Halloween

A rundown of the weekend's festivities:

1. On Friday night, we attended the 4th annual Meat Party at Josh's. Never fails to impress. A celebration for carnivores following a successful fall hunting season. My personal favorite: the grilled sheep ribs curtesy of Lincoln and Julie.

2. After the Meat Party, we headed to the Marlin to check out our friend Danny's band, Junkshow. Danny writes most of Junkshow's music, which combines elements of punk and ska. Sample lyrics: "Siamese twin! Siamese twin! One of us is going to win!" He also has a song called "America's Next Top Model," which documents his obsession with the reality TV show. Really catchy stuff.

3. We spent most of Saturday prepping our Halloween costumes. For Chrissy, that meant making, from scratch, a big black bear costume. For me, that meant a trip to Value Village and the Party Palace to pick up my dress, apron, and wig.

4. We arrived at Todd's Halloween party on Saturday night as Goldilocks and one of her three bears. Here are a few pics...

Yes, that's Emily and Brian C.

5. After Todd's, we returned to the Marlin, where we ended up hanging out with Willis Fireball in the hotdog tent. He played a short set of music for us, including some new songs of his: "Carmen the Kebob Girl" and "I want to be the pie-eating champion of your heart." Together with Laura and Lorian, we danced around the parking lot and added background vocals when needed. The night ended with a chilidog from the hotdog tent, which was (obviously) amazing!