Los Angelenos’ L♥VE Halloween. Last Saturday (and most of last weekend for that matter...) was like nothing I’ve ever seen, and I spent Halloween 2006 in the Castro - San Francisco - the world’s best known gay neighborhood... where they reeeally got into it. This marked my first Hollywood Halloween, and I think there are a few reasons why LA gets so into the haunted festivities. Most people living here are in some form of creative work (writers, actors, producers, etc) – or at least strongly follow the entertainment industry (when in Rome...). Almost everyone shares a quest and admiration for vanity – so a somewhat acceptable reason to dress up as scantily clothed as possible seems to appeal to both sexes - in fairness this is also a regular weekend club occurrence for many of my beloved neighbors. There's short, and then there's LA short. So as you can imagine, there was no shortage of bare…
I’ve never loved Halloween (it’s no birthday!) – it reminds me of New Year’s where there’s a certain amount of pressure to have a fabulous night. But this year – I may have been transformed. Hitting up industry parties in Hollywood (Hollywood Blvd) & Silver Lake (East Hollywood to the West & Los Feliz to the Northwest) – my Canadian friend and I did have a fabulous night. I think there are three keys to surviving Halloween in Hollywood – and likely anywhere for that matter. #1 – have a kick *** costume – EVERYONE dresses up and tries to guess what you are. Don't be lame. If you're not feeling it, stay home. #2 – Stick to house parties and party hop – get in, have fun, and get out - on to the next one. #3 – Have no expectations. That way you can only be pleasantly surprised. And of course, just go with it!
“Where there is no imagination there is no horror.”
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
We’ve definitely got imagination in the land of dreams.
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
- Walt Disney.
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