The 28th Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade took place today, April 1st, the one high holy day of The First Church of the Last Laugh. As always, it was a great time and I shot a ton of photos.
Since this year the parade fell on a Saturday, we took the alternate route, starting at the The Transamerica Pyramid, Bishop Joey lead us up Columbus Avenue to North Beach. Along the way, we gave old L. Ron a piece of our mind at new Church of Scientology building and then stopped at one of my favorite places in San Francisco, Caffe Trieste, to wish owner Papa Gianni a happy 50th anniversary (he opened it on April 1st, 1956).
Finally we worked our way to Joe DiMaggio Playground for some music, a visit from The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a sing along with Wavy Gravy, a status report from Frank Chu and then a two minute talent show.
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i was . . . where?
Looks like a rockin’ good time! Scott, I tried to find the April Fool’s parade here in Manhattan, but I think the rain may have been perfectly timed to wipe out the festivities planned for Washington Square Park – I never saw them show up. I got sidetracked by an immigrants’ rights rally, though, so I got to shoot something.
I totally missed it! I saw on a poster somewhere in the neighborhood that it was happening, but my “sleeping all day saturday” wasn’t so productive, not enough for me to remember about that date anyways… When you sleep on top of the Grant and green sallon, you realize how quiet days are in north beach, so perfect for sleeping… But I guess I heard a band passsing by yesterday. Great photos anyway! Wish I hadn’t missed it…
Those pictures really make you guys looK STUPID ! ! ! CONGRATULATIONS…Job Well Done….Jeezze, your SO Stupid