halloween

I didn't make big plans for Halloween, but I ended up meeting Tanya for the 33rd annual Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village. We've heard big things about it, and we wanted to see it for ourselves. That turned out to be quite a challenge! It was really crowded and hard to see. The organization in charge of the parade estimated that 2 million people went to see the parade last night, and about 50,000 people marched in the parade, wearing costumes or carrying giant stilted puppets of skeletons, trees, and pumpkins and vines. There were also 53 bands marching in the parade this year. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS were the Grand Marshals. Before we went to the parade site, we stopped at a little place called Crema for passion fruit margaritas. Then on to the parade for some pictures!