After what felt like an eternity's wait, Halloween finally fell on a Friday this year, allowing revelers the opportunity to stay out past midnight without worrying about work or school the next day.
Here's how the Beehivers spent their Halloween night (feel free to share Halloween stories and links to your photos in the comments section):
[Photo courtesy of Will]
Heather: "I started off the night doing something I haven't done in years: screaming my head off in a haunted house. From there it was a race to see how many drinks I could consume places I could visit in the Tower District: Palomino's first, then Livingstone's, then over to Starline to see Rademacher, finally finishing off the night at Landmark. I love being in the Tower on Halloween -- the costumes are always fantastic. I saw Jesus, the guy from "Reno 911!", the tooth fairy, Kanye West, two Magnum P.I.s, and, of course, Sarah Palin; plus slutty Dorothy, slutty Snow White, slutty Cowgirl, slutty Angel, slutty Devil ...
Donald: "I went to "The Rocky Horror Show," and it was a blast (read my review here). I'd say about a third of the audience was dressed up in costumes, from the creepy guy in "A Clockwork Orange" to an angel complete with halo, who probably had to do some penance for attending such a shocking performance."
Mike Oz: "First stop for me was Haunted Fresno, a new attraction that opened this year in downtown Fresno. There wasn't much of a crowd, it being the night of tricks and treats -- so we walked right in and got spooked. It was a maze of haunts with lots of actors tasked with jumping out and scaring the chocolate out of ya.
I had a good time, though my companions -- my wife and H-Mac -- were shrieking much of the way through. I hadn't been to one of these types of haunted attractions in years and it was a fun little journey.
After that, it was off to the Tower District where I lugged around my big sausage and container of Pappy's -- I was The Sausage Bandit. Highlight of the night: Seeing a Storm Trooper at Landmark."
[Photo courtesy of Mike Oz]
Felicia: "We went out to dinner to avoid giving out candy at the house."
Kathy: "My husband and I put on rock T-shirts, shorts, white socks and black tennis shoes for our Beavis & Butthead (I was Beavis, sporting a Metallica tee) costume and then headed to two parties. Unfortunately, rising at 5:30 a.m. to go to the gym had me dead tired by 11 p.m."
[Photo courtesy of Kathy Mahan]
Will: "I think my day was more exciting than my night. I went to work as 'someone on vacation.' What does this entail? Hawaiian shirt (which you can see in the photo at top of post), swim trunks and my trusty pair of crocs. Yes. It was awesome. I switched to more of a 'lazy man look' in honor of The Dude 'Abide' t-shirt I wore. My wife and I checked out the new Samba, which was formerly M and Daily Planet, and then hooked up with Business blogger Bethany, who was with her husband and her peeps, as well as Heather, Mike and Mike's wife, Tanya, at Livingstone's (the bar, not the church). Then we walked around, and went home by 11. Which is when I realized something: I am officially old."
Mike Oz and blogger Ed Stewart as the Tower Theatre:
[Photo courtesy of estewartartist]
Scoopy ends a rough night
[Photo courtesy of Mike Oz]
"The Sausage Bandit" and "The Tower" are inspired Fresno genius, Scoopy's Girl is fun to look at, Beavis and Butthead said "rise" (heheh heh), I think I saw The Dude at the In-N-Out after that pic, and the Storm Trooper is just plain awesomeness.
Tower D rules. Beehivers are fun and stuff.
I didnt go out and drink, or party, or cruise tower.
I did watch scary movies with my daughter and neither of us could sleep the whole night.
it wasnt worth it.
we are both sissies.
I did dress up for work. Guess who i was.
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I love it, Ms. Joey!
...dang Heather...
Joey that's an awesome costume!
I just went as a zombie that had one arm ripped off. I was carrying around a fake arm and grabbing chick's butts with it all night.
Sadly it was the most action I've gotten in months...
After talking Mark Spitz in a speedo up for months, I did as usual and wore regular clothes. I like to hype and then let down. It works for me.
I did a lot of drinking and moving from place to place in Tower. A good night all in all.
And Joey, that's a great costume. Nailed it.
After handing out candy to kiddies (I started running out and had to do a few "fake puts"), got dressed up to pub crawl through the tower.
I was a plug and my g-friend (Beth) was an outlet. Here is how I crawled:
Palomino's: Three Tanqueray & Tonics; saw one of my favorite beehivers dressed up at the Blind Melon girl..."All I can say is that my life is pretty plain, I like watching the puddles gather rain..."
Samba Tower: Two more Tanqueray & Tonics; Made rating cards with SBR and rated the costumes as people walked by.
Livingstone's: One more Tanqueray & Tonic (line was too long to get another one); saw slutty Disney characters; hung with Mr & Mrs Oz + the Blind Melon girl..."All I can do is just pour some tea for two..."
Million Elephant: One last Tanqueray & Tonic (really feeling it now); Joined by Tim and Allison for another round; talked to a Mormon (I hope he was in costume)
Home: I don't remember much...just had that dang Blind Melon song in my head..."All I can say is that my life is pretty plain ya don't like my point of view...ya think I'm insane...Its not sane...it's not sane."
Whatever, Plug. The Blind Melon girl looked hot.
Also: Who's Blind Melon? That's before my time. You're soooo ollllld.....
God bless the man who invented fishnets. That's all I'm gonna say.
As a fellow 90201ers, I know we are close enough to the same age...I'm ollllllld? Ha, you're ollllld.
Besides, your SNL knowledge also leads me to believe we both liked the same era of SNL (and I am not old enough to remember Gilda).
Finally, I was not refuting the quality of the Blind Melon gal. See. We agree on a lot...
PS - Plug sounds so dirty...just call me "the shocker"
Ha! What a night! I ran into Amy Winehouse in Starline Grill's bathroom. She told me her husband was Jesus. There's a pair.
bloggers have the most fun!
I am so going as scoopy next year
Cute bee outfit. Too bad Bauer wasn't able to be in the pictures with you. You both look really really cute!!!
Thanks, Mom.
For those who don't know, Bauer is Mike Oz's adorable puppy.
I gotta give it up to Scoopy. That dude pulls. To tell ya the truth, I don't get it. I mean, he's pretty old. And I've played a few rounds of golf with the guy and there is no personality there and he's kind of a jerk. My hats off to him though.