Happy New Year! Maybe that video camera was a bad idea...

Well, I hope everyone is finding their way here. I'm getting a bunch of frantic emails. The new URL is, as you see, www.uppercasewoman.com. I apologize for yet another video post, but I have been battling the same migraine now since Thursday (yes, I'm going to see my doctor this afternoon).

Yesterday we decided to head downtown on the train and indulge in the unique Philadelphia tradition of the Mummers Parade. While other cities slumber on New Year's Day, Philadelphia has an crazy all-day parade that includes much drunken debauchery. No, really. It's a crazy, crazy thing. Mardi Gras in New Orleans has got nothing on the insanity of the Mummers. We not only do it, we do it when it's fucking COLD.

I shot some video, of course. And put together a little movie. By the way, if it looks like it's just a bunch of drunk men dressed as women dancing, it's cause it is. If it also looks a bit like your plumber is wearing a sequined bat costume, it's cause he is. If it looks a bit like the costumes are racist and lacking in political correctness, well, it's because they are. There is really nothing else like the Philadelphia Mummers. Enjoy. Oh, and pay special attention at moment 1:40 when you see the drunken mummer collapse on the street and his buddy trying to get him up. Heh.

Comments

[margalit]

When my brother and SIL were at Penn, I went to the Mummers parade and honestly, it was CRAZIER than Mardi Gras. I've never seen anything like it. Even the Boston St Patrick's Day parade isn't as drunken and crazy as the Mummer's Parade.

Tori was so adorable in her poncho dancing to the music. That kid is precious.