Halloween in Salem

Last Friday evening, Katharine and I went with my cousins to Salem on Halloween night. If you're from this area, you might think I'm crazy. There were over 100,000 people in Salem that night...it would take hours to get in there and then, where would you park. In reality, thanks to the fact that my cousins know that area really well...it took minutes to get in there and we parked immediately...only blocks from the action.

See the Boston Globe Article here

There were three types of people in Salem that night. People in really cool and original costumes, such as the woman without a head, the giant Frankenstein, and the Mad Hatter with Alice in Wonderland. There were the slutty people...those that wore something slutty, just because they could get away with it on Halloween night (their parents must be proud). And there was us...those that left their costumes at home for a night of watching the other groups of people.

We made our way into the crowd of thousands, and worked our way clear across to the other side until there was no more crowd. We watched people take pictures with characters of all kinds and even took a few ourselves. We stopped to listen to the Halloween band playing in the street. It was quite an experience and if you ever get a chance, you should take the opportunity to see it for yourself. Next year, we're going back...we've already started to think of the perfect costumes. You must be original to stand out and have people want to take their picture with you. That would make the night all that much better knowing that you have a costume that others admire. We'll see...next year, maybe I'll be posting about that experience.