Columbus Day Parade

Despite its sophistication and its splendor, the city's Columbus Day Parade lent an air of small town celebration to Manhattan. The high school bands, the Italian community floats and the seemingly never ending line of Ms Italy's made for an enjoyable viewing and a fitting end to our time in New York City. The city is not just glam and splendor it is people and every day lives - just like everywhere else in this great nation.