trick or treat

I've been in the city for nearly 5 years and for some reason I haven't seen a single Trick-or-Treating activity….until this Halloween. Imagine my delight to find little bunches of children dressed up as princesses, super heroes, monsters, and animals, walking from store front to store front, filling their bags with candy. Definitely different from my childhood Halloween experiences. I admired the diligence of parents as they escorted what seemed to be whole neighborhoods, around the city. Along with fun costumes and happy children, rambunctious teens roamed the streets a little later in the evening, throwing eggs and being their happy selves. I safely avoided being egged and was happy about that. I wondered if any of my center kids were doing the same thing. Probably. And finally, to top it all off, an older "Cassanova" stopped me as I was walking to the subway and in a overly-grand gesture he presented me with a Hershey's kiss. I was a little hesitant to take it not knowing if there was any expectation that accompanied it, but I took it still the same. However, just like any other child who was taught diligently by her parents, I decided not to eat the candy. He was, after all, a stranger. Another holiday in the city…how fun.

For some reason I failed to take any pictures of the little kiddies but managed to get one of me and some friends at dinner.

Happy Halloween!