Happy Halloween

This little Dinosaur also accompanied her Halloween costume with lots of ROARING, which I thought very appropriate, especially for a girl.

About five years ago, The Chef and I discovered that on Halloween, in the Castro/Mission, NO ONE goes out to eat. Too busy getting the elaborate costume together, answering the doorbell, OR avoiding the entire party-central hot spot. Thus, each year we pick a usually crowded no reservations type restaurant and get in without a wait. On our stroll home we can watch some of the Halloween parade but not get crushed in the crowds. It's almost like we partied in the Castro, but we just had to eat dinner and walk home. Note that an estimated 300,000 people showed up last year, so you can see how um, well, we had to get home and watch "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown."

This year we picked Pizzeria Delfina, which only has five tables. Only a few were taken when we arrived. The pizza was good, the music was bad (Bon Jovi?) and there were a few good costumes (great beehive hairdo fellow diner!) However, most of the good earlybird costumes were on kids -- and we had to get back to Bernal Heights for the full rush. It was more fun last year at Ti Couz. They gave candy to their customers to GIVE OUT to kids who are trick or treating at neighborhood businesses. I think that's been our only opportunity to hand out candy to trick or treaters since we moved to San Francisco. Yep, Ti Couz really has it together for lazy voyeurs who want to experience the joys of Halloween without getting too involved.