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Salem in October

We just returned home from Salem, and I...enjoyed it. I did. We did. But I have to say that I fell for the trap that movies can do to your perception of a place. Watching Hubie Halloween or Hocus Pocus a dozen times had prepared me for a Salem that only exists in imagination and fiction. Arriving in Salem I expected a town where every house was decorated for turbo-charged Halloween. I thought every home would look like Hubie's, but what we found was that Salem, at least in the neighborhoods, and while unofficially the town of Halloween in America, looked just like home. Every home was not decorated, nor were half the homes. It was more like 1 in 10. It was sad, at first, until I realized I am a nearly 50-year-old dude with real world problems like bills and stuff. This should be the least of my problems. But it was a bit disappointing, I've got to admit. I had expected a living, breathing Halloween wonderland! I expected it to look like Hubie Halloween...
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Happy Halloweentober!

Halloweentober is here, and to be honest it feels like it came out of nowhere! I woke up one morning, and it was October 1. That's usually how it works, right? So it's time to do the Spooky Season! I'm starting the spooky movies watchlist tonight with Rosemary's Baby. I own the Criterion Collection bluray and have for many years, but it's just never made it to my viewing list. Until now. I'm a John Cassavetes fan, and this is one of his I have yet to see. Decorations are going up as I type. I've pulled a slew of my original paper decorations from my days as a toddler and they're going up on walls presently. Vinyl copy of WNUF TV28 Frank Stewart Investigates is on the record player for some background ambiance, pumpkin and apple candles lit for that sweet autumn aroma. I Hope you all have a great October! Enjoy your Pumpkin Spice Lattes one and all!!
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The Anticipated Coming of Autumn

All my life, or most of it, I have been infatuated with spring and summer. The warm weather has always sustained my soul. But as I get older the summer doesn't fill that sweet spot in my heart that it once did. Anxiety plays a large role in the change, I think. I've had a lot of physical health problems the past few years, and many began in the summer in the afternoon or middle of the night. And my mind has not forgotten those moments of terror and realization, and it sticks with me. As I've gotten healthier, I'm trying to leave behind those memories that are imprinted into my body. The changing of the seasons helps. The past so many years I've fallen in love with Autumn. Hard. The chill in the air and sweater weather with the changing of the leaves brings new cozy moments to enjoy. The sun, especially in the morning and the evening, takes on this warm golden hue that you just don't see in the summer. It hits differently. You get to light the fireplace in the ev...
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Jim Henson Monster Cereals

These Jim Henson Monster cereals are hitting store shelves now. I must have them. They need to make Muppets of these cereal Monsters. We nerds will buy them all... They are already blowing up the internets because of Dinosaur Dracula and his ilk.  I started looking everywhere for these boxes, not realizing until I had zero luck, that Matt has them first because of his influencer status. They do not come out in stores until early October. But I keep seeing people finding them in the wild... These monsters are elusive.  These will go down as Legendary. Muppet Monster Cereals
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Halloween in the Big Easy 1985

This small clip takes us back to the better, simpler days of 1985 New Orleans, getting ready for another wonderful Halloween. From this short throwback clip we can see Frank Davis of 4WWL take a horsecar hearse around town to the Saint Louis Cemetery Number One and the tomb of Marie Laveau. Then he's onto Madame LaLaurie House on Royal Street.  One thing I would love to see is Halloween become a bigger celebration than Mardi Gras in the Crescent City. But that's just a dream, I know. But here's the video link below. It's a neat little look into the past. 4WWL Halloween 1985
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Halloween in Salem!

After a decade of thinking about it and bailing on the idea until "next year," we've decided to finally rent a room in Salem for Halloween this year. We are not going to spend actual Halloween night in Salem, as I can't justify being stuck in that many seas of people, but maybe a week in the middle of the October. Hopefully the trees will be changing colors, and the chill will be in the air by this time. I'd like to be there with a lot of people, mind, but not the truly maddening crowds that the Home of Halloween gets on Halloween night. I've watched dozens of videos on YouTube, and it seems that it's difficult to drive around town and get a seat to eat dinner is nigh impossible. So, I'll leave those crowds to the younger folk and head up a bit early. I'm debating whether to dress up in costume this year. I'm not sure folks will dress up in the middle of October evenings. I'm going to do all the touristy stuff, like visit the Hocus Pocus l...
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Do Not Meet Your Heroes

WNUF Halloween Special is by far one of my absolute favorite Halloween movies. It's a local film I've talked about before on here. It's more cute than groundbreaking, but a wholly enjoyable experience. A while back I talked to the creator (not in person, via social media) and we were "talking" about politics, and more specifically the person who was recently elected to POTUS. I knew it was a bad move immediately, but I spoke my feelings on the issue, which were a stark contrast from his views. I won't mention his name, because I don't want to bad mouth someone without representation to defend themself. But this conversation quickly went sideways, and I felt he insulted me more than one too many times, and I stopped following him on social media. He proved to me that he was incapable of having a normal, civilized conversation about the man in the White House without reverting to childish accusations and insults. You want the truth? It hurt my feelings. I k...
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