Happy Halloween from Water Street in Milwaukee

Happy Halloween Everyone! So here I am on Water Street in Milwaukee, WI which is the most wonderful place to people watch on the Saturday night closest to Halloween. How appropriate to be drinking a brew on Halloween...don't you think? The big draw is the $1,000 first prize and the second prize Packer Tickets. I have to apologize at the onset of this post for the poor quality of photographs but I had to have you get an idea of what it is all about!

I don't know these people but this is what you do on Water Street...You walk around and take pictures of each other and sometimes the TV crews take pictures of you taking pictures of each other. And then you talk a bit and move on to meet some more folks.

My Grandson would have loved this couple.

Now this is the fellow who had the best costume there! Very slick!

I actually met Popeye and Olive Oil....My sister would be so jealous!

No Halloween is without Elvis and Marilynn Monroe.

Some people come alone but larger than life! You simply have to make it a point to meet them!

And some are so large they are intimidating!

These two came as a butterfly and a ladybug.

Milwaukee must be sporting a new kind of brew!

Some made some money while in costume....

Some didn't wear costumes but hammed it up for the camera just the same as those of us who did!

And then there were those of us who continued to walk around the streets flirting with men in tin costumes (WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?). The best thing about the whole evening is simply this....strangers talked to strangers, young to old, People just out to have fun....there were no barriers of any kind. Some came in groups, some came alone....everyone talked to everyone....laughter was everywhere! There just aren't enough days like that! I think we should get dressed up no matter how old we get. I think we should have more days that it is ok to get dressed up! Happy Halloween Everyone!

October 31, 2006 in Friends, Travel | Permalink