Well, I've slogged aimlessly through my first Chinese New Year. I'm not proud of myself - I wasn't much of a joiner - but I got through another solid of week of no plans. There were lots of pretty lights to look at, with the added bonus of children in brightly-colored satin costumes on the train. I watched the big parade from an Indian restaurant up the block from the real action. With good food and fellow foreign observers, it was pretty fun and cozy!
The next night, I did go all the way to the waterfront for the fireworks display. I watched them from a crowd looking up into the sky but not out over the water: there was a tall construction wall just in front of us, blocking our view forward. How symbolic! And lots of police. They had to face us, so they missed all the fireworks.
The display was very similar to the last few NYC 4th of July displays, with the addition of what some red sparks that seemed to be roughly in the shape of Chinese characters, plus an attempt at Olympic rings. Here are my fireworks pictures in Flickr.
Over the week, I also spent a lot of time wandering around after dark, taking pictures. Such a nice way to pass an evening! Here's the full set.
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