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We're Walking, we're walking, we're walking

I made this video around Thanksgiving 2024.  Then I found this article today February 1, 2025, The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland Below is my video on this subject: Talk to your ELDERS....THEY KNOW STUFF!

Back in the day it was film cameras that went on vacation and when you got home you relived the event getting the film developed then you had to set the projector up to watch.  Even though there were steps and steps to relive the vacation, it was always worth the wait. I have a project editing these mini films to music and sound.  

    It's annual Christmas Walk, which almost didn't happen, because I got quite busy with orders that had deadlines at the same time, YIKES! However I did get my 5th Ave in and Macy's!  The time I went was close to Christmas with Macy's happening on December 23.....that means CROWDS! Capturing the Empire State Building with it's Rainbow Lighting When I was taking this photo of the Empire State Building, 2 ladies struck up a conversation with me and we talked about Canon Cameras, Christmas Windows, and bird watching (they were bird watchers).   

This year I set up a backdrop for shots of all the Trick or Treaters. Groups came in and I realized I needed a wider back drop....which I don't have, but it all worked in the end. A little history to Lindsay Park's Halloween parties. In the early years when my Mother and other elders would plann the parties, there would be cake (I remember going with my Mother to pick up the sheet cake). We didn't just have candy, we had food, costume contests....We had a great time. Then there were the years my Mother would take photos of the revelers in the lobby. After that she was in the lobby giving out the copies after going to Genovese...