Tag Archives: Mermaid Parade

Dance

By Vladimir Brezina

Dance 1.

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Seen at the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Dance 2

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Dance.

Orange

By Vladimir Brezina

Orange 1
Orange 2
Orange 3From the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Orange.

Travel Theme: Colorful

By Vladimir Brezina

It’s not even winter yet—even though in the US Northeast it feels otherwise—but our thoughts are already turning toward the colors of the coming summer—

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Colorful 5

All photos from one of the most colorful events of the summer, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Colourful.

Travel Theme: Noise

By Vladimir Brezina

At the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

Noise

A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Noise. Another contribution is here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Contrasts.

Beauties and beasts—

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Beauty and the beast 2
Beauty and the beast 3

Seen at the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade, the 2011 Carnegie Hill Halloween Spooktakular, and the 2012 Spooktakular, respectively.

Another set of Contrasts is here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Between

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Between.

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From last year’s Coney Island Mermaid Parade. (Story and many more photos are here.)

This year’s Mermaid Parade is on June 21st—tomorrow!

Travel Theme: Pink, Take Two

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Pink.

There’s one week in the year, coming up soon, when NYC’s parks are awash in pink. And looking further ahead, here’s another classic NYC event in which pink is surely the ruling color—

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It’s the Coney Island Mermaid Parade! The story and photos from last year are here.

Summer confectionParasol in pinkCotton candy queen

You can bet we’ll do our best to be there again this year! This year on Saturday, June 21st, at 1 PM.

Travel Theme: Multicolored

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Multicolored (or Multicoloured, but let’s not get into that…).

That theme sends me straight to this past summer’s Coney Island Mermaid Parade, the most multicolored event I ever saw. Here are just a few of the multicolored highlights.

What? Never seen a mustache before?Floral explosionEven mermaids check their messages...Straw sunburst
Floral diva

And even more multicolored photos are here.

Travel Theme: Play

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Play.

Blow your horn
... And sing out loud!

From the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Carefree.

In New York City, carefree is still pretty intense.

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From this years Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

Another Carefree post is here.