Fort Lauderdale's Day of the Dead, under the leadership of Jim Hammond (he of The Lion King), gets better every year, as last night demonstrated. Though it has certain built-in advantages over celebrations in other parts of the country. There is the weather, which makes it extremely agreeable to be outside the first week of November, and there is the added pleasure of seeing women in long dresses, and men in morning coats, in the city of T-shirts and shorts.
