NYC Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival 10am

Each year on Easter, celebrants don festive finery and show off their very best bonnets along Fifth Avenue. Immortalized by Irving Berlin (with some help from Judy Garland and Fred Astaire), the pageant is a New York City tradition that stretches back to the 1870s. Starting at about 10am and continuing until 4pm, the parade marches north on Fifth Avenue, from 49th Street to 57th Street. The best place to watch is from the area around St. Patrick's Cathedral; better yet, bring your bonnet and join the parade.

New York International Auto Show

The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade is one of New York City’s greatest traditions

The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade is one of New York City’s greatest traditions. The first parade was on March 17, 1762 — fourteen years before the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. The first NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade was comprised of a band of homesick, Irish ex-patriots and Irish military members serving with the British Army stationed in the colonies in New York. This was a time when the wearing of green was a sign of Irish pride but was banned in Ireland. In that 1762 parade, participants reveled in the freedom to speak Irish, wear green, sing Irish songs and play the pipes to Irish tunes that were meaningful to the Irish immigrants of that time.

Today, the NYC Parade marches up 5th Avenue and is reviewed from the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral by His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York. Since it began, this tradition of marching past St. Patrick’s Cathedral has remained unchanged with the exception of the address. In the early years, the Parade would march past the Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral (now Basilica) located at the corner of Mott and Prince Streets in SoHo.

Friday March 17th, the Parade starts at 44th Street and 5th Avenue at 11am and proceeds up the avenue to 79th Street. Throughout the day along the Parade route, millions of spectators come to celebrate.

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Financial Crisis Tour

Learn the Secrets at the Heart of the Collapse

The economic collapse of 2008 was the most devastating shock suffered by the financial sector since the Great Depression. The effects of the recession were felt world-wide, yet the reasons behind it are still shaded in mystery. What mistakes lead to the collapse of some of the longest and most enduring financial institutions in America? And how can we avoid the same missteps in the future?

https://www.thewallstreetexperience.com/financial-crisis-tour



Wall Street Insider Tour

Explore the History of the American Economy

The streets surrounding Wall Street are some of the oldest in the city. They occupy a special significance in American history, as so much happened in just a few city blocks. From the first Dutch settlers to the high stakes action of the Stock Market, New York is a city built on commerce, and Wall Street is its heart.

https://www.thewallstreetexperience.com/wall-street-insider-tour

The MERMAID PARADE

* The Parade will start at West 21st Street and Surf Avenue * The Parade will roll east to West 10th Street * At West 10th Street the Parade will turn south towards the boardwalk


The Mermaid Parade is the largest art parade in the nation. A celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside, it showcases over 3,000 creative individuals from all over the five boroughs and beyond, opening the summer with incredible art, entrepreneurial spirit and community pride. The parade highlights Coney Island Pageantry based on a century of many Coney parades, celebrates the artistic vision of the masses, and ensures that the summer season is a success by bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the amusement area in a single day.

The MERMAID PARADE specifically was founded in 1983 with 3 goals: it brings mythology to life for local residents who live on streets named Mermaid and Neptune ; it creates self-esteem in a district that is often disregarded as “entertainment”; and it lets artistic New Yorkers find self-expression in public.

Unlike most parades, this one has no ethnic, religious, or commercial aims. It’s a major New York holiday invented by artists! An American version of the summer-solstice celebration, it takes pride of place with West African Water Festivals and Ancient Greek and Roman street theater. It's features participants dressed in hand-made costumes based on themes and categories set by us. This creates an artistic framework on which artists can improvise, resulting in the flourishing of frivolity, dedication, pride, and personal vision that has become how New York celebrates summer.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

D TRAN TO STILLWELL AVE

Cirque Du Soleil returns to NYC with their magical new family show TOTEM.

Cirque Du Soleil returns to NYC with their magical new family show TOTEM.

