ah...halloween in nyc

there is nothing quite like walking around the streets of new york. only last night, there was a reason for all of the weirdos and crazies to wander aimlessly...it was halloween night.

from the time i got off the plane at laguardia, to the time i finally made it back to my hotel room after a trip through times square, two subway trips and a bar or two on the lower east side, i had seen tons of costumes. some good. some bad. some hilarious. here is a partial list of some of my favorites:

- a cross-dressing sumo wrestler
- professor gumby from monty python's flying circus (complete with brick in hand)
- 3 girls as the 3 phases of britney spears (1. schoolgirl outfit, 2. leather and underwear on outside, and 3. runny makeup, hair messed up, dirty house dress, and a bottle of scotch)
- where's waldo (see picture)

- "the bride" from kill bill making out with an astronaut on the subway
- an i-pod
- michael myers from "halloween" just hanging out in the corner at ray's pizza
- a terrible mariachi band that insisted on playing actual instruments
- spongebob square pants

and my favorite
- jesus and his 12 disciples

the last one created quite possibly the single oddest moment in my life seeing this holy group descend the stairs onto the f train platform to the tune of the hallelujah chorus playing from a large boom box carried by, i believe, peter.

i was sad that i was missing the show that is halloween in salem, but i knew i was in the right place the moment i saw a mime and a pirate sharing a kebab on 45th street while laughing at a 300 pound man in a pink tutu.

i love new york