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So Scottie, being the wonderful man that he is, went out with me to the Fire and Ice New Years Eve celebration downtown even though he's not terribly excited to wander around in the cold amidst crowds of people. I love fireworks, so even with the crowds I want to see them! Plus, they have fire dancers and ice sculptures and everything and I think it's a lot of fun.
I took much neater video of fire dancing, but I need to figure out how to edit it so I can put it up (does anyone have recommendations for that?). I tried to take a couple of pictures but I was sure they weren't going to turn out, and I didn't want to spend all of the dance attempting to take pictures that weren't going to work. Especially since it was really cold, and it was hard to get my fingers to continue to do something that needed as much fineese as pressing the focus button. lol
I did get a couple more pictures though, and these turned out way better than I expected. xD Most of the time there were multiple people doing even more wild things though. It did my little pyro heart good to watch. xD
This one didn't turn out as well, and I was afraid they'd all turn out like this. Still a teaser of some of the things?
We were planning on getting food at one of the food carts, and I took a picture of the beginning of the line. I'd heard about this cupcake place, and I didn't know they'd won on Cupcake Wars before (I've seen a few episodes of that show but I don't think I've seen them, but I'll only watch that show if I'm really really in the mood for a cake decorating show and there isn't anything else available).
We didn't end up eating anything at the carts though because the lines were insanely long. Like, it was really bad. We would have ended up standing in line in the mobs forever, and I'd rather go look at things and/or move around to keep warm. I'm glad we had something to eat before we went!
I took some pictures of the ice sculptures around the square! There were some neat things, but it seemed like there weren't nearly as many as before. I think the weather was poor for it, I mean we had all that rain not that long ago, so I guess I'm not surprised. Still, some neat things!
These were my favorite! There were a few of these teacups for kids to play in, and they actually spin!
There was an ice sculpture of a train for kids to play in.
This is a different one. There were cars on this but they were filled with kids and I tried to avoid most of them for the picture to put up.
There had been an outdoor concert going on that I didn't get a picture of, but here's where the concert was going on, plus one of the ice sculptures.
This was the indoor concert, which was neat. We popped inside for a minute to warm up while we were waiting, but while I thought the guys sounded fine it the hall was a bit echoy for the show and they were loud, so we didn't stay long.
And then there were fireworks! My favorite fireworks looked like shooting stars. So pretty! I don't take pictures of fireworks though, so have a gif of London fireworks. xD
It was so nice having Scottie with me! I got hugs while I was watching. :3
I'd been meaning to take pictures of the square in general, but I didn't want to do that until the other more interesting things were no longer going on. Fire dancing might end, but the trees would still be there afterwards after all. So after the fireworks I told Scottie I wanted to get a couple of pictures of the trees. However, after taking a couple of pictures with the camera where it couldn't seem to focus, which sucked more because my numb fingers made fumbling with the camera super difficult, the camera told me the battery was dead- mostly because of the cold sapping the power I'm sure.
But then I pulled out my phone because that has a pretty decent camera, and Scottie sighed because he wasn't able to escape to warmth just yet. ehehehe
The town square was filled with trees decorated with Christmas lights. Most of the trees were decorated with blue lights. The biggest tree was decorated with multicolour lights and a big star plus blue lights that were really neat, they sort of looked like they were flowing.
The big tree.
View of the square with my camera before it died. lol
I really enjoyed the event! I especially loved the fire dancing (I'll have to get video up to really show how cool it was) and fireworks!
I'm so happy that Scottie came out with me! He's such a sweetie. :3
We park way out of the way when we go to this, one of the benefits of me doing my observer training when we moved here is that section of town is actually one of the places here that I'm most familiar with in this city. We park near where my observer training bunkhouse is and walk down to the festivities. It's helpful in avoiding all the traffic congestion, and we don't have to pay to park back there. It's a bit of a hike, but I think it's well worth it.
When we got home it was only like 10 pm. I did some stuff on the computer and then curled up with Scottie and watched the ball drop at Times Square with Carson Daly.
I'm planning on writing a year end wrap-up post, and post resolutions soon. But I wanted to write about my NYE and that's a big enough thing on it's own. ehehehe
I took much neater video of fire dancing, but I need to figure out how to edit it so I can put it up (does anyone have recommendations for that?). I tried to take a couple of pictures but I was sure they weren't going to turn out, and I didn't want to spend all of the dance attempting to take pictures that weren't going to work. Especially since it was really cold, and it was hard to get my fingers to continue to do something that needed as much fineese as pressing the focus button. lol
I did get a couple more pictures though, and these turned out way better than I expected. xD Most of the time there were multiple people doing even more wild things though. It did my little pyro heart good to watch. xD
This one didn't turn out as well, and I was afraid they'd all turn out like this. Still a teaser of some of the things?