This performance will be taking place on the grounds of Citi Field ( HOME OF THE METS) in Flushing NY in the parking lot under a big top. ( THE #7 TRAIN ALL DAY!!!)

RIPLEY'S VIP KID FRIENDLY NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY

RIPLEY'S VIP KID FRIENDLY NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY

VIP TICKET: This gets the guests into the museum an hour early before all the crowds to enjoy an extra hour of open bar, food, explore the museum and engage with our performers.

Adults: $385.00 / Children (under 17): $335.00

Monday, December 31, 2012 – 7:00pm VIP ENTRY

Ripley’s Believe it or Not Times Square Odditorium
42nd St. Btwn. 7th & 8th Aves.

Reservations Required: 212.398.3133

Fire Breathing Opening Act!

• Entertainment throughout the night
• Premium Open Bar & Hors D'oeuvres from 8pm - 1am
• DJ Dance Party
• Champagne Toast at Midnight
• NYE Party Favors
• Ball Drops LIVE in Times Square! West side view.

The Kids Will Love...

• Touring over 500 astonishing and unbelievable artifacts
• New York City's Only Mission Impossible LaseRace
• Family friendly entertainment like stilt walkers, magic shows, balloon sculpting, face-painting and more!
• Popcorn and Cotton Candy

St. Patrick's Day Parade 2012

St. Patrick's Day Parade 2012

Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Parade starts at 44th Street at 11:00 am and marches up Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street all the way up past the American Irish Historical Society at 83rd and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 83rd Street to 86th Street, where the parade finishes at around 4:30 - 5:00 pm.

BEST VIEWING: To avoid the crowds that pack the sidewalks below 59th Street, go anywhere North of 66th Street and Fifth Avenue.  The upper steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art provide a great view. You can get a close-up view of the marchers at 86th Street where the Parade route ends and the marchers disband and embark to go home or to celebrate.

PS: Public drinking of alcohol is strictly forbidden during the parade. Anyone found drinking can be ticketed and arrested, and police will confiscate all alcoholic beverages.

DJ Tiesto spends birthday in the big Apple

DJ Tiesto spends birthday in the big Apple

World renown DJ legend Tiesto choose New York City to celebrate his 43rd birthday this past week . On Tuesday, the Dutch music producer and DJ sensation spun at Lavo on East 58th Street, where 43 bottles of Veuve Clicquot of Casbalanca fame  were popped and passed out to the crowd .Tiesto was surrounded by friends including DJs Erick Morilio and DJ Chuckie.

According to the NY Post the following night, Tiesto and friends had dinner with “Day & Night” brunch boys Derek and Daniel Koch at the Meatpacking District club MPD. After dinner and pregame the party really go going and made its way to Avenue and 1Oak in Chelsea until 5 a.m.

Surf is up for the Unofficial New York Surf Week

Surf is up for the Unofficial New York Surf Week

Yesterday Friday September 23rd marked the official start of  the unofficial surf week in New York with the 17th Annual Manasquan Longboard Classic in New Jersey . Wednesday is the start of the 11th Annual Unsound Pro in Long Beach, NY which runs through the week and weekend and overlaps the 2nd Annual NY Surf Film Festival which opens on Friday and runs through Sunday, September 27 at Tribeca Cinemas. Yes that's New York, New York with its gritty ultra urban environment New York City is  one of the few true metropolitan areas of the world where you can pretty much find any type of food, art, people, music, and culture, with legitimate yes legitimate surf within reach of mass transit.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st

Unsound & NY Surf Film Fesitval Kickoff Party: Tiki Bar, Long Beach NY, 7-11PM (Free)
Join the event staff and competitors for drink specials and a buffet as well as a premiere of “Spectacular Adventures” starring Cory Lopez , Asher Nolan and more. For more information call (516) 608-0018.

