{"id":2428,"date":"2014-11-13T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T19:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2014-11-13T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T19:56:18","slug":"notes-from-the-6-train-nyfol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2014\/11\/13\/notes-from-the-6-train-nyfol\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes From The 6 Train: NYFOL!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love lights. There&#8217;s a certain mystic energy that lights emit that I connect with. And I&#8217;m always a fan of festivals, I appreciate the togetherness that they bring. So what could be better than a combination of the two? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2014\/11\/13\/notes-from-the-6-train-nyfol\/first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1.png\" data-orig-size=\"620,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1.png\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1.png\" alt=\"first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1.png 620w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/first-annual-new-york-festival-of-light-2014_620_400_c1-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The First Annual New York Festival of Lights (or NYFOL- New Yorkers love acronyms even if they are not helpful in deciphering what they are describing) in Dumbo! So this weekend a friend &amp; I traveled down to Brooklyn to see what the hype was all about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2014\/11\/13\/notes-from-the-6-train-nyfol\/image-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/image.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"613,370\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/image.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/image.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"613\" height=\"370\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/image.jpg 613w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/image-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Light inspired events let me know that the holiday season is officially upon us. The experience was a bit nostalgic for me because as a child I would visit the Festival of Tree every year with my girl scout troupe. I even went to the festival of lights at the Botanical Gardens once (in Atlanta, I&#8217;m not sure if that&#8217;s an event here in New York.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2431\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2014\/11\/13\/notes-from-the-6-train-nyfol\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 700D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1415242049&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111-624x415.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2014\/11\/15732553025_ba8e129a6c_o111111111111111111.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere were a number of light shows all three nights paired with music or poetry. There were a live performances. There was also a number of communal events for all to enjoy, take for the instance the heart filling station, where participants entered a tent and were submerged in love evoking images shown onto two of the walls of the tent. On the remaining walls were art pieces with similar messages.<\/p>\n<p>Also, it&#8217;s always a pleasure to take part in the first of any event, (especially if it&#8217;s a free event, gotta get it before they start charging!) This event was successful, so I am sure that it will continue to happen for many years to come. I will be attendance for sure.<\/p>\n<p>All things Color, Love, &amp; Fashion,<br \/>\nAyanna L.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love lights. There&#8217;s a certain mystic energy that lights emit that I connect with. And I&#8217;m always a fan of festivals, I appreciate the togetherness that they bring. So what could be better than a combination of the two? The First Annual New York Festival of Lights (or NYFOL- New Yorkers love acronyms even &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2014\/11\/13\/notes-from-the-6-train-nyfol\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Notes From The 6 Train: NYFOL!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":408,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31903,31164,31484],"tags":[36479,15268,7541,108,9332,36477,36478],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aya","category-events-in-nyc","category-off-campus","tag-festivals","tag-free","tag-friends","tag-fun","tag-holiday","tag-new-york-festival-of-lights","tag-nyfol","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3StnM-Da","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/408"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}