Last year we had a great inaugural East Coast Halloween experience at the Cambridge Brewing Company with the very same couple that we will see get married next Saturday! They weren’t even engaged at that point, and I consider it a mystical coincidence that one special Halloween all together in Boston will be followed by another spooktacular event in Chicago - their wedding! Where shall we convene next year? In fact, we were actually a group of four couples at CBC that night and ANOTHER couple in the mix just got engaged a few weeks ago. I’ll suggest they get married on 10/31/10 just to keep our frightful tradition going.
I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten into the ghoulish spirit this far in advance, but I can’t pass up the chance today to visit the spooky Salem, MA for the first time. A friend from high school and her husband recently bought an adorable home in this provocatively historic community and we will get to celebrate it all tonight. They do Halloween BIG in Salem, on the order of weeks of celebrations and tourist-hungry events leading up to the day itself. We probably have a limited number of Halloweens left before we’ll be responsible for ridiculously dressing up our future progeny and no longer having the sole responsibility of entertaining ourselves. Must indulge while we can!
I just can’t wait to celebrate Halloween properly at next weekend’s somewhat unorthodox 10/31 wedding in Chicago. We can’t refuse such a good opportunity to see the autumnal beauty of our favorite city AND wish our dear friends well as they legally commit to a life together. Two of my favorite events (Chicago travel and weddings) all wrapped up into one fun weekend! It will be BOO-tiful! Get it?
