Mermaid Parade

This Saturday was the 25th annual Mermaid Parade on Coney Island. The Mermaid Parade "pays homage to Coney Island's forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954, and draws from a host of other sources resulting in a wonderful and wacky event that is unique to Coney Island," according to the official website.

As Brainiac readers know, I was recently in San Francisco and witnessed that city's wonderful and wacky Bay to Breakers event. Come on, Boston! We need a giant parade featuring costumes, nudity, and public drunkenness. Besides the one on Saint Patrick's Day, I mean.

I've never been to the Mermaid Parade, but I know all about it because my old friend, the spooky-kooky cartoonist Dame Darcy, who may actually be a mermaid, often participates. Here's a self-portrait by DD:

Lots of Mermaid Parade 2007 photos at Flickr.