Halloween

October 31

New Yorkers really do Halloween. I mean they spend billions of dollars buying costumes and going out to bars or pubs to you, in the hopes of winning some costume prize.
But the West Village, known as a gay area hosts the biggest parade in the world. Thousands of parade participants are dressed in elaborate costumes, some with themes ripped from the news headlines. For example there was one poor unfortunate dressed as a Taco Bell fast food restaurant. Why, you ask? Earlier this year, a camera crew filmed loads of rats running wild all over a closed restaurant. The television coverage was none stop for weeks. This guy wore a home made costume that resembled a Taco Bell, with a clear plastic bubble attached to his belly with live rats running around. I tell no lie. Now he did make the news.