Trudy
On the first beautiful Saturday afternoon of this month, I planned to meet with a couple of friends to go to Pillow Fight NYC 2015. , organized by New Mind Space . My friends really wanted me to go and since I was going to be in Manhattan for the Macy’s Flower Show anyway I thought, “Why not?” . I’ve never gone to an event like this and if I get to unwind by beating the crap out of strangers that will make it all the more amazing.
The event was held in Washington Square Park and the mission was to bring new pillows to the fight and after you use them for fighting, to donate them to homeless shelters in the Bronx , Brooklyn and Manhattan. It was a three-hour long pillow fight with people in pajamas, mascot costumes and cosplay outfits. Once the fight started, so did the screaming and people began chasing the mascots around the park giving them the supreme beat down. Those poor mascots! The park continued to fill up even the planned event was counting down to the end.
After about an hour, the air become white and cloudy from the pillows breaking open by people who were taking this more seriously than me. Fluff was everywhere, on our clothes, on the ground, on my lashes! It was a great break during my hectic Saturday for a good cause and I think I will revisit again next year because I definitely didn’t get enough shots in. All though I hear that this event happens around the world yearly, I haven’t seen any footage from the other sites, yet. It was definitely a great big kid moment, that is, once I found my friends. Watch the video below to see me caught in corner trying to get through the mêlée, the funniest parts are the conversations picked up in the video. Would you join in on the pillow fight if invited ?
Yes that looked like fun
I was overwhelmed by the size of it . It was fun. Next time I won’t be recording so there will be no mercy on them, lol!
What a hoot! Bet that got rid of any residual introverted feelings! All signed up for the next course. Thanks for the thumbs up.
No problem! I got rid of some, the rest will be resolved at yoga or something,lol!
We need to get one of these arranged in my area, that looks and sounded way to cool.
There might have been one since its held on the same day each year, I believe ,the first Saturday in April. It was huge I wish I had gotten a better view from where I was.
Wow, that looks so fun!!! I don’t think we have this event here in Europe, never heard of it in France anyway. Of course I would join!!!!!!!
You should do a search because when I looked up the beginnings, it was described as a world event. Hope you get a chance to participate!
Yes me too!! I work with young people engaged in social action so it would be great if we ever got this here in Paris.
It was mostly students from New York University in ours. What kind of social action could you link to it in Paris? Here it was homelessness. That would be cool to do there near the Arc de Triomphe, it resembles the arch in our park here, twin pillow fights.
In Paris, it would be for food assistance programs or fundraising for cancer research for exemple. Why not the Arc de Triomph or even Trocadero venue?
Sounds like you have it pretty much planned out!
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Damn. That’s not the New York I grew up in. I’d have joined in in a minute. Still would, now I think about it.
You can always join next year right? Make a trip to visit home around that time just to beat people silly with some pillows. Haha!
That looks like fun! Thanks for sharing your story at Inspire Me Mondays!
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Wow. Looks like a lot of fun. And for a great cause!
Yes it was fun. The cause was the best part, I can’t sleep without a decent pillow. Would you participate?
that looked like a lotta fun
It was fun. Hopefully I’ll make it next year as well.
that would be grand.
It was totally random that I found out about it this year so I’ll be prepared.
what a nice surprise to find out then