Halloween in New York City

Spiderman begins to scale the NewYork City subway walls

Spiderman will need to wash his hands!

With great power comes great responsibility.... to ensure all neighborhood gates are locked tight.

Spiderman mistakes this civilian for the Green Goblin - as he jumps on his shoulders and proceeds to beat him into submission.

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As Halloween approached, we asked cabdrivers, police officiers, and anyone we came across what we could do that would be fun. The consensus was a landslide...the Halloween parade in Greenwich Village. I asked if it would appropriate for a 2-year old. "Oh yeah, fuggetboutit....he'll be fine" was the reply. I'm thinking... "Isn't that where they made that movie with Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts"? Perfect, what better place to show Johnny a true slice of New York?

So off we went to The Village. Apparently, this event is the nation's largest Halloween parade - with over 2 million participants each year. It is also listed as one of the "100 things to do before you die." Little did we know that the area has a large gay following (not that there's anything wrong with that). Therefore, a number of the costumes were drag queens. Another large portion of costumes were scantily-clad women....right up Daddy's alley, not so much for Spidey/Johnny.

We did met a number of other kids trick-or-treating in the many Village stores. We had to laugh since about half of the stores consisted of tattoo parlors and S&M shops. Everyone was very friendly - even the Wolfman being walked a leash by the Cavegirl with a goatee. After we had filled half of a pillow case with candy, we decided to make our way back to Times Square - before the crowd got too risque.

**The movie being filmed from the previous day was "Sex and the City". The sights were Rockefeller Center and Times Square.