Hangin' loose

These beads along middle Duval were among tens of thousands of the hung over Sunday.

Astonishingly, though, the curbs were almost spotless, and there was none of the typical morning-after beer reek. The city's sweepers and washers had done yeoman work.

Barbara, who owns Mermaid House on our street and braved the parade from a stool at the 801, said she'd never seen so many naked people. She liked it.

Joe, the checker at Fausto's, also approved: "At least you know they aren't carrying knives, guns or bombs."