Halloween

Last week was our mid-term break at school. We had an entire week off, BUT..... both Tom and I ended up working much of the week because the two youngest Riverside School age groups moved into a newly renovated building over the break. (Pictures to come.)

So by Saturday we were ready for some entertainment. Our friend Connie celebrated a birthday on Saturday, so we went to the restaurant Ambiente for a great steak dinner.

We had heard that there was a happenin' Halloween party at one of our favorite places in town (the Czech Inn) and so we just had to check it out. :-)

The party was in the basement, which made a great venue for the event. There was a live band (Reggae/Ska music) who were great! We had been wanting to hear this band because we know the guy in the right back corner with the joker's hat.



Many folks were in costume...

and some were not.

Tom wore his Easy Rider shirt and his pony tail cap, but since we had been out to dinner beforehand I didn't have a costume. I just told everyone that I was dressed as their worst party nightmare - their mother! That explanation caused me to be much in demand for photo ops with some of the partiers.


Accommodating staff at the bar.....

The event also included a silent auction to benefit a local charity. Although I bid on just about everything available to help nudge the prices up, I ended up having the winning bid on two items. One is a ticket to Prague's Pub Crawl (don't ask, I though it was a good idea at the time) and the other is a piece of original art that I thought was an 8x10 size (that's what was on display) but apparently the actual piece is quite a bit larger! Good thing we still have lots of blank walls.

We had a great time, and felt quite worldly for having partied past midnight!