Washington Speaks: Easter Parade

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Fifth Avenue's 2016 Easter Parade

You think it's easy to wear this thing? You should try making it. On Fifth Avenue, Easter morning, March 27, 2016.

The New York Easter Parade is the greatest fun. Everyone is happy, smiling, glad to be there in the hum of the crowd where rare glimpses of politicians are allowed. (No wonder everyone is happy!)

I checked, and the parade is not listed in the New York section of 1000 Places to See Before You Die. It should be. It lasts about six hours (you don't have to stay for the whole thing), and the participants slowly move south to north on the route, clogged with non-participants/Photo by Patricia Leslie

New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

On the steps of St. Patrick's on Fifth Avenue/Photo by Patricia Leslie

Okay, all right, one politico (in addition to "Bunnies Against Corporate Greed" which I could not photograph before the wearer disappeared in the crowd). This woman's "hat" carried the only candidate we saw portrayed all day, New York's favorite son, The Donald. Said some of the wording: "This is My Wall. It's Huge. No One Can Get Through." "Peak A Boo, Mr. Trump. It's Me, El Chapo" (Huh? I think the potato head.) "Presenting Donald Trump and His Band Playing Their Hit Song 'Hair.'" In the 2016 Fifth Avenue Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

You think this is a balloon salesman, right? You are wrong, That's a hat of many balloons in New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

How about a beard of daffodils? Yes! At least, I think that's what they were in New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

All ready for the 1940s in New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade. His camera case was vintage, too/Photo by Patricia Leslie

Black Easter? In New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

This is "Coco" getting ready for New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade. There were almost as many dressed dogs in the parade as humans. Really./Photo by Patricia Leslie

And this is Coco's owner in New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

"I got an itch." Honey, I think you got more than that for New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade. Maybe the weight of her hat caused her to lose balance /Photo by Patricia Leslie

Her dress was so tight it was declared off limits on the steps of St. Patrick's for New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

He carried a little dog dressed like he was, in pink, in New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade. There was a contest over who/what was better dressed: the people or their dogs. Yes, everything is going to the .../Photo by Patricia Leslie

New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

Egads, Donald built hats for New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade/Photo by Patricia Leslie

A gator hatched a few eggs on top of her haid for New York's Fifth Avenue 2016 Easter Parade. The connection? Maybe she's a Florida fan. Or, an environmentalist. The gator stayed atop her head and except for swishing its tail, didn't move much so no one worried about getting bitten. It was pinned down/Photo by Patricia Leslie