I live in a east-side section of Manhattan called Tudor City. I was working on a post this evening and heard a loud explosion. And then another, and another. I’m a stone’s throw from the United Nations and they’re all in a tizzy regarding opening of the general session and visits from President Bush and [...]
Archive for September 2007
Fireworks at the United Nations
September 20, 2007The Feast of San Gennaro
September 20, 2007Okay, it’s September, it’s NYC, I’m not Italian; but I’m going to the Feast. St. Gennaro (AKA St. Januarius) is the patron saint of Naples. That’s something I just recently learned and have to admit that too many mafia movies had me thinking of Little Italy only in Sicilian terms. The Feast of San Gennaro is [...]
Taiwan Protest March in NYC
September 19, 2007On Saturday, I was leaving my apartment to go to the Steuben Day Parade and saw a long line of marchers dressed mostly in green coming down 2nd Avenue and then turning west on 42nd Street. It took me a moment to realize that this was a Taiwanese protest march that I had seen announced [...]
Ankling to Harlem’s African-American Day Parade
September 18, 2007You can’t keep me out of Harlem too long. And I had a great excuse for going back: a parade. A strange parade. A political parade. A pretty fun parade. The bad part: it was on the same day as the Mexican Day Parade and one day after the Steuben Day Parade. I was pretty much [...]
Manhattan and the Mexican Day Parade
September 17, 2007This weekend, I decided to check out two very different parades: the Steuben Day Parade (very German) and the Mexican Day Parade. I ended up doing three (including the African-American Day Parade). Nevertheless, the two initial parades were very different. If you’ve read my other parade posts, you’ll note the audience reaction is a key [...]
