Halloween holds a very special place in my heart ever since I moved to NYC. Halloween weekend 2008 was my first weekend ever in NYC and I spent it with my roommate at the time, Mallory, going to an apartment party in the financial district. I became so engrossed with the holiday because the city felt so welcoming, safe and fun! I never really cared one way or another about Halloween before that but now I will go all out for it!
This year I got to celebrate twice. On Saturday, Joe's high school friends Nina and Jamie threw a house party in Jersey City. We went last year and had an amazing time so we knew we would be repeat guests this year. Getting to Jersey City is actually more convenient than it sounds but this year there was a twist because it snowed about 7 inches on Saturday. The snow made it feel more like New Year's Eve than Halloween but nothing was going to stop me from going to this party. Nina and Jamie go all out and I love them for it! The had a Dexter beer pong room that was lined with see-through plastic sheets with fake blood sprayed all over it. The theme was Beetle Juice so they had a fog machine and homemade fireplace in the main room. The bathroom is probably my favorite decorated room. All the lights are removed and replaced with red bulbs, there is fun music playing and a scary fake window to make it extra spooky. The party was fabulous and I am so glad we went!
New Yorkers love parades. I have no idea why but they throw a parade for just about everything here and Halloween is one of the biggest parades of the year. Friends of my sister live right on 6th Ave & Washington Place which is the mid-point for the parade. Their apartment would make anyone jealous because they have access to their own private roof deck which provided everyone at the party with the best view of the parade in the city! They even decorted their place all cute with blood hand prints, spider webs and dry ice in our drinks! The party was fantastic and I was so glad I went because I have never seen the Halloween parade before.
Enjoy the pictures!
~Montville boys hanging at the party, Joe and I were Christopher & Adrianna from Sopranos!~
~Girl shot and weird Anthony~
~The Dexter Beer Pong room~
~I was a devil on Monday for the parade~
~Great shot of Spiderman about the jump down the side of the building~
~And the parade begins!!!!!~
~Ken, the host, enjoying his amazing view of the parade~
~My favorite shot of the parade!~
~View from inside of the apartment, it can't get better than this~
~Empire State Building lit up for Halloween with the parade going on below~
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