Happy Easter

Mary Pickford. Photo from here. 

Happy Easter! While I didn't go to the Easter Parade this year like I have in the past, I did head over to Brooklyn and Prospect Park Zoo where I spent the afternoon with my friend and her twins watching the sea lions and feeding the barn animals. Hope everyone had a lovely day.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! To start the celebrations, I've already broken out my Vosges Barcelona Exotic Flop-Eared Bunny made of chocolate, smoked almonds, and sea salt (for other bunnies, visit here). And yes, he lost an ear right after I snapped this photo. Brutal but oh so delicious. Have a great day everyone!

Easter Parade

                                   On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue,
                                   the photographers will snap us                                  
                                   and you'll find that you're 
                                   in the rotogravure.—Irving Berlin

Since the 1870s, Easter in New York has meant the donning of ones finest hats and clothes and strolling up and down Fifth Avenue near St. Patrick's Cathedral. 

This year the crowds were out in force, enjoying the sunny weather. Women wore their prettiest and sometimes most inventive hats, including some ladies from the Ziegfeld Society (second photo).

Dashing couples were to be found, many of whom were dressed in vintage attire—perhaps a nod to Easter Parades of the past.

Clothing aside, it was really all about the hats. In the past, women strove to display the most fashionable hats of the moment. Today, many of the hats were over the top or whimsical in their design.

And many were worn by men, including one who had a Tardis on his head (alas there was no doctor in sight).

At the end of the parade, people wandered off to their next destinations, their hats or bunny ears to be put away until next year.

Photos by Michele.

Happy Easter

Jean Arthur

Happy Easter everyone! I will be partaking in my yearly viewing of Easter Parade before heading up to the real thing. Looking forward to seeing this year's hats. Enjoy your Sunday!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! I'm spending the morning getting ready to go over to Fifth Avenue and take in all the lovely Easter bonnets in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival. I've also got the classic musical on (TCM shows it faithfully every year). If you've never seen Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade (1948) please do. It will have you singing all day.