Easter wrapup at the Gay Parade
ByWe thought we were going to miss all the goings on in the French Quarter this year, but as we returned from Bywater, we passed by the gay parade lining up and having a wonderful time, so naturally we had to stop and join the party for a little bit.
The morning parade is more of your standard idea of an Easter parade- big hats, lots of pastels, and because it’s New Orleans, beads.
The afternoon parade- this one- is rowdy and raucus, full of attitude, short on throws, but that’s just fine. There are Drag Queens by the score, leather guys, supportive local businesses and parents, and who knows who else.
Several bemused tourists wandered by, wondering what on earth was going on. Locals honked and cheered as they drove by on Rampart Street. A parade member, a guy on a decorated Segway (remember those?) berated a somewhat uncomfortable cop on a motorcyle: “That’s because you’re just a mean old white man, that’s all!” The ever-increasingly uncomfortable cop was quite young, and the berater was also white, so I have no idea what that might’ve been about, but in the spirit of the day, everything was let slide.
If you missed it, you missed quite the time, but there’s always the slideshow after the jump.
And so concludes Easter ‘08!
