Hats off to you, New Yorkers, you really know how to scare up the Hallowe’en spirit. After writing my post about a traditional Irish Hallowe’en, I ventured forth to take in the bone-chilling sights of 78th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and experience the perilous thrills of 69th Street on the Upper West Side. I was not disappointed. Both blocks were filled with fiendishly frightening pint-sized demons and monsters and ablaze with Hallowe’en horror. Here are a few ghoulish glimpses of the dastardly delights in Manhattan this evening:
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Best Hallowe’en costumes moment:

These guys get my vote for favourite costumes, devilishly dangerous!
Best ooooooooh moment:

Black Pearl cannons fire at Tortuga

Big shout out to the roguish rascals responsible for Tortuga & The Black Pearl
Proper scary moment:

Life-sized, life-like & dreadfully diabolical
Time to tiptoe all atremble off to bed. I feel the veil draw thin betwixt this world and the spirit world, so I shall light a candle to guide the spirits on their way and wish you a safe and spooky Hallowe’en.

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Hi there! I’m Ailsa Prideaux-Mooney. I’ve lived in many places, and travelled to many more. I had a lot of fun getting there and being there, wherever there happened to be at the time. I climbed a castle wall in Czesky Krumlov, abseiled down cliffs to go caving in the west of Ireland, slept on the beach in Paros, got chased by a swarm of bees in Vourvourou (ok that wasn’t fun, but it was exciting), learned flower arranging in Tokyo, found myself in the middle of a riot in Seoul, learned to snowboard in Salzburg, got lost in a labyrinth in Budapest and had my ice cream stolen by a gull in Cornwall.
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Thanks for the PIX. Glad to know Halloween survived the storm
I do believe Hallowe’en can survive just about anything. If it can weather the transition from the pagan Samhain to the Christian All Hallow’s Eve, I don’t think a little bit of snow will stop it 😉