Hooray, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Mermaid Parade Has Been Saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                         Would you believe, girls, that this event was on the verge of not happening due to financial problems????????? Well, something or someone saved it, and now The Coney Island Mermaid Parade will take place on Saturday, June 20.

                             I am not sure I will be there, but I remember my first one, the eighth, back in 1990.  I went by myself, and, over the years a group of us evolved, including my David, who would go every year.   We would usually have lunch at Carolina's, a great Italian restaurant, until it folded.  Then we tried Gargiulo's which is still there but has an insufferable attitude toward patrons.  One is not allowed to wear shorts there.  OK, but on Mermaid Parade Day??????????????  The year we ate there, I marched with my gym bag into the bathroom, and changed into a pair of shorts, The staff was livid, but we were leaving, we had paid, so what could they do????????????????

                              I would hope things are better today, but I bet they are not.  And Gargiulo's has competition, not only from Nathan's, but the restaurant beneath the Parachute Jump, which I am anxious to try.

                               I am just happy this event is occurring for what will be its 44th year.  The time is slowly creeping up to 50 years.  Maybe I will attend, then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                               Have a wonderful time, everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!