Miscellaneous Halloween thread

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Deebs

I would love to do something like this for my dad.

That is so cool. Excellent altar. I should check out that place in the Mission, though if it's pricey I probably actually should not; but I'd love seeing it. There used to be a place on Haight that sold all the stuff too, but that was years ago, it might be gone now.

Mole and butternut squash tamales? Sounds heavenly.

Is that a working fireplace? The mantle is so awesome. I miss living in SF. The last house I lived in on Page St. had a lot of beautiful old details like that. But our fireplace could not be used.

Okay, bought the stuff here. It was not too expensive, but I bought several items. Average price per was about $5-6, the maracas were $15 each and same for the larger skulls.

The tamales were from Primavera $10 for 4 at Mollie Stones Market. There's a list on their page of groceries all over the Bay Area that carry them. They were awesome, believe me.

I think, dear Deebs, you absolutely MUST do one for your Dad. Since I could not put a steak up on the mantle, and they do not make Olympia Beer anymore, my Dad had to do with a Bohemia! My boy kitty had some kibble and his favorite mice toys.

Yes, the fireplace is a working fireplace. Our building was constructed in 1940 and you can see the building lobby here. Most of the apartments renting now have had many of the vintage touches removed. They've been (sacrilage!) redoing the gorgeous deco bathrooms in some of them. Thank goodness we've been in this apartment for 21 years, rent control rules! Otherwise, I'd be living in a crackerbox out on Geneva and Naples.

And, I concur, Matt's costume is incredible!