By Friends of Tom Kane

Luck of the Irish … With all the rain in the forecast for last Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Parade, the folks who marched and came to observe the festivities were blessed with nice enough weather to ensure another successful day. The parade featured traditional Irish step dancers, marching bands, bagpipers and all the traditional banter on the reviewing grandstand brought to us once again by Peter Clavin.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg was a special guest at the parade, but perhaps an even more popular political entity making the rounds was Peanut, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis’s pet chihuahua, who was dressed in an adorable green jacket and cap! read more »