While it may not be a truly "New Yorker" thing to do, I enjoyed the perks of living in Manhattan and took in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade--IN PERSON. We stressed out for weeks over where to go, what time to get there, and the strict gameplan for the day (my parents were in town, what do you expect?). On the actual day, Ashley and I were picked up by Mom & Dad at our place at 7AM (they were 1/2 hour late). We parked on the east side of the park and trecked through to the parade route. We staked out at the corner of 68th and Central Park West, where we waited for an 1 1/2 hours for the parade to begin.The crowd didn't get bad until 1/2 hour before the parade started. Luckily, the parade is such a large scale operation you have a good seat no matter where you are, as long as you are within the first 10 rows or so of people!
The balloons, however, seemed a bit smaller in person than they do on television. Granted, the parade is filmed in more of a business district than a residential district where we saw them, but they were also closer to the ground than they seem to be on the small screen. All that said, it was a lot of fun to watch the parade (even though we only stayed for the first half or so). Here are some fun pics!
Abby Cadabby (not quite sure what she's from, but she sure is cute)!
Mr. Hooper & Big Bird! 
Scoob!
Super Cute Hello Kitty (the official name of the balloon)
Ronald or Adolf?
Lea Michele & Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening)!
Shrek was GI-normous!
We also saw Dolly Parton, Bindi Irwin, The Jonas Brothers, Sarah Brightman (gag), Menudo, Good Charlotte, Lifehouse, Ne-Yo, Nikki Blonsky, Miss USA, and more!
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