Showing newest 1 of 11 posts from October 2005. Show older posts
Showing newest 1 of 11 posts from October 2005. Show older posts

Monday, October 31, 2005

Halloween In The Castro

Do you believe in me?This was not an elaborate costume year for FreeThinker. With a few accessories like a cape, horns, and a wicked bolo tie, the transformation into a devil was lazy but complete enough to be a valid costume. Friend and neighbor Dave, on the other hand, always goes all out, and this year was no exception. Two words: French Maid.

Other friends dressed as Kurt Cobain, a she-devil, and a GOP money laundering machine. We all met up at Castro Street for the annual Halloween night street party, dance zones, and people-watching parade.

Devils/demons were popular this year, as were butterflies. A few creative types made their own iPod costumes. (Next year, I bet they will be mass-produced.)

Jesus was there, but by the time I got my camera out, he was gone! I could not get a photo. I have no evidence, but please take it on faith that I saw Jesus! You do believe, don't you?

The weather was agreeable and the crowd was massive. Here are some spooky shots of a tiny, tiny fraction of the costumed crowd. As FreeThought by a FreeThinker readers know, FreeThinker's camera does not do its best work at night. That said, here we go. (In deference to some of my prudish red-state readers, who were shocked at my Folsom Street Fair photos, no images beyond a "PG" rating are in this post.)

The mostly costumed masses along Castro Street Dancing Zone Garsh darn it! It's them aliens again! I just gots mah fishin' pole.  Where's mah shotgun? Dang! They's gonna abduct me again! Speak, see, hear ... no!  It's hear, see, speak ... no!  It's ... um ... I vant to suck your blood ... pudding French Maid, Romanian Maid? Surrender, Dorothy! Any Friends Of Dorothy here? You lost Toto in THIS crowd? Your fishnet stockings are more fabulous than mine! Hook 'em Horns ... for Satan! Trick(y Dick) or Treat! Egg-cellent costume Hades-ween or Halloween? Oh dear, I broke a nail! Look out, Linda Blair! Watch those hands, buddy Introducing the Silvermans A sea of zoo-manity Helping a little old alien across the street Kurt Lives! That's Incredible! Couldn't afford the whole leather daddy getup Another butterfly swallowed by Gene Simmons Dance Dance Halloween Who was that masked leatherman? Batboy and Frenchie Fetching, no? No ponytail tonight Balloonatics Monster Mash Popeye had seen better days Furry Fetish Wolverine! Float On Now Playing Miss Castro Contest Sutro Tower has at least one fan Twister, anyone? Jason and the Zombies? Don't Jump! Private Hannibal Achtung, Baby! Is it Easter or Halloween? Eye, Robot Disco Ball Guy! Spontaneous Disco Dance Party! It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it! They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God. The doctor is IN Slave to fashion I pity the fool who snaps my photo! Chicks dig the cape Gomez and Morticia? The scariest parade in town San Franciscan Gothic Toto, is that you? Discount surgery Practicing some dance moves.  Gosh! Our heroes? You callin' me fat? Black and white and red all over Pretty in pink ... and green Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper? What's a girl like you ... Who's a coward now?