Entries Tagged as 'parade'

Chinese New Year Parade

January 26th, 2004 · 9 Comments


Dining Room at Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan


Eleanor & Jeannette, Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan


Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan


Tien gives dessert the thumbs up, Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan

Here’s a funny movie clip of Tien and Jeannette at dim sum:
- Caw! Caw! (.mov, 788k)


After dim sum, walking to the parade route, Chinatown, Manhattan


With the temperature outside at 8 degrees, we opted for Vietnamese coffee instead of ice cream!


Subway, Chinatown, Manhattan


Finally we got to the parade route where we met up with Jen and Jake. Everyone there was setting off confetti bombs.


Chinatown, Manhattan


Senator Charles Schumer began the parade.


Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan


Drummer in a band, Chinatown, Manhattan


Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan


Tien takes a photo of the monkey king.


Yvan trying to keep warm.


On a sidestreet, Tien points out a Chinese character that says “Mao”.


As we start to make our way to the subway to go home, no one seems to care if we walk right beside the parade. This is where we get the best photographs.


Beauty Queens?


Yellow Dragon, Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan


Yellow Dragon, Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan


Little boy dressed as a dragon.


Confetti on the stairs.


A store we passed on the way to the subway.


Chinatown, Manhattan


Going home on the F Train.

After dim sum at Jing Fong, Eleanor, Jeannette, Yvan, Tien, Shannan, Jessica and I met up with Jen and Jake on the parade route to watch the Chinese New Year festivities. What a great way to celebrate my chinese-ness, or lack there of! My goal of the day was to see some dragon dancers, which I’d never seen before. Luckily, there were several of them. Unluckily, the temperature outside was about eight degrees. After an hour standing outside I could no longer feel my extremities and my camera was whacked out so we left.

More:
- 2004/4702 Chinese New Year Parade, by Tien
- Chinese New Year, by Eleanor
- Jessica’s Ofoto Album
- Chinatown Parade, by Jake
- Chinatown Parade Photo Gallery, by Jake
- Chinese New Year Parade, by Jen for Gothamist

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New York’s Village Halloween Parade

November 2nd, 2003 · 9 Comments


Jess & I bought some crash test dummy masks & set to work on making the costume. We bought painter’s coveralls and tried to dye them tan.


The dye didn’t stay on anything except for my hands and the zippers of the suits.


A couple days before the parade Jess & my mom took the coveralls in so they would fit us better. When we bought them they were only available in size XXL.


My dad & I worked on making the crash test dummies’ decals out of yellow and black tape.


Mom & Jess having a fitting.


Finally the costumes are done!


On the walk home to get ready for the parade I saw all these police officers getting instructions on what do to for the Halloween Parade.


Mom, Dad, Jeannette, Jessica & Yvan came over to my place to get ready for the Halloween Parade.


Jeannette went as a tomato.


Yvan went as Princess Leia.


Yvan, with his freshly stuffed chest, gets his makeup applied by Jeannette.


Dad & Mom


Walking to the parade to meet up with Eleanor & Sarah.


Dad & Mom walking to the parade.


Eleanor was the cutest Little Red Riding Hood.


Now we just need to meet up with Sarah.


Jeannette & Sarah


Jessica, dad, me, Eleanor, Yvan, Jeannette


Another crash test dummy to take a photo with.


A ton of people dressed as Roy and the tiger.


Dr. Suess


Weird beaked guy


Lady Elvis


Globe & ?


Jeanneatte grabs Yvan’s boobs!


Costumed Crowd


Fairy


HTML


Colorful Guy


Howard Dean was campaigning in full force. There was a huge float & a ton of people dressed up and handing out Howard Dean pins.


Leather


Butts


Christmas


Kids


Dancer


Evil Red Riding Hood


Horned Monster


Nativity


Nerds


Orange Eye Monster


Powder Puff Girls


Wigs & Tongue

This year, Jeannette, Yvan, Jessica, Sarah, Eleanor, mom, dad, & I dressed up and walked in New York’s Village Halloween Parade.

