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Puerto Rican Day Parade with Scary Corrections Vehicle Fleet

It was a smashing day for a parade. The sun was shining, but it was not too hot or humid. Tiby and I parked ourselves in camping chairs on Montgomery Street to take in Jersey City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade.

The photos posted below are from my little camera, and the tart comments that accompany each image are from my tiny, yet very active mind. I like to think that I notice what others do not- which cuts both ways, mind you. My lens and thoughts centered on the cheap and irrelevant merchandise for sale, the glad-handing pols dragging themselves along the parade route, and the many military-style law enforcement vehicles that were on display.

Given the way people can behave when in large crowds in the time of an omnipresent Oprah and easy access to Oxycontin, this was an uneventful, and therefore good parade- no drunken riots or acts of random destruction. I hope that you enjoy the photos- especially the one of former Mayor Bret Schundler- it’s a gem.

All parades of note must start with crap peddlers. After all, how can one expect to

celebrate national pride properly without an inflatable Sponge Bob in one hand and

a plastic Ninja sword in the other?

Get your flags! Three bucks a pop, or two for five dollars- made in Taiwan, of course.

Here comes the poh-lice, on stylish Harleys.

Here comes the Mayor- he’s in there somewhere.

Watch out! It’s former Mayor and aspiring B-movie zombie stunt double, Bret

Schundler, out to either press or eat the flesh of the Jersey City electorate.

Giant, yet cuddly looking Corrections “Rescue” (and Assault) vehicle- every parade and children’s party should have one!

Another menacing vehicle, seemingly torn from the pages of a Stephen King novel, representing the stiff arm of the law.

Real people playing musical instruments.

Someone stole the pool from the Holiday Inn.

An old-fashioned car- definitely parade worthy.

Old dude with cool ancient bike and many small flags.

Hot chick on fancy old truck. Well, that ends this crude photo essay. I hope you enjoyed it.

© 2008 Splendid Marbles.