Besides living in the self-proclaimed Witch City, yet another aspect of my tortured relationship with Halloween is my birthday, which falls a few days before and inevitably gets colored (darkened) by the proximity. It’s not quite as bad as having a Christmas birthday, but close, especially for me. There’s generally a big storm on my big day too–but not this year, thank goodness. This year we have family in town to celebrate their first Salem Halloween, but there was no way I was going to be their guide, so I left them to my husband and fled to Boston for the day. I went to the Museum of Fine Arts for the William Merritt Chase and Della Robbia exhibitionsย (the women!), then to the Antiquarian Book Show ย (the prices!) at the Hynes Convention Center, and then I just walked around the Back Bay and Beacon Hill, as the weather got progressively warmer over the day. Oddly enough, I found myself enjoying theย Halloween decorations on the stately brownstones and townhouses: very creative and such a contrast to the architecture! Maybe I like Halloween after all (just not in Salem).
Back Bay:
Just one book from the show at the Hynes in keeping with the theme: next post I’m going to write about a beautiful ($45,000) incunabulum I had never heard of before (if I can find out enough about it).
Beacon Hill: who knew that Louisburg Square was Halloween central? This first house was amazing.
October 30th, 2016 at 8:58 am
Hope you have/had a nice birthday!
Those are great photographs. I have to admit they are better than those I’ve seen in Georgetown, which is famous here in DC for its Halloween enthusiasms.
I saw the Merritt Chase exhibit here at the Phillips Collection in August–the first weekend after I was allowed to walk and 2 months after foot surgery–I was so determined not to miss it!
October 30th, 2016 at 9:12 am
Thanks Laura–you’ve brought back a memory of trick-or-treating at the embassies in and around Georgetown during my college days–we drove down from Baltimore where I was at school. Looking back, I think I was too old to be doing this but I did it! Hope your recovery has gone smoothly.
October 30th, 2016 at 1:14 pm
That must have been fun! I once went with a friend taking her kids trick or treating so I could show off my costume. She was dressed up too. I think her kids were just a tiny bit annoyed with us ๐ Foot surgery was just boring bunion surgery, which I wasn’t going to let stop me!!
October 30th, 2016 at 11:05 am
Wishing you a belated birthday and many happy returns! This is quite an entertaining post, very different from your usual style but interesting all the same. Enjoy the weekend!
October 30th, 2016 at 9:08 pm
It’s funny. I’ve lived on the North Shore for 16 years and always stayed clear of Salem in October; What, are you crazy? But we moved to a downtown apartment (Lafayette and Derby) in September, and am really liking it. The atmosphere is great–people out having fun, dressing up, forgettรขยย DSC_0039.jpg รขยยรขยย DSC_0045.jpg รขยยรขยย DSC_0055.jpg รขยยรขยย DSC_0072.jpg รขยยรขยย DSC_0077.jpg รขยยรขยย DSC_0088.jpg รขยยรขยย DSC_0092.jpg รขยยรขยย IMG_1764.jpg รขยยรขยย IMG_1771.jpg รขยยรขยย IMG_1774.jpg รขยยรขยย IMG_1779.jpg รขยยing their cares. I didn’t foresee the fun element.
Some photos I took attached.
Sean
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:41 AM, streetsofsalem wrote:
> daseger posted: “Besides living in the self-proclaimed Witch City, yet > another aspect of my tortured relationship with Halloween is my birthday, > which falls a few days before and inevitably gets colored (darkened) by the > proximity. It’s not quite as bad as having a Christ” >
October 31st, 2016 at 7:07 am
Great, Sean. I don’t know why people can’t attach pictures on wordpress–I’m sure yours are great!