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J: On Friday night, after giving out some candy to about ten or fifteen kids, we took the rest of the bowl over to the New Deal Cafe, where Dan Hart, dressed as Dead Elvis, put on a fantastic show. As well as playing many Elvis tunes, often with a Dead Elvis voice (making some of the "Ooooos" more spooky), he also played a lot of our favorite Hart originals, including two of my favorite Xmash songs -- Santa God and Lobotomy for Christmas. He's a very clever and funny lyricist; I really think some of his songs rival Tom Lehrer's stuff. Anyhow, after listening to Dan's gig, overdosing on our candy and witnessing a very strange costume contest (in which Gina won something for her elf outfit and the invisible man stole a bottle of wine), Terri Rutledge and Craig Tooley gave us a ride up to Baltimore, along with Paul Downs and Susan Barnett. First we went to a nightclub, The Vault, to see ily AIMY. It turned out we were too late for them, but Terri got us into the place for free, I think via a guest list, we had a few drinks and watched another band, Velvetene, play for a while. Next we went to Fell's Point to check out the Halloween crowds. There were thousands of people in costumes, cramming the streets, and overflowing out of the nearby pubs. It was a big mob that was protesting nothing and going nowhere, celebrating our favorite holiday. Most everyone was in a good mood, and about half the crowd were plastered. We did see an altercation between a ketchup and mustard bottle. G: The Mustard guy was walking fast and yelling angrily with the Ketchup girl running after him, yelling back, confused and upset. Earlier than that, we saw a couple of Oompa Loompas, one of them did cartwheels in the street and crashed into the curb. We headed off to join a party at The Carriage House. We knew Luisa, her mother, Mi Ae, and Dorian would be there, but they were about to leave when we arrived. Dorian and Mi Ae decided to stay and Susan decided to ride home with Luisa. We danced and hung around for a couple of hours and then went home. I think we went to bed around 4:30am.  On
Saturday we got a slow start, then went to Northway fields to help set
up for the Pumpkin walk. John and I spread straw on the path and lit a
bunch of candles and jack-o-lanterns, and found Stacy arriving on our
way home to eat, walk the dog, and dress up to scare the kiddies. By
the time we did all that, we'd missed most of the walk, but we still
had fun trying to creep people out. The setup was really cool. It's a
dark path, with spooky jack-o-lanterns, scary noises coming from the
woods, and creepy characters wandering about, including the Goat
Man.As the Pumpkin Walk ended, John and I stayed to hang around a little fire. We stayed for hours eating candy, drinking stuff, and chatting with Paul, Dorian, Gary, Ellen, and Brian. Others were hanging out too but drifted away as the night wore on. We left around 1:30am.  |
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