80's Rockstars, Masquerade Balls, & Crazy Parades
Ahhh....Halloween. The holiday my friend Shana insists is better than Christmas. I have to say that my first Halloween in New York City was definitely a memorable one. The weekend started on Thursday, with New York University School of Law's annual Fall Ball. This may sound like a nice, classy event. It is not. It is a big, crazy, for most folks rather intoxicated Halloween party. The dress is either costumed or semi-formal. This makes for a very interesting mix of people. It is held in the school lounge, complete with orange and black balloons, which makes it feel strangely like a high-school prom. Nonetheless...it was a blast. My lawyering group attended in mass. A big group of us (I claim not to be the ringleader, but apparently it is a highly debated subject) convinced our friend Bryan to dress in an 80's Rocker Outfitt, complete with velvet pants and very bad hair. In a show of support we all dressed as his groupies. This included, very bad hair, an appearance of Leah's bedazzled D.A.R.E. shirt (thanks darlin'...I was THE best dressed girl in the room, and (gasp!) legwarmers. I have included many pictures of the nonsense for your laughing pleasure.
Stepping the class level up a bit from pseudo-high-school-prom, I attended a masqureade ball at a very fancy restaurant on Friday night. Magu serves 12 dollar appetizers and...ahhhh $180 steaks. My friend Lily's friend is a waitress there. Apparently, they were hosting a big masquerade ball, which turned out not to be so much of a masquerade, or a ball, but was still a lot of fun. We got to check out a super trendy New York restaurant and even sample some appetizers for free. (Must have to be friends with the owner, not just the waitress to sample that $180 steak)
Saturday night was another Halloween party and the weekend was summed up with a trip to the annual Village Halloween parade. I have never seen so many dressed up adults on the street at once in my life. My friend Bryan from Colorado remarked "My GOD! There are more people out here than in my ENTIRE COUNTY at home!" I have included some very poor pictures, but hopefully they will give you an idea what it was like.
My goodness...in the midst of all that revelry, whenever did I find the time to study?!? Oh yeah...that's right, I'm studying every minute of the day when I'm not in costume. In fact, I even studied a little tonight while wearing my tiarra. School is gearing up for finals, and campus is gearing up for Election Week. My Tuesday will be spent poll-monitoring in the Bronx. Should be interesting. You Iowans & Minnesotans have a ton of control over this election. We don't even get to see campaign commercials here, let alone canidates. So....don't forget to get out and vote! Aunt Amy...I mean it. I won't hug you at Christmas if you don't ;) Love you tons!!!!!
Stepping the class level up a bit from pseudo-high-school-prom, I attended a masqureade ball at a very fancy restaurant on Friday night. Magu serves 12 dollar appetizers and...ahhhh $180 steaks. My friend Lily's friend is a waitress there. Apparently, they were hosting a big masquerade ball, which turned out not to be so much of a masquerade, or a ball, but was still a lot of fun. We got to check out a super trendy New York restaurant and even sample some appetizers for free. (Must have to be friends with the owner, not just the waitress to sample that $180 steak)
Saturday night was another Halloween party and the weekend was summed up with a trip to the annual Village Halloween parade. I have never seen so many dressed up adults on the street at once in my life. My friend Bryan from Colorado remarked "My GOD! There are more people out here than in my ENTIRE COUNTY at home!" I have included some very poor pictures, but hopefully they will give you an idea what it was like.
My goodness...in the midst of all that revelry, whenever did I find the time to study?!? Oh yeah...that's right, I'm studying every minute of the day when I'm not in costume. In fact, I even studied a little tonight while wearing my tiarra. School is gearing up for finals, and campus is gearing up for Election Week. My Tuesday will be spent poll-monitoring in the Bronx. Should be interesting. You Iowans & Minnesotans have a ton of control over this election. We don't even get to see campaign commercials here, let alone canidates. So....don't forget to get out and vote! Aunt Amy...I mean it. I won't hug you at Christmas if you don't ;) Love you tons!!!!!
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