A New York City Virgin.
Well, at least until the 4th of July two years ago.
With certain notable events reminding us of New York these days (other than the sad commemoration of the World Trade Center tragedy last month) - like the 103rd year anniversary of the NY Subway on Oct. 27, the Garden in Transit event where hundreds of yellow taxis are temporarily transformed into mobile floral art canvases (in honor of the city's first metered taxi cab) and on a personal note, our best friends just returning from their trip from Maine and New York, and another close friend who recently bought a house there and moved in it, I thought I'd post this video.
Consequently, events such as the "Village Halloween Parade" is coming up in NY. If you think San Francisco's Castro Halloween Party is HUGE (or used to be) with it's 300,000-count partiers, NY's Village Halloween Parade is still the largest celebration of its kind in the world drawing more than 50,000 costumed participants and approximately 2 million spectators each year.
We initially wanted to do a cross-country RV trip from Cali to New York (hey, just like that Black Eyed Peas song) but since we 're keeping our place (which we tried to sell once so we can live and travel in the RV) we're also keeping the travels close by and intermittently.
The next destination is coming up next month after Thanksgiving, (we're taking the RV to Death Valley) and we are looking forward to driving in those primitive backcountry roads and exploring dramatic panoramas.
In the meantime, enjoy the video, keep shopping for those last minute Halloween costumes, and we promise to give you more travel pics in the coming days!
If you can't see the video above, you can find it at LonelyPlanet.tv http://lonelyplanet.tv/Clip.aspx?key=03C7A60020B76AD5
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6 days ago
5 comments:
Great job..... Brought back many memories from my last NYC trip.
I sooo love your vids! Why am I not surprised? Ever since we were in college you were already so creative and talented! What more can I say? *clap! clap! clap!*
(Grabe, namiss kita bigla!)
Another great video! I was drawn into it since I have fond memories of going there many years ago.
thanks.
Your videos are simply awesome, Jules. I love your stranger-in-a-strange-land voiceovers. What I can't understand though is how you managed to escape getting mugged as you went around that city with a camera, gawking at the buildings and acting like a bleeding tourist.
Just messing with ya. Miss you, pare.
Thanks for the comments, lovely people. Here's a little secret: I miss you guys more than I miss New York. But don't tell anybody - especially Mayor Giuliani.
OMG I'm beginning to rhyme like a gradeschooler.
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