Mermaid Parade

Try to imagine the most white trash event you've ever been to, involuntarily witnessed, or accidentally encountered.

now times it by 100.
and add a mermaid theme.

Saturday afternoon
it was so sunny and warm
so we ventured down to
Coney Island
which was inhabited by a boardwalk of
arcade games, ferris wheels, and the smell of hot dogs!
all overlooking the ocean
and a few of it's sea creatures.

the place was packed with parade watchers young and old.
hopefully some were blind.
because there were a few times i wished i was.
i think i saw what a float would look like
if i had been assigned to make one
in 4th grade.
the outfits were ridiculous
and i wish i would have been warned that
viewer digression was advised.
people were dressed up
or should i say down
in some extremely creative mermaid attire.

but i guess now i can truly say i've seen all of new york