Giants congratulations and celebrations

New York was a glorious shade of Giants blue on Tuesday, two days after they defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XL VI. Thousands of jubilant fans welcomed home their Super Bowl champions with a full-blown ticker-tape victory parade which started from the southern tip of Manhattan moving slowly north to City Hall, a few blocks from our office. Fans stood dressed head-to-toe in Giants gear and confetti wafted slowly down from the high-rises that line the street.

Mayor Bloomberg, who hails from Boston, got into the spirit too with a put down of the Patriots, who were trying for a perfect 19-0 season when the Giants doused that dream. Bloomberg also presented the Giants with symbolic keys to the city to the thunderous applause from the lucky 250 fans who got tickets to the ceremony at City Hall Plaza.