Creep-a-Rama 2016!!!

I'm a little late in posting these photos (I've posted the date to reflect the day after our party) but here are the photos from our annual Halloween Party!

As always, we held our Halloween Party on the Saturday night before Halloween. Our theme this year was "All Things San Francisco", celebrating our return to San Francisco this year. It's been three years since we last held our Halloween Party (since we were in Seattle). We suggest the theme to our friends, but they are always welcome to wear a costume of anything of their choosing.

Dick and I dressed as "San Francisco Treats": Rice-a-Roni and It's-It Ice Cream. We were pretty crafty with our costumes and decorations this year. We constructed our costumes out of Science-Fair display cardboard, ribbon, and enlarged photos that I had printed from high-resolution scans that I made from boxes of each product.

Dick had the idea to create enormous silhouettes of various San Francisco landmarks. We purchased a huge roll of black butcher paper and made cut outs of The Golden Gate Bridge (Dick's masterpiece), Coit Tower, Twin Peaks (and Sutro Tower) and the Transamerica Building. We were really pleased with how well they turned out.

Ever year, our friends amaze us with their cleverness and execution of their costumes. This year, they didn't disappoint!! Here are some of the photos I took. Unfortunately, I missed taking photos of a few of our guests, so I've grabbed some photos from other people to include here.

Enjoy!



Halloween glassybaby


The Transamerica Tower


Twin Peaks/Sutro Tower


Coit Tower


Rice-A-Roni and It's-It
(with a cameo by "Where's Wallace"!)


Andy as the San Francisco Naked Guy


Barry dressed as various San Francisco Treats! (Great minds think alike!)


The Golden Gate Bridge


The intersection of Haight and Ashbury (with a 60s Hippy!)


Battle of the Bay!


Shawn came as Wells Fargo Bank


Group shot of Jennifer, Jose, Dick and Dean
(and Where's Wallace!)


Blane as a gargoyle!


Dean and Jose as Diego Rivera and Frida Khalo (amazing!)


Shoko and Shan


Sharla and Michele


Andy and Barry enjoying their It's-Its!


Abbe and Eve as Karl the Fog


Zak (who was visiting from Chicago) and the Transamerica Building hat he made *that very afternoon*!!


Wallace was exhausted by the end of the party (but was a very good host throughout!)

The rest of the photos from from Blane and Miguel's cameras:


Blane without his gargoyle mask


Blane's gargoyle costume


Miguel and David as Jedi Knights


Shawn and Manny as Wells Fargo Bank and Handy Manny