The last time I went trick or treating was, no joke, in 2003 when I was a senior at GWU. My friends and I had the brilliant idea of trick-or-treating on Embassy Row dressed as the Berlin Wall. Naturally, I was East Berlin. We figured the foreigners would just write us off as obnoxious American college students (which, of course, we were) but most of them loved us (“How intellectual“, one embassy staff member commented).
You’ll be relieved to know that this year I did not participate in trick-or-treating, but rather took on the proper adult role of actually giving away candy. My roommates and I sat on our front steps and dispensed M&Ms, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey’s, and Three Musketeers to the lil’ rug rats in our neighborhood. The little kids got two pieces of candy and the obnoxious roving bands of teenagers only got one. The most adorable trick-or-treater was a kid dressed as a firefighter, complete with plastic axe. He got three pieces of candy. Second most adorable kid was dressed as a dinosaur. After he got his two pieces of candy from Laura, he turned to me and held up his bowl. “You’re persistent kid, I admire that” and with that he walked away with an extra piece from me.
The night wasn’t entirely peaceful, however, as a drive-by shooting occurred shortly after 10pm. Ten shots fired, four wounded, a block from my house.
Yeah, you should totally move to Columbia Heights.
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From LJ:
Wow, can’t believe a shooting was so close by to you. I think that would totally freak me out…
On a happier note, sounds like a fun Halloween. It would be fun to actually be somewhere where the kiddies came by. I’ve never really had that experience.