100 days until Halloween...
In this blog post from June, I talked about a trip to Lambertville, New Jersey in late October. We discovered that Halloween Town was a real place, where the High Holiday was being celebrated everywhere you looked. After a packed day of slowly working our way to see the Lambertville Halloween House, we stopped at a small local tavern to wait for the sun to set so we could see the House in all of its glowing glory. We quickly dubbed the tavern the Halloween III Bar, as it felt like we could bump into Dr. Challis at any minute ('Drinking and Doctoring' was kindof his thing).
This bar was amazing. Quaint and Old School and decked out in so many wonderful Halloween decorations. Classic Halloween decorations... stuff I remembered from my childhood. This was the Friday before Halloween so the atmosphere in there was exactly like a Halloween party. They were playing all of the usual classics as well and The Monster Mash never sounded so good. We drank our drinks and wondered what it'd be like a few blocks away at that strange, elegant House.
As we walked out into the chilly Autumn air, you could tell something significant was happening. The night air was charged with a feeling that we had somehow mixed up the dates and this was, in fact, Halloween night. It felt like prime Trick-or-Treating hours... there were children in costumes and excited people everywhere heading in the direction of the House. But then we noticed that the Lambertville Halloween House was just a voice in a choir. There were blocks and blocks of decorated homes. So many lights. Tons of unique decor and props. So much Halloween.
We asked a resident walking her dog if this is how it always was...and if the town was heavily into Christmas as much as Halloween. Her answer was a little on the glorious side: she said "We really just get into Halloween here... Christmas, not so much."
Amazing. A town devoted to the Love of Halloween.
Below are some photos from that magical evening. A night that made you feel like a kid on Halloween... excited that there were hours ahead of you, and there were tons of homes waiting for you. Homes with pumpkins and witches and ghosts and bones and every haunted creepy thing. And on this one night, they really didn't care that it wasn't Halloween just yet.
.jpg)
10 comments:
The whole thing seems legitimately magical.
Heck, I get excited when I see houses with pumpkins on porches or bushes with spiderwebs in my neighborhood…that town just seems too good to be true.
And the bar? I’d love to raise a glass anywhere that is old school enough to use 'Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House' and 'Ghostly Sounds' LPs as decorations. Never mind that throwback Beistle reaper that I'd basically forgotten until just now. (I'd be willing to bet you could guess the owner's age within two years without ever meeting them)
There is so much that's amazing in those photos (I spent a lot of time just looking at corbels), but that last shot of all of the houses fully participating really gets me.
One of these days, when I hang up my spurs, I think that's a seasonal pilgrimage I'd like to make.
It goes without saying that if you’re ever up in these parts, I owe you a drink. : )
That entire town looks awesome, like something in a Tim Burton film.
Totally
Omg where do you start? I want to be there.
Lots.
Once again, such gorgeous photos! It's what we wish our entire neighborhood/street would look like on Halloween!
Wow..
I'd love to live there!! Amazing photos and what a killer place to be!!
This looks like more fun than any amusement park I've ever been to!
Haha it was!
What a neighborhood! It doesn't hurt that those are some gorgeous homes to haunt. They really lend themselves to being decked out in Halloween decor.
Post a Comment