Love and Life

Chicagoween.


I love that Chicago is the poster city for Halloween. It's apparent by the city-sponsored events like pumpkin carving contests, Fraken Plaza (next to City Hall) downtown and the decor that is on everyone's doorstep. Seriously, people decorate more for Halloween here than most city's do for Christmas! Just driving or walking through the streets you come across homes like this:

 I loved taking walks around the different neighborhoods, because you were bound to found hundreds of homes decorated just like this! It definitely made me jealous that we live in a mid-rise building and not a row house to be able to be festive like this!!

We did try to get into the Halloween spirit by watching Young Frankenstein (a Hunt family favorite!) and an Alfred Hitchcock movie, Rear Window.

Ryan also spotted a little pumpkin patch in the middle of the city, so he took me to buy our pumpkins :)

Halloween weekend we went to Franken Plaza (Daley Plaza, next to City Hall in the Loop) and watched a fire show. It was cool to see their decorations:

Our only photo from Halloween Weekend. Ryan hiding from the ghosts and goblins :)

We went our ward party on Friday night (sorry no photos, I left my camera in my mom's purse in NYC!) and then hosted a Halloween dessert party on Sunday night! It was so fun to bake and plan and have friends over at our place. I managed to take a few pictures of the dessert table, but failed to get any of Ryan and I on Halloween this year :( Don't worry, we didn't dress up or anything, so you're not really missing much.

Hope you had a happy Halloween!!