Thanksgiving in the City

This year I spent Thanksgiving in New York City. On Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I spent the day playing tour guide for an aunt, uncle and two cousins who were in town to see the third cousin perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I took them to see Columbia University, my apartment on the upper east side, and of course, Central Park. I have never seen colors quite like this in Texas!


Wednesday night, my former roommate came to town. After a late night, we met the rest of her family on Thursday morning to go watch the Macy's Parade.

We made it through the large crowd of people on the street level. We went up to my roommate's aunt's office where we enjoyed the aerial view of the parade passing by below.

There goes Shrek... a new addition to the parade.

I love football! The next day was spent watching the sad loss of Texas to Texas A&M at Hill Country BBQ Restaurant. Being there was the closest experience I can have to actually being in Texas. It smells like Texas. I love it.

In honor of my dad- the NYPD Mounted Unit riding in the parade.

I think my cousin is somewhere among these 500 dancers. Sadly, I didn't get to see the performance. They save the acts for Harold Square and the cameras.

SANTA!

After the parade, we took a walk through Central Park.

I had never been to this fountain, though it was immediately recognizable from films set in NYC. I always love making new discoveries of the park.
After the parade and the park, my roommate and I went back to my apartment and cooked my contributions for the Thanksgiving dinner. I decided to take two of my family's traditional foods: spinach casserole and macaroni and cheese. My vegetarian roommate was very appreciative that this year she would be able to eat more than mashed potatoes and salad. If I couldn't be with my own family on Thanksgiving, it was nice to be with hers.