I'm really not into Halloween. I can't recall a time when I actually enjoyed dressing up and banging on stranger's doors begging for candy like a farm animal. Growing up in Manhattan - I don't know, do kids actually trick or treat here? I do remember going around my building and that was lots of fun - riding the elevator up and down scratching off people's apartment numbers.
And the dressing up? Ugh. What a schlep. So I was somewhat excited to hear about this Halloween party we were going to last Saturday - for starters, it wasn't in the city which already got me excited. It was actually in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Anyone out there ever been there before? OMG. This place is insane! Needless to say, when Steve and I met our friends at the restaurant we were eating at before the party, we definitely were the only non-Italians in the 'hood. Frank Sinatra played all night long, and waiters kept sending over free plates of food (Im sure the other Bay Ridge couple we were with were big timers). It seems like everyone in Bay Ridge knew each other, and everyone spoke Italian...here's some pics from our night:
Later that night we went to a bar in Bay Ridge. It was....SO NOT THE CITY! But really a fun night to just leave Manhattan to see how the other half live. Oh yeh, I was a cat. And Steve was an old school rapper. 
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