This was a good year. There’s no other way to put it. Here’s a look back at some of the stellar moments from 2011. Several of the items are linked to the blog posts where I originally blogged about them. Legally Married: After 16 years of being together, and 14 since we had our commitment ceremony, [...]
26Dec11
2011: Year in Review
Thanksgiving morning was thrilling. Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV as a kid I never expected to see the parade in person. Then in 1999, Will and I spent our first Thanksgiving in New York, and, even tough he had to work, I went to the parade. I’ve been a few times over [...]
I’ll be up and out of the house before dawn on Thanksgiving morning so I can get ready to escort Ronald McDonald down the route of the 85th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. How did I end up escorting a balloon? The Flying Goats had the highest per-person average fund raising for Braking the Cycle and [...]
20Dec08
About Header #14
Header #14 was shot on Thursday, November 22, 2007, during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This shot of the Pillsbury float was taken from from an office located on the fifth floor of 52nd Street and Broadway, so I was able to get the areal view. (You can check out all the photos from the [...]
One of the new balloons in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was Keith Haring’s “Figure With Heart,” based on Haring’s 1987 ink on paper drawing “Untitled (Figure with Heart).” Haring would have been 50 this year. He died of AIDS-related illness in 1990 when he was 31. Haring’s art has long been associated with [...]
1Dec07
About Header #3
Header #3 was shot on Thursday, November 22, 2007 from an office located on the fifth floor of 52nd Street and Broadway… looking down on to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Below is the entire photo.
24Nov07
Wintry Saturday
Brrrr… We’ve gone from near 70 on Thanksgiving day (which, of course, was great weather for the parade) to the current temperature of 26 with a wind chill of 19. I like the cold just fine, but I’m not a fan of the harsh wind chill. At least the sun is out though. It’s been [...]
