Happy Happy Spooky Night

Okay, I take back everything I said about Halloween in NYC. Sam and I just experienced the coolest thing. We walked down to 7th Avenue to check out all of the Trick-or-Treaters. We stashed ourselves off to the side to walk. We joked about the fact that we probably looked like pedophiles - grown adults without costumes pointing out all of the cute kids. We ran in to my old supervisor, Iris and her husband Bob. We walked down the street with them to wait for the parade. I had no idea what Park Slope considered to be a parade, but I was willing to check it out. What a great night! There were drummers and dancers and great costumes and a "headless" horseman on a real horse. Some people are so creative when it comes to Halloween costumes. We saw a couple of iPods, someone dressed as a Metrocard, someone dressed up as the $25,000 Pyramid, complete with categories and lights. It was pretty nifty. I could never be that creative. Maybe next year we'll actually dress up before heading out to the parade.

And last but not least, there were tons of Trick-or-Treaters getting candy from residents sitting on their stoops. We passed a "Haunted Garden" at one building and tons of brownstone decorations. I feel much better about future Halloweens, maybe it is a special day after all....