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My Halloween and the City

Posted on by Hijiri

This year, for the first time since I came to US, I couldn’t dress up… I was so mad that I had to work so late!

But I wanted to at least see NY Halloween parade so right out of work, I started heading towards 6th Avenue… and ohh my god, there were soo many people! A lot of people were dressed up, some impressive, some funny, I wanted to take more pictures, but it was just too crazy!

Randy was on 7th Avenue and I was on 5th Avenue, we couldn’t walk across 6th Avenue so we had to walk up until 23rd Street to actually see each other.

Trying to go back to 5th Avenue:

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5th Avenue and 17th Street:

Empire State Building was in orange, it was so beautiful…

and it inspired us to go up there for the first time!

There was no line no waiting, went up to 86th floor, sky was clear and the city was wow, breathtaking!

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So we had a little different Halloween night, but really, the city never stop amazing me.

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!! & Giveaway Winner

Posted on by Hijiri

Wishing everyone a happy Halloween!! It’s my first Halloween in NYC, I’m so excited to see people’s creativity in the city tonight. I have to work on our last minute costume… and not done yet, but hopefully pull some together by tonight and will be able to share some fun report here.

I got a Halloween greeting from my girls in SF! It was so good that I had to share it. Thank you, guys!

From left; Cheryln’s robot, Sarah’s luchador, and Anna’s cat pirate.

Pumpkins on the stairs (From my neighborhood in Park Slope):

and these handmade pop-up Halloween cards I came across at etsy are just so cute! I like pop-up cards. They are so fun and it has perfect “boo” effect for Halloween.

Mr Owls Haunted Castle:

The Mummy:

Bats in the Dark:

Also, thank you so much for entering my little letterpress card giveaway!!! I used random.org to select the winner… and that is:

michele who said

“The power of the printing press is awesome!”

Congratulations, Michele, I will contact you shortly and get your information so I can send you the card!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Happy Friday!

Posted on by Hijiri

Wow, it’s been super busy! It’s a good thing, I am trained to do this, but I was getting a bit too stressed… thank god it’s Friday!

This weekend, I want to curve pumpkin and get ready for Halloween!!!

Have a great weekend, everyone!!!

Picture is a huge pumpkin on the roof I saw in San Francisco.

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Jack-O-Lanterns from last Halloween 2007.

From left; by Anna Rowland, by Sarah Tejada, and by me.

The Shiny Squirrel Show

Posted on by Hijiri

A wonderful online art gallery, The Shiny Squirrel is having 1 Year anniversary variety show at Public Assembly. Happy Anniversary to Jessica, the owner of the gallery, it’s going to be a fun night! If you are around in NYC, please come check it out.

I also love the poster of this event done by lovely Samantha Hahn – love the hand-lettering, graphics around the titles, and all the details on the girl – so great!

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