11-1-08 SHORT HILLS: Yesterday we went to Val’s place on Garden Place in Brooklyn Heights for the Halloween extravaganza. Most of the brownstones are decorated, some lavishly ghoulish, and most of the stoops are populated with costumed folks doling out hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pieces of candy. Val’s stoop was decorated with our cornstalks and sunflower stalks and our pumpkins, all carved and arranged by Mr. Steve. Mr. Steve was in formal dress as Tony Curtis escorting Lucy as Marilyn from “Some Like It Hot”, Maggie was a beatnik. The costumes were the usual Spidermen and Supermen, lots of Jokers, Angels, Dorothy's, Fairy Princesses, firemen and Star Wars folks, plus some topicals and a hot dog, a pizza, a kitchenette and traditional ghosts and goblins. It starts at dusk and is over by 7:30.
Val's Stoop during a lull-an opportunity to refill your glass.
Joe the Plumber, in the lower center, converses with a pirate on his cell, while a short, wingéd creature listens.
The Obama HQ was abuzz today, there were maybe a hundred volunteers, usually there are a dozen, phoning, making signs, getting instructions for canvassing and assisting at the polls. The crowd was chaotic, but enthusiastic. There were kids, eating candy from last night, and a group milling around of totally diverse NJ Democrats intent on winning this year. We need early voting in NJ.
After the cold spell, we have sunny and warm days predicted through the election.
New blooms: witch hazel.
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