All the people dressed up and participating in the parade start on the boardwalk, walk down the beach through three gated ribbons, each representing a season, and then march the entire parade right in the water, officially bringing in the summer. ˆ beach ˆ coney island ˆ crowd ˆ mermaid parade ˆ

Josh, Dave G "The Ladies Choice," and Vinay. ˆ dave g ˆ josh ˆ vin ˆ beach ˆ coney island ˆ

Whiteboys on tha beach. ˆ brian c ˆ grant ˆ mark bibbins ˆ beach ˆ

Grant and Vin. ˆ grant ˆ vin ˆ best ˆ coney island ˆ ferris wheel ˆ

Yeah, so those are pretty much the only good pics I have from the Mermaid Parade this year. I told you it wasn't nearly as good as last year's. Later that evening, a bunch of us headed out to Greenpoint to check out a loftparty in my old building. Dave and I represent on the Cripp tip... ˆ david f ˆ me ˆ gang signs ˆ subway ˆ

...while Grant keeps it fo' real fo' tha Bloods. ˆ grant ˆ gang signs ˆ subway ˆ

Post-part late night slice! This guy was so drunk he was rocking back and forth at the counter waiting for his second slice! ˆ drunk ˆ strangers ˆ

Hey Buddy, before you start on your second slice, you might want to finish eating the HUGE CRUMB stuck to your cheek that's left over from your first slice! Hahah. ˆ drunk ˆ strangers ˆ

The party was pretty much a bust - it was totally overcrowded and hot and sweaty inside, so we took off. Back on Bedford Ave, we ran into this tall funny guy who kept trying to chat up this really drunk little midgety type guy. I'm sure everyone who reads this knows how much I love midgets, so we immediately went over to see what was going on. ˆ midget ˆ strangers ˆ

Turns out that there wasn't anything going on - but that doesn't mean I don't want to take pictures! ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ drunk ˆ midget ˆ strangers ˆ

Can you pick out what's different here? Yep, that's right. Only one person is wearing a blue shirt. (From L to R: Lil' Buddy, Tall Stranger that was trying to be "money" like Vince Vaughn, Chris, Grant, and Grant's crazy friend Alyssa who came back to my place and tried to cheat on her boyfriend with me. Crazy, crazy, cuh-razy. ˆ alyssa ˆ chris the greek ˆ grant ˆ drunk ˆ gang signs ˆ midget ˆ pizza ˆ thumbs up ˆ

Touch it! Touch it! ˆ david f ˆ me ˆ best ˆ gay ˆ shock ˆ subway ˆ ugly face ˆ

Hear no evil, hear no evil, see no evil. Doh. ˆ david f ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ subway ˆ

Lil' Buddy wishes you a fond farewell! Goodnight! ˆ drunk ˆ midget ˆ