The Coney Island Mermaid Parade began in 1983, viewed by (according to one slightly inebriated Coney Island native, standing behind Life in the Boomer Lane) four people. Today, 40 years later, it is the largest art parade in the country, attended each year by countless thousands of people. LBL, Only Daughter, and six-year-old grandson were […]
April 22, 2015
In an effort to distract herself from the current Mediterranean migrant crisis, as well as the current assemblage of US warships off off the coast of Yemen, Life in the Boomer Lane took a quick peek at various periodicals, in order to find something that would lift her mood. National Geographic informed her that warming […]
June 19, 2023
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