Appollo11

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to land on the Moon -July 16, 1969.
"One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind " this is the famous phrase made part of history by Neil Armstrong, when he touched the lunar surface.
I remember vaguely, we were living in Targoviste at that time and I saw everything life on TV - I thing it was night time?!...

Bruno

This week end we went to see the movie "Bruno". Very daring and not politically correct at all... Sacha Baron Cohen, the same actor who played Borat, now is playing Bruno, a gay Austrian fashion devotee who goes to extremes to achieve celebrity in United States, exposing many odd things of the American society.

Summer Stage

Today, in Bryant Park has started the annual Broadway Festival. Five weeks, every Thursday will be presented performances from top Broadway shows: STOMP, The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Jersey Boys or Mama Mia, to name a few.
The first day was OK, plenty of people enjoying nice weather and good music...



















Scene from the musical "Avenue Q"

4th of July

Fireworks in NYC....unfortunately my pictures were not good at all, so I found those on line and I posted them as mine. I hope nobody will mind!!!

Waiting for fireworks to start. We are on the sun deck of the building....

Happy Independence Day

A little history lesson: on July 2, 1776 the 13 Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the Parliament of Great Britain and rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America. On July 4 was adopted the Declaration of Independence, date which now is celebrated as Independence Day. It is a national holiday marked by patriotic displays. People spend the day by going to parades, picnics and in the evening to see the fireworks.









Declaration of Independence, painting by John Trumbull - shows the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

This year Corina and Kevin are the hosts of our 4th of July party. I will post pictures tomorrow...

Welcome to America

Today we turn 19 years since we came to America. They were years of new experiences, fun and work. I loved every minute and hopefully we'll be here for another 19 years!!! We don't know that, but we hope....

Gay Pride Parade

...is a culmination of a week-long festivities, including the Mermaid parade in Conney Island. The original purpose of the parade on 5th Ave was to commemorate the 1969 riots at Stonewall Inn of gays and lesbians at the hands of NYPD. Through the years became an upbeat event that draws huge crowds, though always there is a moment of silence in the memory of the victims.
Today, we decided to walk over to Corina and Kevin 's place, but because the sidewalks were too crowded we ended up marching in the parade. We danced, laughed, and had a good time with the group we attached ourselves to.

Participants displayed an array of creative and original costumes...

and of course politicians... they don't miss any occasion to promote themselves...