Jessica Simpson is Smilin' in the Rain

After co-hosting The View, Jessica Simpson lunches at midtown Manhattan’s Dos Caminos (mmm Mexican) before returning to her hotel on Thursday. She toted around the “Pacha Bucket” Bag in Pytho.

Jessica, 27, showed us all how to stay dry on a rainy, messy NYC day: All you need are a pair of fabulous knee-length boots and a really tall, attentive handler/bodyguard with an umbrella by your side.

Check out the trailer for Jessica Simpson‘s upcoming comedy Major Movie Star, in which she plays Megan Valentine, a pampered film-star who enlists in the Army, but soon discovers that she’s in way over her head.

More pictures inside of Jessica Simpson smiling in the rain…