Halloween Deli

The pumpkins are out in abundance in New York City for Halloween. A typical Korean corner deli on 57th Street and 9th Avenue.

Halloween 2010

It was another wild night in New York City for Halloween. The streets in the Village were jammed with thousands and thousands of people out in creative costumes celebrating the holiday and there was a massive parade as well. I'm not really sure exactly what everyone is celebrating. What is the point of Halloween anyway? Are people celebrating the arrival of the Great Pumpkin? Time to check Wikipedia. I thought it was a worldwide phenomenon, but it looks like the don't have Halloween in Russia, China, Italy, New Zealand or basically just about anywhere aside from Ireland, Scotland, US and Canada. How is this possible? Don't they eat candy in the rest of the world?

I went out for a delicious sushi dinner and then enjoyed everyone acting crazy and running around in costumes. As far as I could tell, everyone seemed super happy and like they were having a really good time. I'll all for that.

Too Much Halloween

Another Halloween window display that I liked. This is the Ralph Lauren store on Bleecker Street.

Even though this is a good display, I'm kind of overdosed on Halloween already. I haven't even eaten much candy (oh, except for the expensive Jacques Torres chocolate I bought last weekend). It sure seems like everyone is really pushing the holiday entirely too hard this year. I'm not even sure what we are celebrating. But I do like pumpkin pie and baked pumpkin seeds.

Haunted Car Repair

Somewhere on 11th Avenue in the 50's, you can get your oil changed, get your car inspected and get mildly scared out of your mind.

Here Comes Halloween

Can you believe it's already September? I have to remember to change the calendar to the new month. I always seem to forget for a few days and I think it's bad luck if you don't change the calendar right away.

It's amazing how quickly the weather dropped a few degrees. I've been going for bike rides in Central Park every day and you can feel the weather changing ever so slightly. Of course, Indian Summer (my favorite season) will be coming along soon enough. It looked like a full moon today when I was riding in the park which would probably explain my incredibly odd day, but I looked it up and the full moon isn't until Friday.

Like many things in life, such as crazy New York City girls, cell phone bills and dry cleaners, you can never really figure out the weather so I shouldn't even bother. However, one thing you can predict is that as soon as September hits, the Halloween marketers will be out in full force. I'm not always a huge fan of Reese's, but I've got to give them credit for getting these new packages out right away. Obviously they were anxious to get them into stores all summer. Halloween is the biggest candy selling time of the year next to Easter.

Two of a Kind

Vampire Zombies out for a night on the town.

Vampires drink your blood, zombies eat your flesh. I think by combining the two you get the most healthy combination. Nothing goes to waste.

Pumpkin

Halloween in the city.

Goblins & Ghouls

Halloween is coming. The supermarkets in NYC are selling colorful pumpkins. I've never seen them give pumpkins hair before. This particular store has all sorts of candy from around the world at the cash registers. I never buy it, but these penguin packages (no idea what is in them) look intriguing.