samagon Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Did anyone else have a poor turnout and you are now faced with the arduous task of eating all the candy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yah.. 3rd Halloween in Montrose.. and its increasingly looking like this will be my 3rd halloween to have to eat most if not all the candy. Poor me !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 That's why I always buy the "good stuff", you know, just in case........... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I've got a bit left over, but admittedly, I have been out collecting signatures to oppose the historic district, so I've missed some of the kids coming by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Timbergrove had a major turnout. We have some left, but my kid brought home enough for several families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeleduc Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Did anyone else have a poor turnout and you are now faced with the arduous task of eating all the candy?in the past 5 years, i think the most trick or treaters i've gotten has been 6 (and 4 of them were sans costume!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Me too. In a Pearland suburb where lots of people drove to get here. Really, there were probably twenty or thirty cars on our main street, with families coming from other areas. Still, we had a lot of candy left over, and it seemed like there were maybe half as many trick-or-treaters as in past years. Don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I wasn't home the entire evening but apparently it was pretty dead on our street (har har). Driving in I saw a large group of people crossing on to an adjacent road but that was it. I did notice other activities going on like Halloween carnivals (mostly churches, I think) so maybe that was a draw away from going door to door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 It was kickin in Baton Rouge where we trick-or-treated. I never had any traffic here in Montrose or Heights. Lazy kids or lazy parents? I used to sprint with my friends or sisters from house to house, trying to hit every one in the neighborhood. Kids these days just don't have their priorities straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 How do you tell which ones are in costumes and which ones look like that normally in Montrose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I don't think we've had trick-or-treaters here since 2000, that's not counting my nieces coming over to show off their costumes. So I'll have to eat all of the leftovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Spoke with the folks (Bellaire) and apparently they had a large turnout - actually ran out of candy and had to call it quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 The teen who lives a few doors up and who takes care of our kitties when were away, handled the trick-or-treaters last night. He feeds our cats, so he can feed our goblins , too. We got 11 in total. Shall we have a HAIFy hour with a candy theme?We went to visit our friends in River Oaks. It was like a freaking carnival there! The sidewalks were jammed. There was no place to park on the street. At several points, there were children lined up all the way down their walkway. That was scary. We just kept the door open and I mostly sat in the gallery (the staircase). I was stunned!In very light discernment, it was pretty clear that 95% of the children did not live in the neighborhood. Their parents might work there, but that's about all the connection. I don't know what the attraction is. Rich people have better candy? Nah, they went to Kroger. The nicely groomed 'hood is safer? Well, RO Patrol was definitely on the scene, but they couldn't drive anywhere in the gridlock. I don't know, but the RO people love it. I figure my friends spent north of $100 candy and we had to supplement from their kids' bags before 9PM. Their 5 year old, our Godson, caught us, and, oh Lord, he was ticked off. There were some serious Halloween displays, too: Steam coming out of the bushes, giant tunnels to front doors, and some mansions converted to haunted houses.I'm not much for Halloween, but this was pretty terrific. A lot of people, from different walks of life, having fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) I carved 2 jackos and put them out Fri night.. Only 1 made it to Sunday. Damn kids !!And I'm slightly insulted that they determined only one was good enough to consider stealing. Edited November 2, 2010 by Highway6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 There were some serious Halloween displays, too: Steam coming out of the bushes, giant tunnels to front doors, and some mansions converted to haunted houses.I'm not much for Halloween, but this was pretty terrific. A lot of people, from different walks of life, having fun.This is probably the big reason.Kind of like getting in the car to go see Christmas lights. Err, Festivus for the Restivus lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 You can always toss them into the trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 When I was a kid, those Atkinson peanut butter bar things were very common. I used to load up, they were my favorite. This year, my daughter only got 1. Sad. They need to up their advertising and come back to popularity so I can get my yearly fix.On the other side of things, I do not miss those black or orange unmarked wrapped squishy peanut (maybe?) type candies. Gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 When I was a kid, those Atkinson peanut butter bar things were very common. I used to load up, they were my favorite. This year, my daughter only got 1. Sad. They need to up their advertising and come back to popularity so I can get my yearly fix.On the other side of things, I do not miss those black or orange unmarked wrapped squishy peanut (maybe?) type candies. Gross.Mary Janes? I used to work with a gal who actually loved those things. ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 You can always toss them into the trash. no way! I'll find some way to finish it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Did anyone else have a poor turnout and you are now faced with the arduous task of eating all the candy?No turnout at all, so I get to eat it all. Like other posters, I only get the good stuff.I blame the management of the building I'm in. There's easily a hundred kids of trick-or-treating age, a few of them are even American. Something should have been organized. Other apartment buildings I've lived in before have had organized trick-or-treating followed by a party for the children. Not this place. And from what I've heard, it's not uncommon in the rest of the Seattle area, too. Yet another example of why even people in San Francisco think of Seattleites as lazy slackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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