Musings from the God of Cities

UPDATE: for pictures from the 2007 east village halloween dog parade in tompkins square, (as well as pictures from last week's halloween dog parade at carl schurz park) go here.

today was the 16th annual halloween dog parade in tompkins square park, in new york city's east village.

and yet again, i went to check it out and take pictures of the dogs in costumes. within a few minutes of having gotten there, i became overwhelmed with joy over what i saw. here are some reasons why:

dogs dressed as superheroes:

wonder woman dog


spider-man dog


bat-man dog

dogs dressed like famous people:

willie nelson


mr. t.


flavor flav!

people and dogs who both got dressed up:

lobster dog


degas and his ballerinas


biker dog

dogs dressed as food:

jelly belly dog


banana split dog

...and drink:

horizon milk dog

dogs who weren't being cooperative:

chinese food dog


fall leaves dog


bulldog who refused to wear his wrestling singlet while throwing shade

asian dogs:

chinese pug


sumo pug


sumo pug and his mom

dogs dressed as other animals:

seal dog


pig dog


pegasus dog


bee dog


bee bulldog


lion dog

and every possible other thing under the sun:

dog dressed up as a little girl


dog dressed up as a little boy dressed up as a giraffe


yoda dog


(p)unk dog


conjoined twin dogs


pumpkin corgi


poop factory


baby dog


fire hydrant


native american dog


cowgirl dog

after a few hours checking out the dogs in all their halloween costume glory, i was dizzy with dog love, and covered in dog slobber. all in all, this year's halloween dog parade was a devilishly good time


for more pictures i took at the dog parade, check out my flickr page.

happy halloween, y'all!

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