APRIL
18, 2007 --
Easter
It was spring, but hardly spring-like, on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, Easter
Sunday, this year. The wintry air did not, however, keep the colorful, elaborate
(and sometimes downright bizarre) Easter millinery away.
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The
Easter Parade Crowd on Fifth Avenue.
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Bonhommets …
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Easter-Bunnybonnet …
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Three
Easter Bonnets …
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Easter-shipeau …
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Vendor-defactobonnet …
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While
stopped in traffic on Madison Avenue, LPR caught sight of Cardinal
Egan getting into a car, and got this hurried image of His Eminence.
(LPR notes that Cardinal Egan, and his
predecessor, Cardinal O'Connor, were parodied, regularly, on the Imus program.
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Cardinal
Egan
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These parodies did
keep Catholics from going on the program. LPR, furthermore, is not aware
of any criticism from the
Imus critics of the regular parody of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez.
Could Karl Rove have somehow manipulated Imusgate to get the program's anti-Iraq
war views off the air?)
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The
Tartan Day Parade
Thanks to the NYC weekly events calendar posted by Gemini and Scorpio, LPR learned
about, and went to, the Ninth Annual Tartan Day Parade, April 15.
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Tartan
Day Parade, NYC …
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Flags
of the parade …
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Canadian
unit in the Tartan Day Parade …
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And
a glorious parade -- and day -- it was, with one pipe and drum band
after another, among the groups marching up the Sixth Avenue parade
route, from 43rd street to 58th street.
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Marching
up 6th Avenue …
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58th
Street - End of the Parade Route.
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A
Tartan Day Unit …
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Two
Tartans, one Plaid …
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Two
parade participants …
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Two
young spectators …
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The
parade's first grand marshal was the actor Cliff Robertson. Grand marshals
have included Sean Connery. Grand marshal this year was Rt. Hon. George
Reid, presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament.
Spectators, outside the Fox network, on Sixth Avenue, included animal rights
and "24" (the Fox series) protesters. |
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