Halloween

It may very well be the biggest holiday you can experience here in the Big Easy. This past week has been full of activities and celebration in the name of chocolate and horror.

Krew of Boo is an annual event that occurs here, one week before Halloween. Companies, organizations, and even families and friends themselves are able to purchase a space in the parade for a float. They dress up, make their float as epic as can be, and throw out beads and candy to those who go to the parade. We went last Saturday to experience the fun, meeting up with some Ravens and watching the parade right outside of the French Market. I got a good amount of beads, but nowhere near everyone else. It helps to have a bit more height on you when you're reaching up to catch beads.

Anyway, awesome times. That weekend concluded with a Pumpkin Jack-O-Lantern get-together that a fellow NCCC team had at their house. We carved pumpkins, ate entirely too much, played a holiday version of pin-the-tail (stab-the-vampire-with-a-stake) that we all failed at, and finally a childhood favorite of mine, bobbing for apples. An excess amount of water up my nose reminded me why its been a favorite of mine I easily forgot, but the joy in knowing that we would all dive in head first to the game made it worth it.

Then, of course, the big night itself, happened last night (and really the night before as well, here in NOLA). Badger 6 costumed up and headed for the Quarter. I've never been during Mardi Gras, but it was unlike anything I've ever seen. For a good amount of time, a solid chunk of us just remained on Frenchmen Street in one spot we could call our own. You could maneuver the area if you wanted, but it seemed safer and more fun just to hang out and watch the costumes parade by.

Good times for Badger 6, as always, and great times enjoying Halloween in New Orleans. It'll be hard for future Halloweens to match up I'm sure. I'll have to bring the NOLA spirit out wherever I am at this time next year.