NYC does Halloween
Despite having lived in New York for three years, I have never seen the Halloween Parade. Until last night.
I went with Ben and a couple of friends who dressed up as V (for Venedetta, not from the 80’s mini series about aliens, which was my first thought when he told me) and a wench. I had planned to dress up as Alice in Wonderland and dress Ben up as the Chesire Cat, but due to his lack of enthuasiam and my lack of costume elements, we didn’t really dress up. I wore cat ears and Ben wore a glittery bowa.
The parade always starts in the West Village and goes up to 23rd street. The crowds were every bit as dense as I imagined. Packed with people, mostly in costume, all come to see the parade. I decided next year, I will definitley wear a good costume and definitely walk in the parade. It would be a lot easier to get around! Plus, it just looks like fun.
The parade marchers ranged from people in typical, store-bought costumes to hand-made original costumes (my favorite being Beaker from the Muppets) to giant floats filled with costumed dancers, sponsored by bars or the Voice.
Definitely an interesting show. I’m going to start planning a real costume for next Halloween. Look out for me in next year’s parade!