The Eve

I still don't get Halloween in NYC (or anywhere, but that is beside the point). Apparently kids demand candy from the shops and things? To my fellow suburbanites, can you even imagine what would happen if we tried to do this? Picture going into Giant Eagle or something and asking a cashier for candy. She'd just say, "Ummmm...no, we don't do that" in a slightly bored voice, while looking at you like she's seen more exciting specimens on the bottom of her shoe.

My parents were visiting this weekend so I didn't go crazy or see the parade or anything, but we did love checking out the costumes. My favorite was at a Bowery bar on Saturday: a slutty 3 train, complete with headlights on her chest and red taillights on her butt. I also saw a matching garden gnome couple with the huge pointy red cone hats, big white beards and plaid, and all night they were dancing very stiffly and jerkily as you would expect a garden gnome to dance. There were a surprisingly large number of Marios out.

We went to the Sea Thai restaurant at Washington and 12th St, which I thought was really well priced (food-wise; drinks less so) for the trenditude of the area and the restaurant itself. (Not sure what they were thinking with the techno, but you can't win them all.) The waiters and staff were all dressed up and masked or face-painted for the holiday, but one of them actually had a studded leather harness on.

His wasn't quite this intense, but you get the idea.

Nothing better than having Thai food served to you in a cool restaurant by a kinky waiter.