A Rising Tide Charity Event: Bar 13, New York, NY, 7-10PM ($20 Door/Charitable Donation)
Please join WAVES FOR DEVELOPMENT at Bar 13 as we celebrate the diverse work of surf-related nonprofits and kick-off the 2nd annual NY Surf Film Festival and Unsound Pro surf competition. A sick space with 2 for 1 drink specials and a 400 person capacity roof top lounge. Join various other surf-related non profits (Surfrider, SurfAid, Stoked Mentoring, Waves of Health and Life Rolls On) who will provide information on their respective causes. There will also be raffle prizes and a NYC premiere of “Spectacular Adventures” starring Cory Lopez, Asher Nolan and more.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd

Unsound PRO, Long Beach, NY: 9AM-3PM
Mens Round One Surfing @ Lincoln Blvd.
Unsound Pro Party, Long Beach NY, Swingbelly’s, 8-11PM
Free Buffet and Drink Specials all night. Giveaways from Unsound, Oakley and Skull Candy. Meet Unsound and Red Bull Team Riders Ryan Carlson, Balaram Stack, Ian Walsh and Evan Giesalman

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24th
Unsound PRO: 9AM-4PM
Mens and Junior Pro Action and Round 1 Womens and Long Board Pro @ Lincoln Blvd
DJ “Vynl Ritchie” Spinning on the Beach from 12PM-4PM
Autograph Signing with Unsound Team Riders Balaram Stack, Ryan Carlson and TJ Gumiela and Giveaways all day long from Skull Candy, Unsound and BP Fuel.

NY Surf Film Festival DAY 2 @ Tribeca Cinemas, NYC, 6PM-1AM
Feature Films Screening: Clay Marzo: Just Add Water, The Women and the Waves, White Wash, Beyond the Dream: The Joey Buran Story, Innermost Limits of Pure Fun, Modern Collective, Sea of Darkness
Short Film Screenings: Hindered Root, Dark Fall, Lets Boogie, I’d Rather Sink Than Call Brad for Help, All Points South, Tear Devils, Gum for My Boat, Inundation.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25th
Unsound PRO: 9AM-4PM
Semi Final & Finals Action for all Divisions @ Lincoln BLVD, Long Beach NY
DJ VYNL RITCHIE SPINNING 12PM-4PM with giveaways from Skull Candy, Unsound, Oakley and BP Fuel.

NY Surf Film Festival DAY 3 @ Tribeca Cinemas NYC, 3PM-6PM
Feature Films Screening: Surfing 50 States, Out of Place, The Endless Summer, Hanging Five
(Click Here for Film Groupings, Tickets and Schedule)
Trailers | Feature Films | Short Films

AWARDS PARTY FOR THE NEW YORK SURF FILM FESTIVAL AND THE UNSOUND PRO TO FOLLOW @ THE RED BULL SPACE 40 THOMPSON NYC, FROM 6PM-???

NEW YORK CITY'S 25th ANNUAL APRIL FOOLS' DAY PARADE

The New York April Fools' Committee Is Proud to Announce:
NEW YORK CITY'S 25th ANNUAL


"Up, Up and Away!"New York, New York, March 24, 2010 -- The 25th Annual April Fools' Day Parade will begin at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street at 12 noon, Thursday, April 1, 2010. Rain or shine, the parade will march down 5th Avenue to Washington Square Park for the post-parade festivities and selection of the King or Queen of Fools from the costumed marching look-alikes.

The theme for this year's parade is "Up, Up and Away." Led by Grand Marshall Ben Bernanke, the parade will kick off with the Where's-the-Money Marching Band playing this year's theme song by the Fifth Dimension "Up, Up and Away in My Beautiful Balloon." Color commentary will be provided by Sarah Palin for her new Fox TV show "We Make It Up, You Believe It." Thanks to a contribution by a secret donor in honor of the parade's 25th anniversary, 10,000 red, white and blue helium balloons, each with a crisp one-dollar bill attached, will be released along the parade route.

