Green day

John Rode is front and center as he leads his marching group down Louisiana Avenue for the 66th Annual Irish Channel St. Patrick"s Day Parade in uptown New Orleans.

Dune buggies make their way down Magazine Street towards Washington Avenue.

Camrinne Bowen, 7, relaxes while Camille Bowen, left, and Madeleine Meeker rearrange the flowers in her hair.

A float rider lowers a cabbage as she eyes her intended target.

As the Irish Channel Marching Club passes, member Bob Gerdes shakes a leg with Linda Kempf as her friend Phyllis Johnson, left, looks on.

Lorraine Achee, 89, carries her cabbage home to cook with the corned beef she bought earlier in the week.