Friday, July 5, 2013

Fourth of July Adventures

Yesterday evening I made a last minute decision to join a few friends for the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks and it turned out to be a really fun night. It started out by rushing to get onto West Highway to get a good spot for the fireworks. We got an area by 26th Street with a pretty clear view of the sky except for a few trees blocking part of the fireworks. The firework show was not bad, but it wasn't particularly interesting since all fireworks are more or less the same. 

Afterwards, we walked to Ktown to get some food. Outside the food court we spun this wheel and got 1 hour free karaoke at the karaoke bar upstairs. So the 15-20 of us went karaoking for an hour or so; it was pretty fun since we just all screamed out the lyrics we knew. When the hour was over, some people left to go home, but a few of us still wanted to stay out and chill somewhere. We took the train to Brooklyn Bridge and walked across it at 1:30 in the morning. We actually never got to the other side; we just stopped in the middle taking pictures and sat there chatting. A few people went home at around 3, and then there were just 4 of us left sitting in the middle of the bridge. We decided to stay up and wait for the sunrise, partially because we were right in the middle of the bridge and were too lazy to walk to either ends. During those few hours before the sun rose we got to know each other pretty well. All of us just met last night except for two people, so there were a lot to talk about and a lot to learn about each other. The sun rose at around 5:30 and it was really beautiful. It came up from behind the Manhattan Bridge and made the whole sky layered with different colors. By 6:00, it was already pretty dark and we headed towards Manhattan to find a breakfast area. 

It was definitely worth pulling an all nighter for. A lot of fun hanging out with people I just met and watching the sunrise from the bridge.


Getting onto West Highway.


Lots of people waiting for the sun to go down.


Happy Fourth of July!


Some swiggly firework.


Chilling on the railings of the Brooklyn Bridge.


No one on the bridge at 3 in the morning.


Lights.


The four that stayed up the entire night. 


The sunrise behind the Manhattan Bridge.