The floats this year will be led by Richard and Mayumi Heene with their Homemade Helium Flying Saucer Float. Next will be the Northwest Airlines Flight 188 "Siesta" Cockpit Float with pilot Timothy B. Cheney and first officer Richard I. Cole napping. Then a North Korea Missile Launch Float will launch H2O bombs into the crowd. The OK Corral Float will follow featuring Washington Wizards basketball stars Gilbert Arena and Javaris Crittenton with their guns a'blazing. Although we don't know what will be going on inside, Washington's "C" Street House Float will come next. Then comes the Late Night TV Roman Chariot Race with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and David Letterman pulled by network execs instead of horses as they battle for position.

The marching celebrity look-alikes will include Michael Jackson's dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein shouting "Who wants my sperm?" followed by South Carolina Republican Representative Joe Wilson proclaiming "You lie!", Ex-CNN Commentator Lou Dobbs demanding "Where's Obama's birth certificate?" and Charlie Sheen threatening "I'm gonna kill you!". Tiger Woods will be swinging a golf club yelling "Fore...Play" while Glenn Beck declares "Obama is a racist!" Joan Rivers will take up the rear screaming at anyone who will listen "How dare they! Don't they know who I am?"

As the parade ends at Washington Square Park, the party begins, featuring live music, food, concessions & entertainment. There will be an Interracial Marriage Chapel officiated by Louisiana Judge Keith Bardwell; a Gay Marriage Counseling Booth manned by Miss California, Carrie Prejean; a Marriage Counseling Booth manned by South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford; and a David Carradine Enhanced Sexual Techniques Booth. The U.S. Secret Service will stand guard by a Meet-the-President Booth where President Obama will dispense "change pills" for change you can swallow. White House Gate Crashers Michele and Tareq Salahi were not invited but are expected to show up anyway. There will also be a Concealed Bomb Fashion Show featuring underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab; a Free Toys-for-Tots Giveaway of Cadmium-Enriched Toys, sponsored by the Chinese Manufacturers Association; and, in the FDA's effort to dispose of excess vaccines, a Free Swine Flu Vaccine Booth. Jerry Springer will conduct a Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform funded by multimillionaire ex-hospital CEO Rick Scott, whose company was charged with the largest case of financial fraud in U.S. history.

The New York April Fools' Day Parade was created in 1986 to remedy a glaring omission in the long list of New York's annual ethnic and holiday parades. These events fail to recognize the importance of April 1st, the day designated to commemorate the perennial folly of mankind. In an attempt to bridge this gap and bring people back in touch with their inherent foolishness, the parade annually crowns a King of Fools from parading look-alikes.

The public is encouraged to participate, in or out of costume, with or without floats, and may join the procession at any point along the parade route. Floats can be no wider than 10' and no longer than 25'. They can be self-propelled, towed, pushed or pulled. Customized bicycles, tricycles, baby carriages and aerial balloons are welcome. All participants are costumed look-alikes, and the Parade Committee assumes no liability for damages caused by satire. Parade floats and marchers must be at 59th Street and Fifth Ave no later than 11:30 a.m.

We are grateful to the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and Mayor Michael Bloomberg for their support of this year's parade. Also, in honor of this parade's 25th anniversary, we humbly thank the thousands of talented artists and craftsmen who have contributed to the parade's success over the years. The King or Queen of Fools will be chosen based on the loudest cheers at Washington Square Park. The winner will reign through March 31, 2011.

TGIF Join me today For Happy Hour in NYC !!!!

This Friday 7/10/09 Model Dani Uno and I will be guest bartending at Croton NYC 6-8



Live DJ Spinning Hip Hop, House, R&B, Top 40, Mash Ups, etc
Full Menu & Appetizers

Drink Specials!!!
$4 Beers
$5 Margaritas & Martinis
$5 Well Drinks

Croton
108 W. 40th Street (btw 6th & Broadway)
New York, NY 10018
http://www.crotonnyc.com