During my trip to New York, I was able to cross off one of my things to do… list. An awesome group of girls, myself and Mags were in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
If you’ve never been, you are missin’ out! I went once before about 7 years ago and we had so much fun. The artistic endeavor that goes through for these costumes is beautiful. The ideas are astonishing, well thought out and down right fantastic.
You walk through the parade and you are seriously famous for two hours. We were Pop Corn Shrimp waitresses (or something like that) and Maggie was our Shrimp. We had people jump out and get in our face to take pictures. Press, professional photographers and parade junkies were all about getting the shot, machine gun speed of going through each frame as we posed, glanced and stared into their lens. It was so f’ing cool and I must admit it, I really liked the feeling. I’m hoping we can make this an annual gig. Next year I’ll make sure to teach Maggie how to roller skate.
Enjoy the slide show, I even provided music for your viewing pleasure. So if you’re reading this at work, turn down your sound. If you like a specific image, just click on it and it will allow you to view the image large and in it’s entirety.
5 Comments
June 29, 2008 at 2:55 pm
So totally cool and fun! But not one pic of you? What up?
June 29, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Actually I’m in the group shots. Just take a click and see. We’re all over flickr too, type in “popcorn shrimp” and watch the madness continue.
June 29, 2008 at 8:40 pm
That looks so fun! I will definitely have to check it out sometime.
June 30, 2008 at 12:39 am
Looks like fun!
Maggie looks like such a mini-you! She’s beautiful.
July 1, 2008 at 3:47 pm
That is so cool!