xtcian: incense and peppermints

October 31, 2005

incense and peppermints

10/31/05

As many of you know, we take Halloween very seriously in our household. First, was the viewing of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," in which Lucy got to watch Lucy:

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I guess our tyke in a panda costume was pretty much a no-brainer:

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And what were we, might you ask? Tessa was a "bunny librarian." I was a member of the 1960s art-pop band The Left Banke, who had a hit with "Walk Away Renee." I was also a member of The Zombies, and perhaps even The Strawberry Alarm Clock.

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Traffic in LA almost derailed us - we spent most of Halloween on Interstate 10:

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We ate in Silver Lake, with Lucy now able to sit in a high chair. Despite her love of solids, she was not impressed with the pumpkin ravioli filling. She was, however, obsessed with the duck we brought:

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After getting home and putting the panda to bed, Tessa and I listened to the Beatles and carved pumpkins. Happy Halloween, everybody!

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Posted by Ian Williams at October 31, 2005 11:05 PM

Comments

Posted by: Beth at November 1, 2005 04:52 AM

Halloween in Park Slope missed you three (although it looks like you compensated for it--Lucy just keeps getting more precious, how does she do it?)! Does the TV deal mean you won't be back in NYC for a while yet? Inquiring minds want to know!

Posted by: Laurie from Manly Dorm at November 1, 2005 04:58 AM

Cute! I am glad to see you love Halloween as much as I do.

And what was Chopes' costume?

Posted by: lyle at November 1, 2005 05:24 AM

looks like someone is loca para el pato. adorable!

Posted by: caveman at November 1, 2005 05:47 AM

very cute panda ya got there

big fan of halloween myself, got a huge kick out of this in my inbox yesterday...

http://www.brettmeisner.com/shining_meisner.mov

Posted by: Greg from Winston Dorm at November 1, 2005 07:11 AM

Dude, your costume was more Scritti Politti, sans the lead singer's signature jacket with the sleeves pushed up. I half expected you to break out into "A Perfect Way."

Posted by: badbob at November 1, 2005 07:24 AM

I wore a polar fleece top. With a hole cut in the front and edged in jagged red polarfleece. Two-Foot's head stuck out of that... It was quite effective and much praise was given.

I'm not even sure whether we were doing Total Recall, or Alien, or whatever parasitic twin/chest-burster show. It just worked.

Our other costume set is to dress mom and the baby up as a pair of Snowths. (google snowths...) while I put on the green shag tunic....

Posted by: Killian at November 1, 2005 07:39 AM

Greg FWD--I LOVED that song!!!!

And Lucy is prescious beyond words, natch!

Posted by: oliver at November 1, 2005 08:07 AM

Hmmm, maybe not classic Strawberry Alarm Clock so much as new Strawberry Alarm Clock with extra synth.

Posted by: kaz at November 1, 2005 09:45 AM

adorable. were you at netty's...?! how could lucy not appreciate the pumpkin ravioli? it's the best!! happy halloween!

Posted by: Greg from Winston Dorm at November 1, 2005 03:26 PM

Okay, so I was wrong about the pushed up jacket sleeves . . . but you gotta admit I nailed the image. Here is what I found in my 45 second search of Google for SCRITTI POLITTI:

http://www.dosswerks.com/scc/band85.jpg

Killian, how long did it take you to either buy that song from iTunes or dig up your old cassette tapes?

Posted by: killian at November 1, 2005 04:44 PM

Greg--Cassette tapes, thank you very much. And it was WAAAAAY too fast to really admit. Let's just say those cutie pie's are in "heavy rotation". . . .

BTW, LOVED the link!