Sure enough, there were fireworks going off along the river over in NYC, just north of Chelsea Piers. They lasted for quite some time, probably a solid 20 minutes or so. They were beautiful to watch, with the colors reflecting in the river. Lots of people along the Riverside Walkway stopped to watch and take pictures.
This is what Eric first saw as soon as he stepped out of our apartment building
We're a little washed out, but Achilles and I are watching the fireworks from our side of the river
I love the purple reflection in the water
Smiley face!
Wow!
This is my most favorite picture of them all.
VIDEO: Fireworks!
As soon as we got back upstairs, I scoured the land of Twitter to try to figure out what the occasion might be for fireworks. The two leading theories seemed to be that they were either the official New York St. Patrick's Day Fireworks, or they were just practicing for the official fireworks (if there even are official St. Patrick's Day fireworks!). Today NewYorkology (my favorite NYC info site) says they were for the 250th Anniversary of St. Patrick's Day (they even used one of our pictures in their story about it! We're totally famous.).
Whatever the occasion, I'm glad we got to see these fireworks. One of the things we have been most excited about with the move to Hoboken is the potentially amazing view of NYC's Fourth of July fireworks from this side of the Hudson this year. However, the location of the July 4th fireworks still seems to be up in the air. We would be super bummed if they moved them back to the East River this year, but even if they do, at least we got a little taste of what it might have been like!
Ah, you just never know what your day (or night) will bring when you live around here!
3 comments:
Unexpected fireworks are the best!
The apartment I lived in in college overlooked a local high school's football field which meant we got to watch games and fireworks from nine stories up! Definitely gives you a different perspective when you are viewing them higher up in the air than when you are on the ground :)
Happy early St. Patty's day!
Beautiful!
Could it have had anything to do with it being the Ides of March?
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