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Easter Hats for Madoff Victims
Today at the New York City Easter Parade, there were the usual wacky hats adorned with flowers, Peeps and other holiday-related accoutrements.
One family got more creative – and timely. The parents, their teenage daughter and dog all wore Lost-Our-Nest-Egg hats. But these weren’t ordinary victims of the downturn: The mother wasn’t shy about telling everyone that they had lost their savings to none other than Bernie Madoff.
For added effect, they were waving around a coffee mug for donations. The daughter was heard telling her parents that “someone from another country” put some money in the cup after taking their photo.
The crowd was appreciating the craft that went into the hats – the eggs covered in newspaper headlines about the recession were an especially nice touch. But it seemed that they were getting more votes for cleverness than sympathy – even on Fifth Avenue.
Liz Borod Wright has worked for Zagat.com, ABCNews.com and Fortune.com, and is in the process of looking for her next gig. She recently began a blog, www.Travelogged.com, that chronicles her own and other people’s adventures and travels.
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