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Originally posted by Captain
Do you have any historic cemetaries in the vicinity? A little All Hollow's Eve walk at dusk through an old cemetary, complete with stories of what went on in days of yore, can combine a little bit of a history lesson with scaring them out of their little gourds. And it will be memorable for years to come.
There is also a lot of interesting poetry in graveyards, and I know you appreciate that.
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Hmm. Interesting idea - but there isn't one near our house. There is a FABULOUS old spooky one near my office, however, which I think actually has some relatives in it.... Little kids in costumes on a weekend night in the financial district, however, seems ... odd.
Good suggestions all around, though - thanks! (I'll be PM ing for that recipe shortly.)
Wonk, you are exactly 100% correct about the suburbs. (I have absolutely nothing resembling urban hipster cred, never did - I'm a lawyer for god's sake.) The reasons to move to the suburbs are manifold, but, besides Halloween, mainly consist of (i) buying your way into a passable school and (ii) buying a nice standard of living, including some closets, a separate bedroom for every kid (plus one spare for grandparents), a kitchen two people can fit in at once and some back yard to kick a soccer ball around. I can best do those things somewhere other than here (or San Fran). When I move to the suburbs I am going to go someplace where I can afford a really nice life, which means getting the fuck out of this area. It will involve a job change and convincing the Mr. (who grew up on a farm and is completely horrified by quarter-acre suburbia), so it is a little more involved than simply changing house and decamping for The Oranges (or Yonkers, more likely).
