IT'S ST PATRICK'S DAY AND LIFE IS GOOD

Life is good. It's St. Patty's Day and the bagpipers, high school marching bands and baton twirlers had their best weather in years for the St. Patrick's Day Parade, and they all did the Irish and New York City proud on Fifth Avenue. New York's new Irish Archbishop made his inaugural appearance, and he was as wide eyed as a little boy at his first parade. Spring is here, alive and singing, sweeter than ever after a long, hard Winter.

Spring doesn't officially start for a few days yet, but it's on, and who cares what the calendar says when it's 60 degrees, sunny and blue? New Yorkers are filling the streets and parks, shaking off the cabin fever and shedding layers of clothes. A day like today? Now you're talking! Great day for a stroll, or for the terminally busy, a quick peek at a glorious sky and then back to work with a little jazz in your step. Nothing affirms how good life is like the first perfect Spring Day. Even 500 caterwauling bagpipes screeching down Fifth Avenue can't put a dent in the joy of this moment. Happy Springtime and happy St Patty's Day.

Life is good. It's St. Patty's Day and the bagpipers, high school marching bands and baton twirlers had their best weather in years for the St. Patrick's Day Parade, and they all did the Irish and New York City proud on Fifth Avenue. New York's new Irish Archbishop made his inaugural appearance, and he was as wide eyed as a little boy at his first parade. Spring is here, alive and singing, sweeter than ever after a long, hard Winter.

Spring doesn't officially start for a few days yet, but it's on, and who cares what the calendar says when it's 60 degrees, sunny and blue? New Yorkers are filling the streets and parks, shaking off the cabin fever and shedding layers of clothes. A day like today? Now you're talking! Great day for a stroll, or for the terminally busy, a quick peek at a glorious sky and then back to work with a little jazz in your step. Nothing affirms how good life is like the first perfect Spring Day. Even 500 caterwauling bagpipes screeching down Fifth Avenue can't put a dent in the joy of this moment. Happy Springtime and happy St Patty's Day.