This Week: Easter Bunny Trains & Brunches, Egg Hunts, Spring Break Camps

3/19/15 - By Ravelle Worthington

What a festive week it's been in NYC, with the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Midtown painting the town green on Tuesday. My family marked the occasion with a traditional meal of corned beef, cabbage, and, of course, Irish soda bread.

Easter is the next holiday up and there are plenty of ways to celebrate such as egg hunts, Easter Bunny brunches and even fun-filled Easter Bunny train rides in nearby New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It's also the first weekend of spring which means school break is near. Our Travel site has some great tips for planning a family vacation as well as awesome spring break travel deals. If you can't take the time off from work to be with the kids, we also have a roundup of spring break camps for all ages and interests.

Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:

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Start planning your Easter! This week, we posted about the best egg hunts and Easter bunny brunches for NYC families, as well as one of our favorite children's photography studios for spring and holiday-themed portraits.

Celebrate the first day of spring with a FREE sweet treat from Rita's Water Ice, our Friday pick of the day.

Speaking of the new season, spring break is coming up and we've got the scoop on a bunch of enriching school recess camps.

Playground season is about to begin, but if you want to play with your kids instead of just watching them, check out these 10 spots for family fun—yup, grown-ups can play, too.

Our biweekly news post includes details about Bank Street Bookstore's new location, a NYC elementary school that dumped homework and a huge change for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

This week's WeeWork project is a fun grow-your-own kitchen garden.

Our deals posts includes discounts on gardening classes, music lessons and cool kids' shows.

Best bets for the weekend include the Great Easter Egg Hunt, the opening day of Macy's Flower Show and Scholastic's kid-lit Worlds Collide Convention.