An Easter parade isn\u2019t just the name of an excellent Judy Garland and Fred Astaire musical, a real tradition first popularized in the 19th century.\u00a0To this day in New York City, swells in their Sunday best to promenade down Fifth Avenue after Easter church services just like in the Irving Berlin song lyrics.<\/p>\n
Now for the second year, that celebration comes to Washington Square with the San Francisco Easter Bonnet Parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Organized by San Francisco Vintage and SF Vintage Maps founder Krystyl Baldwin, the event is about celebrating the spirit of spring, a love of personal style and \u201cthe idea that public space can be experienced with grace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hats are of course encouraged, so if there\u2019s an heirloom bowler or vintage fascinator you\u2019ve been waiting to break out, now is the time. While there is no official dress code, Baldwin invites attendees to come in what consider \u201cmodern interpretations of classic Easter style.\u201d All ages are welcome.<\/p>\n
Baldwin hopes the event becomes a new civic occasion San Franciscans look forward to each Easter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s any neighborhood in San Francisco that prizes tradition, ritual and has its own unique elegant bohemian style identity, it\u2019s North Beach. Get out your boaters and bows, we\u2019re headed to the parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Easter parade isn\u2019t just the name of an excellent Judy Garland and Fred Astaire musical, a real…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[329,7,35717,839,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-248429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-arts-and-entertainment","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-datebook-pick","11":"tag-festivals","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","14":"tag-san-francisco-news","15":"tag-sf","16":"tag-sf-headlines","17":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}