Lowertown.info—Photographer James Ramsay—jamesramsayphotography.com—loaded a GoPro on a monopod and walked down the entire length of the Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Lowertown and Downtown.

The adventures of Java the Mutt, the symbol of the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar—blackdogstpaul.com—in Lowertown, Saint Paul were then fabulously chronicled. Every interaction with kids, cops, parade goers, and real dogs was captured in a series of 5 raw video clips totalling about 30 minutes.

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Filmed: Saturday, March 16th, 2013.
Puppet Master: Chris Lutter: puppetfarm.org
Puppet Operators: Nigel Parry (front) nigelparry.net and James Duncan (back)

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Read more about how and why the puppet came to be
https://www.startribune.com/local/198558491.html

Saint Paul Pioneer Press: Human-size dog puppet to serve as Lowertown business mascot
twincities.com/stpaul/ci_21267085/central-corridor-lowertown-cafe-build-large-mascot

Irrigate: Black Dog Cafe and Puppet