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I love my eccentric little neighborhood. It\u2019s a perfect place for someone with unusual interests like me. I\u2019ve discussed its oddities<\/a>, peculiarities<\/a>, history<\/a> and geography<\/a> on a number of occasions although they probably mean more to me than to you. I write Twelve Mile Circle as much to amuse myself as to appeal to an external audience, maybe more. Still, I hope you will forgive the occasional personal tangent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia held its St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade last night. That statement right there creates the first contradiction: it was the day before<\/i> St. Patrick\u2019s Day. Actually it was supposed to be the Mardi Gras parade but Snowmageddon<\/a> ruined those plans. You can see where this is heading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, the parade had the requisite Irish folk dancers along with a forlorn bagpiper and drummer as one would expect, but it also had this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clarendon<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For in Arlington, it\u2019s not considered unusual for a Bolivian dance troupe to march in a St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade. The potato originated from that part of the world so maybe that’s the connection to Ireland. Does it really matter? It didn’t stop anyone from enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor is it odd to encounter an all-woman roller derby team, a gaggle of drag queens perched upon a convertible, a “green” hybrid taxi, or a repurposed Mardi Gras float hastily covered with cutout shamrocks to match the Irish theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correlations and contradictions of colliding and overlapping demographic swirls simply fascinated me, and they all gathered together for the parade. I have odd tastes and a skewed outlook. I admit it, and you already know it if you\u2019ve read this site for awhile. We had a great time and the kids caught more strings of Mardi Gras<\/del> St. Patrick (?), “whatever” beads than one could imagine. It was all good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Arlington Now website<\/a> has a lot more photographs. You\u2019ll soon see what I mean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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