#11 Pridefest 2011 (6/26/11)

Every year, I give a tour the day of the Gay Pride Parade, and afterwords I get out of Greenwich Village as soon as possible because it is so crowded. I decided I wanted to experience the festivities since this year is so historic!

The Parade on 8th Street and 6th Avenue

Check out the amazing feather headdresses!

Vinyl Chelsea

Peter and Jimmy

My friend Jimmy and Me

Watermelon Margaritas on the rocks

We watched the fireworks from Chelsea Piers, downtown Jersey City is in the background. We were so close to the barge and the crowd was very light. The 4th of July has a tough act to follow next week.

Pretty!

Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness webcast

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#10 Solstice in Times Square Mind Over Madness Yoga (6/21/11)

"On Tuesday, June 21st, [I joined other] yoga enthusiasts [to] celebrate the longest day of the year with an all day yoga fest. Attendees are challenged to find tranquility and transcendence in the midst of the world's most commercial and frenetic place, Times Square." They held three classes, I attended the 12:30 session with Patrick Lynch of Bikram Yoga NYC. Between the three classes they expected 8,000 people to attend, which is amazing! But what is even more amazing is when you consider that 17,000 people pass through Times Square in one hour, creating quite a challenge for us 8,000 to find balance and tranquility.

Me :)

My swan dive view.

My "savasana" (corpse pose) view. It's not every day you get to lay on the ground in the middle of Times Square.

An overhead view on the screen.

#9 Memorial Day at the Intrepid (5/30/11)

The USS Intrepid (CV-11): "Built in 1943, the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid and her crew served tours of duty spanning World War II through Vietnam, making seven trips around the globe and surviving five kamikaze attacks, several bomb attacks and one torpedo strike. Curing that time she also served as a NASA astronaut recovery vessel before being retired in 1974."

An active duty ship sat between the Intrepid and the Iwo Jima, they were letting people tour it, but I made my way over there too late and they had closed it for the day.

The USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)- I didn't go on this ship because there was a three hour long line.

Soldiers listening to the Memorial Day Ceremony

The anchor chain in the Fo'c's'le.

Mercury Capsule replica

"Optical Landing System," which sits on the flight deck out to the side, and acts as a tool for the pilot of the planes to land their plane on the deck.

Martin-Baker, Mark V Ejection Seat

"Highline Seat," they would sit in these when they were pullied between ships. Can you imagine?!?

A-12 Blackbird

I didn't write each of these down, but the one on your left is a UH-1A Huey.

It was Fleet Week, so it was easy to find a sailor to take a picture with. :)

USS Growler SSG-577: "Our Nation's Fourth Guided Nuclear Missile Submarine 1958 - 1964"

Missile Hanger

Officers Stateroom inside the Growler Submarine. I'm going to try to remember this when I feel bad that my apartment is so small.

The Control Room and Attack Center

Goodbye for now!