We were planning on getting food at one of the food carts, and I took a picture of the beginning of the line. I'd heard about this cupcake place, and I didn't know they'd won on Cupcake Wars before (I've seen a few episodes of that show but I don't think I've seen them, but I'll only watch that show if I'm really really in the mood for a cake decorating show and there isn't anything else available).
We didn't end up eating anything at the carts though because the lines were insanely long. Like, it was really bad. We would have ended up standing in line in the mobs forever, and I'd rather go look at things and/or move around to keep warm. I'm glad we had something to eat before we went!
I took some pictures of the ice sculptures around the square! There were some neat things, but it seemed like there weren't nearly as many as before. I think the weather was poor for it, I mean we had all that rain not that long ago, so I guess I'm not surprised. Still, some neat things!
These were my favorite! There were a few of these teacups for kids to play in, and they actually spin!
There was an ice sculpture of a train for kids to play in.
This is a different one. There were cars on this but they were filled with kids and I tried to avoid most of them for the picture to put up.
There had been an outdoor concert going on that I didn't get a picture of, but here's where the concert was going on, plus one of the ice sculptures.
This was the indoor concert, which was neat. We popped inside for a minute to warm up while we were waiting, but while I thought the guys sounded fine it the hall was a bit echoy for the show and they were loud, so we didn't stay long.
And then there were fireworks! My favorite fireworks looked like shooting stars. So pretty! I don't take pictures of fireworks though, so have a gif of London fireworks. xD
It was so nice having Scottie with me! I got hugs while I was watching. :3
I'd been meaning to take pictures of the square in general, but I didn't want to do that until the other more interesting things were no longer going on. Fire dancing might end, but the trees would still be there afterwards after all. So after the fireworks I told Scottie I wanted to get a couple of pictures of the trees. However, after taking a couple of pictures with the camera where it couldn't seem to focus, which sucked more because my numb fingers made fumbling with the camera super difficult, the camera told me the battery was dead- mostly because of the cold sapping the power I'm sure.
But then I pulled out my phone because that has a pretty decent camera, and Scottie sighed because he wasn't able to escape to warmth just yet. ehehehe
The town square was filled with trees decorated with Christmas lights. Most of the trees were decorated with blue lights. The biggest tree was decorated with multicolour lights and a big star plus blue lights that were really neat, they sort of looked like they were flowing.
The big tree.
View of the square with my camera before it died. lol
I really enjoyed the event! I especially loved the fire dancing (I'll have to get video up to really show how cool it was) and fireworks!
I'm so happy that Scottie came out with me! He's such a sweetie. :3
We park way out of the way when we go to this, one of the benefits of me doing my observer training when we moved here is that section of town is actually one of the places here that I'm most familiar with in this city. We park near where my observer training bunkhouse is and walk down to the festivities. It's helpful in avoiding all the traffic congestion, and we don't have to pay to park back there. It's a bit of a hike, but I think it's well worth it.
When we got home it was only like 10 pm. I did some stuff on the computer and then curled up with Scottie and watched the ball drop at Times Square with Carson Daly.
I'm planning on writing a year end wrap-up post, and post resolutions soon. But I wanted to write about my NYE and that's a big enough thing on it's own. ehehehe
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Date: 2014-01-03 10:11 pm (UTC)From:Scottie did an archeology dig in NY, so his experience with that specific location is much more interesting than mine. lol
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Date: 2014-01-03 11:44 pm (UTC)From:And that's pretty cool did they find anything?
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Date: 2014-01-01 11:46 pm (UTC)From:I love that pic of the tree with the coloured lights and the snow - so so pretty.
Thank you for sharing the photos.
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Date: 2014-01-02 09:05 am (UTC)From:I'm glad that people like me sharing them! :D
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Date: 2014-01-02 03:12 am (UTC)From:OMG you got to see fire dancers!
I've seen cupcake wars, but idk if I've seen them on cupcake wars. I always see the middle of the episode when I see it lol.
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Date: 2014-01-02 09:09 am (UTC)From:I was so excited to see the fire dancers! There was so much more going on that I only got video of- flaming hula hoops, whips, juggling machetes, and other neat things! I really loved it. xD I didn't get to edit the video today but hopefully I can get that figured out so I can post it soon. :3
I don't think I've seen them either, but I wish I'd been able to get a cupcake! Those lines though, not a chance. lol I think I usually see starting in the middle too actually, now that I think about it. xD
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Date: 2014-01-02 08:47 pm (UTC)From:Thanks for the card, btw :) I got it today!
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Date: 2014-01-02 08:49 pm (UTC)From:Yay, I'm glad that you got your card! Sorry it didn't get to you until after New Years though! n_n'
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Date: 2014-01-03 09:03 pm (UTC)From:The teacups are really neat, but I'd totally have to go after the festivities to try one out. It was way too busy during the event! xD If it was closer I'd probably go see if they're still intact to try. ehehehe