15 Mar 2008 - St Patrick's Day Parade

after being in Albany for almost 2 months, i have not been to the Downtown Albany!

yes...i'm staying and working in the Uptown Albany

Guilderland is the city in suburbs!

today's downtown trip is a big one cos there's a St Patrick's Day Parade going on!!

time to explore around...

waiting for the "bug"...

DOWNTOWN ALBANY...We're here...at last!

Exploring around on foot...

Carts along the streets with almost all green stuffs....

a cute little girl we met while walking down the streets...

she's waiting to see the parade too~

she has got a green teddy doggie!!

Time for some food...

Hotdog on streets...

"Chopping" spot for the parade!

it's really a parade for the Irish!!

when i saw band marching down the streets...SWEDEN came to my mind!

playing and marching down the streets like what they are doing now...

and it's almost 10 years ago...OMG!!

OHH...FLAG GIRLS!!

for a moment i remembered that i was once a flag girl too...haha~

those were the days...Sailormoon look-alike uniforms!!

What is an Irish day without the pipe band??

"joining'' into the parade...

Winnie's all in for the parade!!

at last...a good looking and cool policeman in the parade!

it's a gd one to end the parade with...

it's our turn to walk down the parade!

Winnie & i cant wait to run across the bridge!

Two crazy girls running...

Yeah...JUMP!

See what i found...it's AMRI!!

Right side of the Hudson River...

Left side...

Shhhhh.....

something's "brewing" back there!!

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8...

high up on the bridge...

Chill'out!

HEY pple... gather to pose for a pic!

PX's calling the shot...yeah~

Crazy pic...hehee....

Another cool one...

Here's the girls!!

who's the photographer?? who's the assistant??

a bridal look-alike shot by my hsemate...

Heading off for dinner!!

Five Guys Burger and Fries...

Voted the BEST All-American Burger and Fries!

the Famous burger...big, full and juicy Bacon Cheeseburger!!

it's really awesome!!

another satisfised customer and her burger...

a mini shopping after the good yet sinful dinner to burn some calories...

i got a pair of new sunglasses! (preparing for summer...haha)

Drinking session over at my apartment...

we have got 3 new friends joining us!

2 Hungarian scientists and 1 American neighbour...

we got Balaz to tie up his puffy hair...

pretty, huh!!