Spooky nights out

This weekend was very exciting, beginning with an excursion downtown Friday night. Seth and I first met Cindy and Tom for a quick dinner at the Vietnamese sandwich shop in Chinatown (Cindy and I loved the food so much when we went there over the summer we decided to let the guys experience it for themselves!), then hustled around the corner to the Cutler Majestic Theater (a part of Emerson College) to see the opera La Boheme. We actually got 'group' tickets through my Italian class, though the only other people there were the professor, her husband, and one other girl from the class.

We had been aching to see an opera for a long time (it was actually our first full-length, live opera), so we were lucky it was La Boheme. And, as the musical Rent is based on it, we were already felt a bit familiar with the storyline.

Yesterday, to celebrate Halloween, we spent the late afternoon/early evening in Salem. We went last year so had some idea of what to expect. However, since it was Saturday and also freakishly warm (around 70 degrees), everyone else in New England had the same idea as us and the city was totally packed. I usually don't like a mob but it was truly fun to see all the really great costumes parading through the streets.

The Witch House, purchased in 1675 by the judge of the witch trials, Judge Jonathan Corwin

Essex St, by 5:00pm it is already packed!

Salem's oldest cemetery

The view from the cemetery

Nearly a full moon over the harbour

The House of the Seven Gables (not sure what a gable is, but the house is sure spooky looking!)

We went trick-or-treating, too, though not intentionally! We walked by a house with people sitting on their front steps handing candy to trick-or-treaters, and as we past by one of the guys said, "oh you're sure brave to be wearing such a scary costume (referring to Seth's Yankees hat), my son would kill me, but here, have some candy." We each took a piece, and as we continued on our way someone chucked another tootsie roll at Seth's back. We gladly ate it. Finally, somewhat positive 'reverse heckling'!

The Crow Haven Corner--the first witch shop in Salem

A very, very cool costume (though I bet Meghan can make an even better one!)