakewood Country Club burst forth July 4 starting about 9 p.m.

Stake out a vantage point across the street at Whole Foods-Lakewood and partake of a few preliminaries to the main event.

The grocer offers its second annual Party in the Parking Lot from 5-10 p.m., July 4, at the Gaston Avenue-Abrams Road neighborhood location.

It includes a concert by the Hash Brown Blues Band from 5-8 p.m., plenty of food and drink — and if it’s akin to the Whole Foods spread during Lakewoodstock, it’s good eatin’ and cheap buyin’.

Parking in the lot, first-come first-served, is reserved for folks who shop the store, but lawn chairs and blankets — and the people lounging in and on them — are welcome in the open areas.