[Leica] PESO: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About the Mermaid Parade

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

WOW! Quite a spectacle, eh? Are there nude, painted males around as well?
Cheers
Jayanand


On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at 
judgecrater.com>wrote:

> That's about it.  Supposedly about mermaids and King Neptunes, it was
> originally a promotional idea for the beginning of the Summer season circa
> 1910.  The parade was revived in the early 80s, mainly as a hipster goof,
> and has grown exponentially since then. Last year it attracted 750,000
> viewers along Surf Ave. and the Boardwalk.
>
> J
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About the
> Mermaid Parade
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> Nice catch - what is the point of the parade, that is to have nude,
> nubile, painted ladies frolicking around?
> Cheers
> Jayanand
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