More Photos:
- Jessica’s Halloween Photos (ofoto)
- Last Year’s Photos from the Parade

I missed Jessica’s first Halloween, but here are photos that my brother sent me of her and Stephanie. So cute!


Stephanie & Jessica at Steph’s Halloween school dance.


Amanda & Jess


Steph & Jess went trick-or-treating at Nancy & Josh’s house.


Jessica.


Jess


Jessica & Nancy.


Amanda, Stephanie, Nancy, Jessica

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New York’s Village Halloween

October 31st, 2002 · Comments Off


The rest of these photos are from the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Derek & friends as cast members of the The Match Game, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, & uh.. I don’t know.


There were lots of huge scary monster puppets.


George W. Bush


George W. Bush


And lots of crazy costumes.


After almost being squished to death on the street, we went up to a friend’s apartment to watch the parade from above. The apartment was above the Waverly Restaurant on 6th Avenue.


The float float sponsored by the Costume Network is pumping out music and there are about 100 people with inline skates on who are dancing down the street.


A band called Dirty Lenin plays on this float.


Just trying to go home and escape the madness now! The Slaughtered Lamb Pub.


Drag Queen on Christopher Street.


Someone had this cute little bunny out. Not sure why. On Halloween in The Village you don’t really ask “why?”.


Like why this guy has this huge snake on McDougal.


Empire State Building.


Chrysler Building.


New York’s Village Halloween Parade. It was a crazy freak-fest. The two biggest freaks? Jill & Jess.

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Day Before St. Patrick’s Day

March 16th, 2002 · Comments Off

Midtown is going OFF! I’ve never seen so many real and pretend Irish people. While running errands, I got trapped in a mob of people numbering in the thousands.. the parade route. grrr… So, I was forced to watch a good portion of the parade. People are drunk. And green. The streets are already littered with beer cans and trash. I guess everyone’s Irish on the day before St. Patrick’s Day.

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Thanksgiving Alone

November 22nd, 2001 · 2 Comments

Thanksgiving Parade
Parade Route Sign, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Thanksgiving Parade
Boys 2 Men, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Thanksgiving Parade
Ronald McDonald Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Thanksgiving Parade
Usher, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Thanksgiving Parade
Curious George Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Thanksgiving Parade
Snoopy Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Thanksgiving Parade
Snoopy Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Thanksgiving Parade
Willard Scott, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Happy Thanksgiving! I saw the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It went by on Broadway, 2 blocks from my house. Some parade things I’ve learned:

  • The night before the parade there is the "Big Balloon Blow-Up". You can go and see the giant balloons being inflated with helium. They put nets over them that are weighted down with sandbags. The balloons are enormous up close!
  • If you don’t want to learn to love hot coffee you should buy a hat, scarf and gloves before you go to see the parade. You’re going to be standing in 40-degree weather for 4 – 5 hours.
  • The parade starts at 77th Street and goes south down Central Park West and Broadway to 34th Street, where the Macy’s store is. That’s a long walk.
  • The Ronald McDonald balloon had a hole in it. In the arm. Not to worry, it seemed as though the balloons had several chambers so that if it was torn the entire balloon wouldn’t deflate.
  • I was watching the parade on Broadway between 49th and 50th. Sometimes the people directing and holding the ropes for the balloons would run through the intersection. A guy behind me said that it was because of crosswinds. I don’t know if that’s true or not.
  • The most cheers:
    – Mayor Giuliani
    – FDNY/NYPD
    – The pooper scoopers who followed the horses
  • My favorite celebrity in the parade: USHER!

Thanksgiving Parade
Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

I talked to Mom, Dad, Dick, Steph, Mark, AJ and Jeremy and got email from Nick (you all made me happy!) and then later on I ordered in Thanksgiving dinner and watched the Green Mile.

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