Have a Garish, Tacky Christmas...

On Sunday night Joe, Shawna and I went to the Crab Shanty on City Island to celebrate my birthday with garlic bread, clam chowder, broiled seafood, and one Mai Tai. It was perfect. Before we headed back to Manhattan, Joe said he wanted to take us somewhere special in the Bronx. He said it was going to be a surprise...


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Go ahead, click on it. You don't want to miss anything.


Around the corner...


This looks like my dream hair-do and dream prom dress and dream date from 1987!


Is that Anna Nicole Smith stumbling out of Cinderella's crystal coach?


Holy.


People put dollar bills through the chain link fence and the family donates the money to the church.


Is that Marilyn Monroe? And there's Diana Ross behind her, just below the baby Jesus.

*Oh, you should know that all of these mannequins are MOVING: heads turning, torsos spinning, Rockettes kicking...and there's music blaring, too.

This is someone's house. People live here. You could see into the front door and see the family puttering around and watching TV.

Here's an article I found about this treasure:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/nyregion/26bigcity.html

But that really doesn't answer MY questions.


But I do appreciate festive things and colored lights, and I got to spend my birthday with Shawna and Joe, and a good time was had by all.