Thoughts from sonie: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Every year, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place going from 77th Street down to Herald Square. As usual, the event takes place in the morning hours starting from 9am at 77th Street (yawn). I decided to go, because there would be a Smurf balloon. Got to my desired location, somewhere in the middle of 34th Street and 77th Street at 9:30am, since I knew it would take at least 40-50 minutes for the parade to get down from 77th Street. It was packed, regardless. Anyway, I didn't really get to see the people dressed up walking in the parade, because there were too many people in front of me blocking my view - mostly tall people, and if not tall people, then people who put their kids on their shoulders. Shucks. Eventually, as the parade was nearing its end, people in front started to leave, so I managed to push may way 5-10 feet forward. Here are some pictures (not necessarily in chronological order). My two favorites are the Smurf and Mickey Mouse :)

-> A Band March

-> "Don't smile at me; don't cheer at me; don't even look at me. I know many of you plan on eating my family today."

-> An elf riding a horse

-> The Energizer Bunny....it keeps going, and going, and going.

-> The Statue of Liberty

-> Spiderman

-> Remember the '80s cartoon called The Smurfs? That was a really good show...I would still watch it, if TV Networks would just show some reruns :)

-> Here's a picture of Smurf Village, and Smurfette and a Smurf waving.

-> Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon", here with The Roots. Note: Jimmy (far right), unfortunately, had his back turned to this side of the audience.