Last night was Halloween, and it was CRAZZZY (although not as crazy as usual). Not unsurprisingly, halloween here is not as big as it is in the States. But, lots of people do dress up,and I did see a few youngsters dressed up as disney princesses on the tube. Ruth, Martin,
Nathan Schuur, and I mistakingly thought that we would be able to run into the costume store in Covent Garden at 5:00 PM and grab a few costume accessories (a pirate hat and eye patch to turnmy favorite striped dress and fold-down-able boots into a costume). We were wrong. When we got to the store the line to get in was down the block and around the corner. Instead we headed into H&M where I was transformed into Minnie Mouse courtesy of a black bow headband and red skirt, and Ruth magically became a ballerina with a pink poofy dress. (Martin bought a batman mask at the TV Cult store). Not quite the best costumes in the world, but it sufficed. Fully dressed in Costumes, we met up with more American General Course students and headed as a group to Zoo Bar in Leicester Square, a two floored techno-house club with stripper poles. I got sleepy around 2, and we headed home, topping out the night with a nice long ride on the nighbus. Overall, not as epic as past halloweens, but still fun.
One of the highlights of the weekend was the sheer number of smurfs I saw. I had no idea that the Smurfs were so popular over here. Apparently the brits feel a particular affinity for blue people with white caps, and poofy tails. This is something that
Nathan Schuur would like.
