Samhain & Halloween

This year I was invited to several Halloween events. My pal Puppy was heading down to the Castro with his crew, but I hate dealing with unruly crowds in costumes. His BF Roger created a great outfit this year. It was a priest's uniform with a dummy of a young boy sewn to the front of it so it looked like the alter boy was working all night...

Scary Movies

Seeing horror films is a great way to get into the holiday mood, even though it still feels like summer in San Francisco. This year, I saw a horror spoof called, Scary Movie 3. While I haven't seen any of the films it made fun of, I was familiar with them from reviews, advertising and late night talk shows. It was a cute film and funny in parts, but I loved the first two much better.

Trolling Treasure Island

My pal Cesar lives on Treasure Island. He invited me to his Halloween party and Irwin offered to drive, so we found ourselves heading over there about 11:30. We got a late start coz we watched the TV coverage of the celebrations in the Castro and then Irwin suggested we rummage round for something to wear. Lucky for him I've got a few bits and bobs scattered about. I dressed him up as "The Invisible Pedestrian" in a black wig, mask and jacket to match his black trousers and shoes. Then I dug out my Christmas antlers and my souvenier nose from 1997's Red Nose Day. It's my favourite British holiday and all the money went to charity so I got a couple of furry red noses.

We dashed out the door and I left the directions, but luckily I wrote the address on the invitation so we kinda knew where we were going. Neither Irwin nor I had been to Treasure Island before. It was built for the 1914 Exposition. The island is totally flat and jutts off of Yerba Buena Island. Both comprise the eastern edge of San Francisco County. The US Navy decomissioned Treasure Island a few years ago. There are quite a few apartment complexes on the north side, but the whole east side is apparently unused military buildings.

Spooky Tour
What could be more spooky for Halloween than a midnight tour through a boarded up, derelict collection of WW2 buildings. We had the roads to ourselves and every new turn seemed to bring us to yet another set of buildings perfect for a murderous rampage. Instead of seeing Jason or Freddy however, we eventually found a trio walking to a party. Lucky for us they were friends of Cesar's flatmate and told us where to park.

The Party
Things were in full swing by the time we arrived. My pal Mike was playing some cool tunes and we found Cesar (pictured at left) in the kitchen mixing up some island style drinks to match his cast-away costume. We couldn't stay long because driving around took most of our time and Irwin had to get back to Mountain View, but we had a great time.