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Times Square New Year’s Ball Celebrates its Centennial by Going Verde
1:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · New York City · Comments Off
31 Dec 2007
Despite being a born and bred NY’er, I have never gone to Times Square to celebrate New Years. It’s too crowded and too full of tourists for me. Sorry. But I do watch the ball drop on Times Square every year. This year marks the 100 year anniversary of the tradition and to mark the occasion the ball is being lit more than 9,500 energy-efficient LED lights using only as much electricity as 10 toasters.
The weather is set to be lovely tonight. So if you are braver than me, head to Times Square. Me? I’ll be with my familia, drinking coquito.
Feliz 2008!
Un Año Que Viene y Otro Que Se Va
2:31 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| Latin America · Comments Off
29 Dec 2006
The bubbly will be popping and here in NYC the Times Square Ball promises to drop, bringing in 2007 with more confetti than ever. But what about the Latino New Year’s traditions that we practice as the clock hits 12 and we, hopefully, are locking lips with a loved one? I know that when I was a child spending many a New Year’s Eve in Puerto Rico, midnight brought parrandas and coquito (and yes the occasional sound of gunshots from Lloren Torres housing project across the street). When I was there I celebrated New Year’s twice. Once on Rican time and once on NYC time. Now in NYC, we do the same thing but in reverse. First we celebrate New Year’s on PR’s clock and then here on NYC time.
Hola!
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