Living it up
Caroline Ilardi, organizer of the Forgotten Coast Dancing Witches, looks demure behind her parasol in the Mardi Gras parade in Port St. Joe. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Lots of enthusiasm at the Mardi Gras parade in Port St. Joe. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Pirates sailed atop boats at the Mardi Gras parade in Port St. Joe. [ Debbie Hooper | JoeBay.com ]
Captain Phil Cox, from Phil’s Charter Service, got into the spirit of the Mardi Gras parade. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
On a warm Fat Tuesday, March 4 afternoon under sunny skies, the crowds lined Reid Avenue in downtown Port St. Joe for the annual Mardi Gras Parade, hosted by the Forgotten Krewe.
Led by grand marshall J.R. Grady, owner of Dagwood’s Delicatessan, the lengthy parade featured lots of people dressed in purple and yellow, their faces hidden by glittery masks, riding in golf carts or atop floats, all tossing beads and candy to the families that lined both sides of the street in ample numbers.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.