Halloween

Halloween in Alameda is awesome. An island of victorian houses, it automatically is two steps ahead of the rest of the area in getting spooky. Our neighborhood is well known for getting dressed up for the holiday, and we had been advised that we should be prepared for a crowd of trick or treaters.

Virginia, our little pirate wench, made the most of it. She did do a little trick or treating on our street, heading to the houses of a few neighbors. But for her, the highlight was actually staying at our house with us and passing out candy to visitors. I would estimate that we had over 400 trick or treaters that night. She camped out at the doorway -- which was rarely closed during the height -- and then dutifully transferred candy from our cauldron to everyone's bags. It was for her an operation in logistics, and she approached the work with the utmost seriousness.