Past 24 hours

Consisted of a attending a jazz recital by Pauline Jean at Cachaca (Greenwich Village, NYC), dinner at SEA (Williamburgh, Brooklyn), taking a power nap at the Tea Room (Union St., Brooklyn) while listening to what I believe was a live Bluegrass band and then a late party at Cafe Dore (Smith St., Brooklyn) followed by just enough sleep to get into Chinatown to catch the tail end of the Chinese lunar new year parade.

The snapshot represents either the Peruvian, Mexican or Colombian contingents that marched.
The blasts of the confetti firework devices had me wanting to jump for cover constantly so I wouldn't recommend the parade for those with heart ailments. Considering it is the year of the rat I was hoping get a good picture of someone dressed in a giant rat costume but the closest I got to that was someone wearing Mickey Mouse ears. Oh well, I can try again in another 12 years.