My favorite parade picture
I went to the Israeli day parade yesterday and enjoyed just about all of it. The 'just about' refers to sitting in traffic for an accumulated 1.5 hours on I-95 South coming from the Whitestone Bridge, and the Henry Hudson Parkway.
Coming from the West Side, my luckiest move was calling a friend who when hearing that at that moment I was eking down 85th Street towards the park, said, "PARK your car anywhere you can and WALK across the park ... If you're trying to make it to the East Side today, you may as well go home." Good advice because we found a dynamite spot a minute or two later and then took a delightful walk across Central Park.
As for the traffic, had I thought about it for a moment, I might have taken the Tri-borough Bridge. But who would believe that the five borough bike tour, the Israeli day parade, typical Sunday traffic, and a stunning cloudless day, which has everyone out of the house, could tie up the local highways...?
But I digress. I had a great spot to stand between 78th and 79th Streets, and saw all the people I was hoping to see. In all, I took close over 485 pictures. I do enjoy the 2 gig card I bought a few months ago.
Looking through my pictures this morning, aside from all the adorable shots of my family, the picture below is my favorite shot of the day. The woman holding the sign was marching with the Halachic Organ Donor Society
I hope you like it, too:
Coming from the West Side, my luckiest move was calling a friend who when hearing that at that moment I was eking down 85th Street towards the park, said, "PARK your car anywhere you can and WALK across the park ... If you're trying to make it to the East Side today, you may as well go home." Good advice because we found a dynamite spot a minute or two later and then took a delightful walk across Central Park.
As for the traffic, had I thought about it for a moment, I might have taken the Tri-borough Bridge. But who would believe that the five borough bike tour, the Israeli day parade, typical Sunday traffic, and a stunning cloudless day, which has everyone out of the house, could tie up the local highways...?
But I digress. I had a great spot to stand between 78th and 79th Streets, and saw all the people I was hoping to see. In all, I took close over 485 pictures. I do enjoy the 2 gig card I bought a few months ago.
Looking through my pictures this morning, aside from all the adorable shots of my family, the picture below is my favorite shot of the day. The woman holding the sign was marching with the Halachic Organ Donor Society
I hope you like it, too:
posted by Still Wonderin' at
1:52 PM
5 Comments:
ah, i was wondering if YCT was there somewhere...
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Steg (dos iz nit der šteg), at 3:55 PM
If you were interested, behind the lady holding the sign are various YCT students, etc.: on the furthest left, holding the left orange sign is student Seth Winberg; holding the other end of the sign is student Yonah Berman. I am on the rightmost part of the picture, holding the sign along with my fiance who is in the middle of the picture.
Do you have any other pictures of YCT marching?
Thanks, Drew Kaplan (drewkaplanis@yahoo.com)
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Drew_Kaplan, at 5:52 PM
steg -- uh, yeah ... them, too.
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Still Wonderin', at 7:30 PM
That's my mom! So glad you caught the picture.
This is her website:
http://www.happybirthdaysara.org
You can learn more about organ and tissue donation and say hello.
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Yaffa, at 8:44 AM
Thank you for the link to your mom's website. Reading about your mom's experience is especially meaningful because I donated bone marrow a few months before your mom's donor was located.
While it's not the same commitment on my part, I know for certain (based on what the NY Blood Center told me) that I saved my recipient's life.
Saying it 'was worth it' is beyond an understatement. Reading your mom's site underscores that point ever so much more.
Ad Maiah v'Esrim!!
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Still Wonderin', at 11:05 PM
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