Way 59/100 - Easter on Parade
(An ode to parades past)
A typical Richmond spring teems with buds, blooms, pollen… and people. Patios overflow, parks flood with picnickers, the city is alive with runners, festivals, garden tours, egg hunts and of course, the annual ‘Easter on Parade.’
This parade is not the usual organized line of performances and floats, but a ‘parading’ of well… you! Richmonders dressed in their finest pastels, with hats balancing baskets full of colored eggs and cellophane grass; children and pets in tow with their bows and stuffed bunnies; brunch parties on porches and lunch picnics on the grassy mall of Monument Ave.; lines snaking from food vendors and crowds pooling around street performers while the pastel wave presses on… the best people watching of the year.
