Avast Landlubbers! Drunkarilla!!!

The pirates invaded Tampa this past weekend as about 400,000 people watched from the streets of Bayshore and downtown. The Gasparilla Day Parade - a long-held Tampa tradition - attracts people from all over the country looking for a good time and, of course, beads. Oh yes, the much-coveted beads which send hundreds of otherwise rational men and women into tailspins - prompting them to knock over small children and bear their breasts for a shot at a strand of plastic pearls, all in the name of Jose Gaspar and a helluva fun time!!

La Florida Chic hit the pavement and captured Gasparilla fashion for you!