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For expats who live near the coast, summer means sun, sand, and surf and nothing exemplifies this more than the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in Brooklyn, NY. A Saturday event that happens around the Summer Solstice — this year the Mermaid Parade was on June 19th. The Mermaid Parade started in 1983 as an arts parade that celebrates all things sea-related. For a fee, anyone can march in the parade — and many do, showing off homemade costumes and floats. Read more: Scenes of a Mermaid Parade   Schools and the park playgrounds are probably the first and best places to learn how to play. Playtime is universal and some children’s games have changed very little over the years. Hide and seek, tag, hopscotch, jump rope, red light/green light, red rover: these and other games don’t need a lot of equipment just a congregation of kids and a sunny day. So, what happens now that you’re all grown Read more: Games People Play Every country has a sport, a game that excites people and fuels nationalistic pride. Depending on the season, there may even be more than one for athletes (armchair and otherwise) to participate in. One of the biggest sport mysteries is why Americans and to a large extent Canadians do not have the same fervor for soccer as every other country in the Read more: Be a Sport Farm fresh fruit and produce may not be the first things that come to mind in amongst city skyscrapers. However, local farmers (and enterprising entrepreneurs) are cutting out the middlemen and selling direct to consumers. In open air markets, fruits stands and stalls, or even in subway stations, these semi-permanent vendors offer unique and local, exotic, and definitely convenient ways to get your recommended daily five servings of fruits and Read more: Fruits of Their Labor |
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