While I don't really care about the Superbowl, I do like a public spectacle (and confetti!), so I made my way out to Broadway, just one block from my office, to see what I could of the ticker tape parade for the NY Giants. Which turned out to be not much, since the crowd was about 50 deep from the street, but I still enjoyed the watching the fluttering debris and hearing the roar of the crowd when something exciting happened. Our venerable Mayor Bloomberg had urged people, “If you have an office along Broadway, you are encouraged to throw confetti out your windows … just don’t throw anything heavy out the window — paper only," and it was really funny to see what must have been raided from copiers and printers floating through the air, as well as rolls of toilet paper floating gently down a 20 story office building. I did see said mayor as he passed by on one of those double decker sightseeing bus, but he was the only I could recognize from as far away as I was (although, not going to lie, being closer up certainly wouldn't have made a difference...) So yes, fun times, but it was time to make our way back to the office for another day. Unfortunately I don't think I got any great pictures. Confetti doesn't photograph especially well.
Tomorrow is my last day of work for the week, because I get to go to Seattle for a conference on homelessness! I'm so excited!
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