Note to self - live in or near a big city

Now back from wallowing in self-pity and New Jersey angst, yours truly. Well, we have never been to the Easter Parade in New York before. So, in the interest of keeping a life despite living in suburban New Jersey, we went today. It is a stitch! Go, just go next year, please. What a boatload of fun! The pictures and album will be self-explanatory.

We ended the day by having a very late lunch at Mesa Grill (Bobby Flay's west side restaurant). Lunch was great. It kind of made up for his in your face personality.

Anyway, take a look. Here are a few teasers. The focus was hats.

And characters.

And men in hats.


And a bunch of transvestites (not sure what they were doing, except selling tickets to something and offering chocolates from the Emperor's Club - yep, the same one :-)

And real women, too, in spectacular HATS, HATS, HATS.