Doe Deere Blogazine

Love me because I’m plastic: Barbarella, the sex-robot.

Living in New York, you dedicate your lifetime to avoiding crowds. You almost have it down to an art form: you plan your trips around traffic, know never to go around tourist attractions, and avoid Time Square like the plague. But this year was different – a friend suggested we meet at the Halloween Parade in the West Village, and I took the bait.

I knew something was up when I saw a huge crowd that wasn’t moving at the subway station. Three police officers were directing human traffic – right side in, left side out. When I finally floated my way to the surface – that’s all you could do, let the crowd carry you – all I could see was a sea of costumed heads! The poor Brabarella was suddenly surrounded by Greek statues, live paintings (picture frame with a freak residing inside), Indiana Jones, and of course an army of ghosts, mummies, vampires! And presiding over the parade, was a giant marionette SPIDER, suspended from a bell tower!!!

I finally made my way out of the crowd to meet up with my sister and her friends around 7 o’clock on 5th Avenue, where we hung out and took some fun pictures!

I got to meet Thriller-era Michael Jackson!

Arseny as Vladimir Putin! Hahaha!

Random people on the street: soldier, pilot and Black Widow

Jesus H. Christ! He told you he’d be back.

Princess on a scooter. In the background: A pair of young clowns out on a romantic date.

Then we went to some office building on 6th Avenue and 10th Street, supposedly overlooking the parade. Turns out, it’s a DJ academy with a corner office entirely made of glass! So we partied in there, enjoying the view and the craziness of the parade without any physical interruption! I sat on the window, feet hanging down, and took pictures of the parade:

A band of angels

The marionette spider!!!!

In the meanwhile, at the Scratch DJ Academy…

This is what the space looked like! I almost gleed my pants right then and there!

Why, of course I DJ in my gloves. (photo by Kat)

DJ Barbarella (Photo by Kat)

Kat was a Black Hole

Hatter’s hat (I didn’t get to meet the actual Hatter though).

Barbarella flirting with Minnie Mouse – isn’t she cute!? ;)

And my favorite costume of the night… Queen Bitch!

Sometimes it feels like New York’s infamy is bigger than the city itself. When events like Gay Pride or Halloween Parade hit, it becomes the jam-packed citadel of chaos and excitement all at once. Halloween Parade attracts two million people yearly, and the procession lasts 4 hours, during which a non-stop flow of costumed troupes move down the 6th Avenue to the cheering of the crowd. I can’t believe I’d been avoiding this for years. What an unforgettable experience!