New book by photographer Elizabeth Ann Kahane, Come and join the parade!captures the magic of an iconic New York event: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s a collection of photos Kahane took of the parade from the third-floor window of her Upper West Side apartment. But Kahane tells PEOPLE that he also has his own unforgettable moment in New York, which happened not far from where he currently lives. The photographer met her husband, Bill, in Central Park in a case of “mistaken identity.” “As I was going to play tennis — I was going to a lesson — I saw someone running in the reservoir who I thought I knew, and I started yelling, ‘Billy, Billy,'” Kahane says. “Then he came right up to me.”
Elizabeth Ann Kahane.
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“I said, ‘Oh my God, I’m so sorry. You look just like someone I know named Billy Cohen,’ Kahane says. “And he said, ‘That’s funny, I’m Bill Kahane.'”
Turns out they both worked in real estate, and Billy Cohen actually had dinner with Kahane’s employer the next night. “I reached into my tennis bag and gave him my business card,” Kahane says. “And as they say, the rest is history.”
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The couple married in 1999 in New York and share one son, Harry. Bill and Harry also have essays included Come and join the parade!
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Kahane has been an avid photographer since she first got a Pentax camera as a teenager. After working in fashion and real estate, she was able to devote her time to photography full-time. Her years of filming the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began when she and Bill were looking for their first apartment together.
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Cover of ‘Come Join the Parade!’.
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“I said, ‘Well, I have to be in the park. I’ve always been in the park that I love as a runner and photographer,’ says Kahane. After touring apartments, the couple found one that included many of the amenities they were looking for, including a wood-burning fireplace.
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“[The broker] he told him, ‘You can watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from the dining room table,’ Kahane says. “And he bought it… That started the journey of photographing the parade.”Kahane says her biggest hope with the book is to bring together readers of all ages.
The PEOPLE Puzzler has arrived! How fast can you solve it? Play now! “You can enjoy it alone or you can share it with others,” she says. “This is how I imagine it: we sit together and watch [the photos] together, almost like going to the parade as a family.”Come and join the parade! is now available wherever books are sold.
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