The Jet Set Chick Asks, Where is the Love?

Obviously, not in Berlin. What started out as a rave and grew to a huge party by 1999 has failed to secure corporate sponsorship for the second year in a row. Organizers tried to pass it off as a political event, but a German court determined in 2001 that the city-state of Berlin was not responsible any more for what they determined was a commercial enterprise.

The Love Parade spawned imitators worldwide, but it remained the largest and most famous. The organizers hope to revive it in time for the World Cup of soccer to be held in Berlin in 2006.