Easter Sunday in New York City

Hi All,

Well, I am not a big celebratant of Easter, but I must say, it was fun to be here in New York on that day.

Started with breakfast at Bagel Bob's - "Everything baked on the premises" - and there is nothing better (well, almost) than a bagel with lox and cream cheese in New York City. My mouth is watering as I write this, so I may have to go back for another one today.

Then we hopped a city bus and headed down to Greenwich (pronounced gren'-itch) Village, which is farther south on "the island." Yes, that's right, I'm actually staying on an island! It's much bigger than Harriet Island there in St. Paul, but Manhattan is one of the 5 burroughs (or parts) of New York City - kind of like East St. Paul, West St. Paul, etc. are separate areas of St. Paul, but everything is still really "St. Paul" - except each of the different parts of New York City is HUGE, and the part I am staying on, Manhattan, is an island. Cool, huh?! No, I am not sitting by the ocean on my towel watching the waves roll in over my toes. You will just have to go to Manhatten sometime to see what it's like!

Man with potted
plant bonnet

Ms. Lucas and 2 girls
with Easter bonnets

Anyway, on our way to Greenwich Village, we noticed a bunch of people gathering, so we hopped off the bus to investigate. It turned out to be the Easter Day Parade! The city closes 5th Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the city, for a few hours, and people walk up and down the street in their Easter finery, including Easter bonnets (which is a fancy word for hat). Here are a couple of pictures of some of the more unusual bonnets I saw. I jumped in to the picture with the girls on the right, and it turned out that the shorter girl is a 4th grader here in New York City on the island of Manhattan!

Jim and Jo Ann Lucas,
my mom and dad

Oh, and here is the picture I promised of my mom and dad. Next time you walk past my room there at Frost Lake, take a look at the black and white picture of the two adults with a baby. Well, that is the very same mom and dad that you are looking at right here in this picture. And the baby? Well, you must know who that is! :-)

Take good care everyone. More soon -

Ms. Lucas (Sandy :-)

Grand Central Station,
New York

P.S. Remember that story we read about Herbert Fieldmouse, Secret Agent, and how he went to a train station? Well, does this picture look familiar? It reminded me of that.