Last night, we went again to a big block party down in the southwest part of town. Almost two thirds of the houses in this cul de sac was seriously decorated, as was many other houses in the subdivision leading towards their street.
Last year we were invited by friends to this block, who were themselves invited by friends of one of the originators of this event. My wife was pregnant with the boy at the time so we took a moment to rest on chairs on their driveway. The originator came out and chatted with us and could not have been friendlier.
She said the whole thing started up years ago because she and some neighbors got tired of going to the mall for halloween and decided to have a small block party instead with a couple folding tables in their driveways. Over the years it has just grown and really become a major event.
Sometimes things just happen, we just got to be there to ride it.