Places I hang out with my buddy "JaKe" here in Manhattan..........
The Rose Center for Earth and Space at The American Museum of Natural History and Planetarium on West 81st Street. Than it's The Great Lawn in Central Park a/k/a my backyard and than there is at the heart of Central Park "The Lake" created out of a large swamp, the 22-acre Lake provids boating and fishing in the summer. Lets not forget the all new Heckscher Ballfields just south of the lake. The waterfalls in the Ramble a thirty-seven hilly wooded acres and a great little pond called Turtle Pond right next to Belvedere Castle & Delacorte Theater, where you can find Jake and me any morning and late afternoon walks, all this only a block from my brownstone..... Let's not forget The West 79th Street Boat Basset Park & Piers is a nice place to go day-dreaming with your doggie......
YUM-YUM-YUM !!!
ZABAR'S at Broadway and West 80th Street, ZABAR'S is the best for perfect NYC gifts deliciously filled & beautifully wrapped baskets and Citarella on B'way @ West 75th Street... Yum,Yum,Yum and so much more...
There will be 2 Million people at the 38th Annual New York's Village Halloween Parade - Monday, October 31st starting at 7PM. All Those in Costume are Welcome to Join Hundreds of Puppets, 56 Bands of Different Types of Music, Dancers, Artists and Hundreds of thousands of other New Yorkers in Costumes of their Own Creation in the Nation’s Most Wildly Creative Public Participatory Event in the Greatest City in the World !
Time: 7:00PM Monday, October 31st, 2011
Location: On 6th Avenue from Spring Street to 15th Street from 7PM - 12:AM Live TV: PIX 11 7PM - 10PM and NY1 8PM -10PM
NYC Village Halloween Parade... “How many of us wish that, even for a little while, we could return to those innocent days of childhood? A time when the world was full of possibilities and every day was an adventure..."
Ever since 2001 I have received a phone call from the New York's Village Halloween Parade, Jeanne Fleming, Director asking if I would be one of their VIP volunteers in the parade every 31st day of October and every year I say - YES!
“Life is a short journey... How can I make sure I fill it with the most fun and that I visit all the coolest places on earth before I pack those bags for the very last time…
I head up the front of the parade as director or the Giant skeletons and creepy crawlers and with the ghosts and ghouls I take to the streets of New York City in the Greenwich Village annual Halloween Parade at 7pm Sharp every 31st day of October.
(Photos of me and my friend Anthony below)
My Happy Halloween Photo Gallery
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Please join me at the 2011 38th annual New York's Village Halloween Parade on Monday, October 31, 2011 starting at 7PM
Jeanne Fleming, Director
Marchers and thousands of thousands spectators wore scary, creative and downright very bizarre costumes as the night time parade (7pm – 10pm) that will make its way up Sixth Avenue to West 15th Street. The spooky tradition, which began in 1973, has grown into the largest Halloween celebration in the world. The theme of the parade is: (TBA)
THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK's THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE
Puppeteer and mask maker Ralph Lee began the festivities for his family and friends in 1967 as a house-to-house walk in his Greenwich Village neighborhood. That is when I was living on West 4th Street in the Village and due remember it so well, I belive there was only 20 of us. The Party Parade grew, and after ceding control to the Theater for the New City in its third year, which increased the length of the route and participation do to filling the streets, it reorganized as a not-for-profit and reclaimed the reins a year later in 1973. Today, the Parade remains true to its Village roots while continuing to draw record crowds and has been named by Festivals International as "The Best Event in the World" on every 31st of October.
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