The St. Patrick's Day parade in New York is one of the biggest SPD parades in the world. It takes place every year along 5th Avenue from midtown all the way up towards Central Park in Manhattan.
The parade started a little past 11am two Fridays ago in a nice chrispy cold morning under a sunny sky. The cold obviously didn not deter thousands of spectators (some local, some obviously tourist) from lining the street. 5th avenue was a sea of green and orange. Some people were busy scambling for a good spot along the barriers; Some obviously started the day early and were very "merry" already.
People wore big green top hats, glittering clover headbands, flashing buttons, orange boas and even Brave-Heart style face paint (Yes, I knew Brave Heart was about Scottish). The atmosphere was amazing.
The parade itself consisted of a mixture of Police Departments, Fire Departments, Army and Irish bagpipe marching bands (yes yes, men were wearing kilts; No, no wind so I didn't manage to see anything under the kilts). Hiliary Clinton made an appearance in the parade as well - I only knew it was her because of all the secret service agents surrounding her (and the lady next to me exclaimed "There's Hiliary!!").
Later on that day in Manhattan, you could see a lot of "green" people wondering around the streets.
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So, did you wear green that day? If now, did you get pinched?
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