I don’t think it’s a tradition yet but for the second year in a row I’ll find myself in Philly for Halloween night. Last year it was to see Flogging Molly and Andrew WK (one of the best shows ever, by the way). This year it’s to finally see Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead which I missed last weekend.
I can’t say much for that town on Halloween. Tons of great bars which you can’t get in to even if you could find a place to park. We drove around 2d and Market/Chestnut last year for nearly an hour trying to park so we could party with FM and finally gave up, retreating to Ho Sai Gai for a tasty late night morsel.
Still, I’ve done my Halloween bit. Dressed up as a pirate with a pal on Wednesday and handed out treats to the kiddies at the Mall. We were a big hit, the kids we didn’t scare the bejeezus out of kept coming back to visit. Very cool, even if we couldn’t carry our real swords.
So much for Samhain. Best thing about it is that Thanksgiving’s awfully close now. Best-Holiday-Ever.