Simonette says, though she felt prepared as a balloon handler, balloon handler training doesn’t include navigating around trees and other city infrastructure For nearly a century, the streets and ...

New York looked different at 5:30 in the morning. The sky was just starting to lift, the streets were quiet in a way the city rarely allows, and everything felt tinged with my favorite ...

Balloons, new and old, will be soaring above the streets of New York City as Macy's ushers in the holiday season with its annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year, a total of 34 balloons will ...

Thirty-two "larger-than-life character" balloons and three balloonicles will float down Manhattan on Thanksgiving Day, if the weather allows, for the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. One of the ...

Meghan Simonette, who volunteered as a balloon handler in the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, details when the arm of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid balloon hit a tree before the parade kicked off “It ...