Just curious about how many trick r treaters you guys ended up getting.
Riverside?
Avondale?
Springfield?
Whoever else?
:)
We didn't have that many in my section of Mandarin, granted we left at 845 to go meet with friends to party hop.
I wasn't home early enough to see if we had trick or treaters, but at the bars in Five Points that night there were plenty of people dressed up getting treats from the bar tenders.
We had big numbers. Well over 100. I ran out of candy by a little after 8 :-/
Sadly, the vast majority of trick or treaters in my Riverside neighborhood near Park & King over the years have been too old to be trick or treating and not in costume. This year was no exception. Not cool.
Less than 10 at my house in Springfield.
We saw a large number of non-residents in Avondale. Not as many as in past years, but a large number of folks. Am still picking up the wrappers that the non-residents left behind. I know it was them, because I don't pick up candy wrappers the other 51 weeks of the year.
Ponte Vedra Beach. One of the many sub-divisions. Excellent turnout of the 3-12 year olds. A few teenagers.
All well behaved and polite.
I have to say it was a good day... I didn't even have to use my A-K. 8)
Quote from: buckethead on November 02, 2009, 10:57:02 AMI have to say it was a good day... I didn't even have to use my A-K. 8)
Now Im gunna have that stuck in my head all day, hahahaha
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Quote from: Dan B on November 02, 2009, 10:12:54 AM
We had big numbers. Well over 100. I ran out of candy by a little after 8 :-/
What hood are you in Dan?
I'm in Springfield.........
probably had around 75....ran out of candy at 8:30 and had to turn the lights off =(
how many kids were on the hayride/wagon? that thing pulled up and it seemed like 25 kids got off that thing alone.....
World Golf Village, we had quite a few, all of them delicious. I liked the lemon roasted the best. Some of the sweetest breast meat I ever ate.
OCKLAWAHA ;)
I had none in Springfield, but did not get home from watching the game until about 30 minutes after sunset.
Quote from: Atari007 on November 02, 2009, 11:14:25 AM
Quote from: Dan B on November 02, 2009, 10:12:54 AM
We had big numbers. Well over 100. I ran out of candy by a little after 8 :-/
What hood are you in Dan?
Sorry. Springfield.
Quote from: fsu813 on November 02, 2009, 11:14:41 AM
I'm in Springfield.........
probably had around 75....ran out of candy at 8:30 and had to turn the lights off =(
how many kids were on the hayride/wagon? that thing pulled up and it seemed like 25 kids got off that thing alone.....
Yeah, it was 25-30. That was sort of Laura Streets Fault. We had planned our annual hay ride that we started doing the same year that the Womans Club started sponsoring one of their own. They stopped a few years ago, but we kept going. We had so many this year it really should have been two trailers. :-/
Westside / Ringhaver Park area
There was a small carnival going on at the church on 118th, so that tripled LY's crowd coming to my house. I think I ended up seeing over 70 kids and had to hit my 'reserve' candy stash. 8)
Arlington - MAYBE 3 dozen, tops; well-mannered, costumed, having fun, no trash left behind.
Riverside/5-Points- It started out very cute and innocent with some really good 3 year olds and some good homemade costumes that I complemented the proud Mothers on.(Mini Me Cookie Monster was the best!)
Then it turned into an Invasion.
I saw groups of 20-30 kids and adults....Very few Flashlights and they were walking on the sidewalks as well as blocking through traffic by refusing to move out of the middle of the street >:( I rode past a heated argument on Dellwood between 30 people,a car, and 15 people on the other side of the street. One kid was yelling how "Lame" Riverside is.. >:(
I then visited a friend on his porch on Myra and had several uncostumed thugs in Dreads (worms?) try to just walk up on the porch while not making eye contact with us or speaking...I had a bad feeling after the 3rd one and found myself standing up to confront them. My friend cooly told them we were out of treats. :-X
On the 29th I was warned by a Stockton St Bodega regular "To watch out for the invasion from over the tracks" He was going to stay up all night policing his property near King St.
Ahhh the night wasn't over yet. The "Church" on Ernest and Margaret street was having a street football game with foot races and loud shouting between 11:30 -12:30pm that eventually attracted no less than 3 JSO cars.
What WAS missing was the Gator Victory parade...We usually yell back and it's all in good fun.. :D
Riverside on Herschel Street near Stockton. We set up an outdoor movie on the front lawn and invited the neighbors. Had about 14 adults and six or seven kids watching Monsters, Inc. Big success.
Throughout the show, we had costumed kids with Mom and Dad, or small groups of little kids with teen guides stop by for treats. Probably about 30-40 kids in all. Almost everyone was polite and happy to watch a few minutes of movie time while eating a Milky Way bar.
I wore my new Stevie Stiletto tee shirt -the 730 Club rat- as my costume.
Springfield
I started out with 400 candy bars of different sorts, gave out two a piece, Angus helped at the end so he maybe gave three, but I finished up with 8 pieces when I shut down at 10 after 9, I believe I had at least 130 kids, came in car loads, mainly from outside the neighborhood, it was great - oh also gave out bags of pretzels.
Springfield
At least 50-75, and I must have run out before the hay ride kids showed up.
I was a little dismayed to see how many were out in dark costumes with no lights or reflectorized material in the entire group - including the adults! When I ran out of candy I went to Plan B which was glowsticks. I think I will just stock up on them and forgo the candy next year.
Quote from: hooplady on November 02, 2009, 04:35:40 PM
Springfield
At least 50-75, and I must have run out before the hay ride kids showed up.
I was a little dismayed to see how many were out in dark costumes with no lights or reflectorized material in the entire group - including the adults! When I ran out of candy I went to Plan B which was glowsticks. I think I will just stock up on them and forgo the candy next year.
GREAT idea!