Leslie and I walked down the street to Fremont yesterday (June 17, 2006) to attend the Summer Solstice Parade and Art Fair. There are police around (somewhere) but, once a year, they look the other way and tolerate public nudity during the parade. Though I didn't join in, I felt very liberated and a bit hippified. The nudists didn't seem to be exhibitionists on parade so much as just being their uninhibited selves. They weren't flaunting, just strolling, or riding, nude. Many of them wore paint. The parade begins with public nudity and then various floats and things go by. None of it involves any advertising whatsoever. Letters are not allowed in the parade.
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| Tandem painted bicyclists | A painted woman waves to the crowd | Nixon (disgraced?) waves to little girls while naked | Hoping to join an ivy leage school | Leslie shot this one |
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| Man and Wife | Naked juggler riding a unicycle | The first spectacle of the parade after the nudists | Dancers | Some of the spectacles are a little enigmatic |
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| Death on two legs | A child falls asleep in the middle of the parade | Naked man with yellow paint | Flower Power | My Favorite! This is the best photo I took that day |
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| Belly Dancers Galore | Naked bicyclist mingling with belly dancers | Double double toil and trouble |