Almost Famous

Last weekend I started out my first St. Patty's day in the city with a delicious breakfast with Liz and Linds at the Barking Dog, one of my all-time favorite restaurants. It's conveniently located about 30 seconds from my front door, on 77th and York.

YUM!

After breakfast Linds and I headed downtown to 45th and Madison, where we joined the hordes waiting for the Parade to start. 

Every year Fordham marches in the St. Patty's day Parade! All current students and alumni are welcome to march with Father McShane and this year a group of friends and I decided to go for it! Why not pretend to be famous and march right up 5th Ave, in front of thousands of people?

 Some of the Fordham croud.

With Linds waiting for the Parade to start.

We were all given Fordham maroon sashes, which we got to keep. Unfortunately, the Parade was delayed and we spent over 2 hours waiting on 44th Street to start our 2 mile walk. We had a great time once we started moving though!

 Some of the group on 5th Ave!

- Mary Kate, Linds, Kevin, Emily and Connor.

Linds and I.

In front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Ave.

It was like summer out last Saturday!

The actual march only took about 45 minutes, but it was a blast! There were a surprising amount of Fordham fans in the audience and was great to get cheers from them as we walked by. It was also just a beautiful day to be out taking a walk, especially on 5th. 

Happy St. Patty's day from NYC!