Parade Of Big Bonnets

People gather to look at a dog, named Portia, wearing bunny ears and riding in a basket during the Easter Parade in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2009. Hundreds gathered near Saint Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center showing of their fanciest and most outrageous outfits.

Cheryl Raymond, left, and Sam Culver show off their hats made of jelly beans during the Easter Parade - a much loved tradition - in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2009.

Rosemary Ponzo poses for pictures during the Easter Parade in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2009. While this parade doesn't have any floats or marching bands, it is a spectacle nonetheless. People fly in from around the world to participate in the event.

Mary Anna Smith shows off her hat made of marshmallow Peeps at the Easter Parade in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2009. The parade on Fifth Avenue was immortalized in the 1948 movie "Easter Parade" starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire.

Maria Campanella wears a hat representing US Airways flight 1549, which landed safely in the Hudson River, during the Easter Parade in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2009.

Vanessa Sturbenz poses for pictures while wearing a giant floral hat at the Easter Parade in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2009. The annual parade started out as a chance for New Yorkers to show off their holiday finery after church. It has evolved into a springtime version of Halloween.