The Bay Ridge Raggamuffin Parade & Street Fair

Every year in Bay Ridge, a couple of weeks before Halloween, Third Avenue is cleared of cars and swept clean for the weekend. On that Saturday, the Raggamuffin Parade is held, followed by the big annual street fair on Sunday. Both stretch from 69th Street all the way to Verrazano Bridge. Cool huh?
The parade is a children's event (even though we grown-folk march with them) and gives them a chance to show off their Halloween costume finery while the weather is still not too hostile.
This year we marched with Miranda's new school (PS 102 - The Bayview School) and some new and old friends. The rain held off until we we got to 86th Street, at which point we bailed-out and trotted back to Daddy's house.
Sunday was, by contrast, a perfect warm Autumn day, so we spent a lot of time sampling the food and bouncing on the various rides - we even bought a couple of toys! Good times!
Here are a few pics of the fun: