^[1]Like Doris ^[2], I was in Chinatown today, but my visit was mostly accidental. Since the L train isn’t running this weekend, I took the M in, and got out of the train at Canal to run some errands. When I saw all the red and purple puddles on the street (colored, I’m guessing, by the confetti), I remembered Doris’s earlier post ^[3] about the Lunar New Year festivities, and decided to walk around with my camera.

Things seemed to be winding down, but I took a few photos, like this slightly blurry one of a girl playing with those party popper things that snap when thrown against a hard surface. I was surprised they worked on the wet sidewalk. The big tube-shaped firecrackers this woman was selling ^[4] looked like fun, but since i have no idea how to set one off, I probably would’ve ended up shooting myself in the face with gobs of confetti. A few more photos are here ^[5].