From the “You learn something new everyday file”…

I didn’t know about the big 5th Avenue Easter Parade/Bonnet Festival that happens in New York on Easter Sunday until I got into work this morning. Being a west coast girl, I suppose I’ve been in the dark about the wildly colorful, inventive, and sometimes outrageous affair that closes down 5th Avenue between 49th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, where Easter enthusiasts really get into it.

Unlike traditional New York City Parades, there are no floats, no marching bands, or cars with beauty queens or sports heroes waving from their convertibles. Fox News Headquarters is just a block from the action, so I grabbed my camera and headed out to take some pictures for you… Check this one out. Yes, there is a person under all those flowers.

As she started walking closer, I tried to get a better shot, and the thing almost swallowed me

Bunny playing cards bonnet

and there’s always someone that just can’t help themselves to bring politics to the party right?

How about a hat you can eat! Peeps are always better once they’ve been outside exposed to the air. This is a pretty good way to do it.

then on the other side of the cute coin … I give you, Easter bikers!

Now if we could have just seen these guys wearing the Peep hat … that would have been a sight. Here’s a guy who proves you are never too old to get into the act!

Easter drinking hats … with champagne glass towers … I like it.

Here’s the answer to “What do people do with all those expired Metro Cards anyway?”

Most of these pictures were taken just outside the world famous St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which I just love taking pictures of every chance I get, so here’s one more. Happy Easter!