Halloween in West Hollywood

This year I finally talked Jay into accompanying me to the Halloween Carneval in West Hollywood. It is one of the largest Halloween celebrations in the world - several hundred thousand people attend each year. Technically the Carneval lasts until 11 pm, but when we finally got tired and left at midnight, there were still thousands of people there. The main reason I love it is that watching Hollywood have an excuse to dress outrageously is amazing - the costumes are all carefully planned and executed for the most part. The entire night was punctuated by "Hey, check that one out, it's _____ from ______!" or, "Wow, that costume is AMAZING!" So this post will be mostly pictures of a few of our favorites from this year.

First, Rock, Paper, Scissors:


A little known fact- in the 16 years Jay and I have been together, I have only beaten him once at Trivial Pursuit and once at Rock, Paper, Scissors. In Trivial Pursuit he has an amazing amount of sports trivia and useless bits of information. In the case of Rock, Paper, Scissors he claims he can read my mind.

Then we saw Jessica and Roger Rabbit... such a lovely couple!



Beaker was inspirational to me. One of the reasons I became a scientist. Who says the Muppets aren't educational?


It's also fun when people get a group of friends together for a theme. This group dressed as the officers from Reno 911. Jason yelled out, "Hey Officer Dangle!" and they all immediately posed for him.


Remember watching Inspector Gadget? We sang the theme song for 10 minutes after we saw this guy.


Then another incredible cartoon memory, I got my picture made with He-Man and She-Ra! I loved watching those two cartoons after school.


Perhaps my most swoon-worthy moment was when I spotted Westley from the Princess Bride. Jay told me to go ask him for a picture, but I just blushed and stammered. So Jay shoved me onto him. I ask him if he would mind getting a picture with me, and he replied "As you wish." Damn, I almost fainted. He even had the voice.


A really neat costume we saw was Russ from Up.


I'd like to end with one of the funniest costumes we saw that night. I wonder if she ever found her dog?