I LOVE A PARADE

I really do.  St. Patrick's Day parades, specifically.  Bagpipes, fifes, and drums?  LOVE them.  I may have missed the Newport parade, but I went to the lovely hamlet of Pearl River, NY for the Rockland County parade today.  After NYC's, this is the second largest parade in NY.  It was quite impressive for such a small town.  But this small town is overflowing with Irish people.  And men in skirts!

The bagpipes were followed by corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, and Rockland Bakery rolls.