Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade - Going Again

Two years ago, celebrating our twentieth wedding anniversary, Helaine and I took Steffie to New York City for the annual Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was an unreal experience (click the link, it's worth reading if you're considering going)!

We got there early enough to sit at the curb... and early enough for me to nap before the parade began.

I brought my Fuji S620 along and took hundreds of shots. It's tough to get a bad one when you're right on the line of march and the sunlight is strong.

Over the past few days my website has taken a growth spurt and it's totally because of those photos.

I am going back this year, though under somewhat different circumstances.

My boss called Friday. He had spoken to a producer at ABC's affiliate news service. Somehow, they had given everyone Thursday off! That left them short a reporter to stand on a rooftop, overlooking the parade, providing live shots to all the affiliates (though most will happen before the parade actually starts).

He thought of me, and the rest is encompassed in my anticipation of sleep deprivation.

I'll know more Monday, but it looks like my days starts on Central Park West sometime around 4:00 AM. Since there are affiliates coast-to-coast, I'll be feeding until the West Coast starts Good Morning America at 10:00 AM EST.

I'm really looking forward to it, in spite of an awful weather forecast. It's a fun event and will lend itself to having a good time on-the-air. And, it will be interesting to test myself over dozens of similar, yet different live shots.

If you read this blog for no apparent reason and have no real idea who I am or what I do, check your local ABC TV affiliate Thanksgiving morning. I'll be looking for you.