HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2023
Being out and about a lot these past two weeks leading up to today, I’m happy to say that I’ve seen some fun Halloween displays, perhaps the most since the pandemic. But definitely still not enough.
A Halloween mask display, all painted by Lisa Politz. Photo by Lisa Politz.
I’ve driven by some of the houses that were all decked-out in 2019, to find…nothing there now. (Insert a sad face emoji in your mind right here.)
My great friend Lyndsey was thoughtful enough to give me gorgeous Halloween fingernails recently, and I’ve been rocking them since October 15 to amuse the masses. But I’m sad (to myself) that I forgot to even look for all my holiday attire for the occasion. And trust me, I have a lot of it!
Karen Salkin’s fabulous Halloween nails. Photo by Mr. X.
My Halloween collection includes tee-shirts with cute designs and funny sayings, classier long-sleeved tops, sweatshirts, shorts, socks, gloves, hats, tons of jewelry, and the pièce de résistance—a stunning, very expensive sweater from Aspen, which features brocade pumpkins and such. I was upset all the way to a daytime event this past week-end, (that I’ll tell you about later on in the week,) about forgetting to wear that particular outerwear, only to realize that no one there would have cared. It was three days before this actual holiday, on the day of the night of a bunch of costume parties, and not one other attendee had on even any orange and black!!!
The only people in Los Angeles who seem to care about Halloween at all are the celebs who get to go to the de rigueur soirees thrown by other celebs, where they’ll get tons of free publicity, (which many of them actually do need right now,) just for dressing as someone else. I’ve seen pix from some of the recent festivities, and none of the costumes have been that creative, actually. It’s been somewhat disappointing. But maybe that will all change with Heidi Klum’s famous fabulous fete tonight.
A beautiful Halloween display in my favorite store in NYC, Bergdorf Goodman, in 2019. Photo by Karen Salkiin.
Actually, we all get a do-over today. Yay! However, I predict that it will be mostly the trick-or-treating kiddies who have gotten the costume memo. But every now and then, when I’m out on Halloween, I spy a cool parent who gets in on the action, and that’s the most fun.
When I’ve spent my Halloweens in New York, I’ve found that people there at least try a bit on actual October 31st. But, sadly, most not enough. When I was last there in 2019, (because the pandemic cancelled all my planned trips since then,) four of my besties and I went to dinner at what my Big Apple-based friend deemed to be a “fun place.” I was happy that the restaurant’s personnel did dress-up a bit, but only one of my pals and I wore actual costumes*, while two of the others just donned hats! The last guy didn’t even bother! *[Note: My friend with the glasses and I wore the same easy outfit—which gives it a different meaning when it’s multiple, as opposed to just one person wearing it— but it’s hard to tell on her in this pic. So I’ll give you a clue about mine, and if you think you’ve figured it out, please let us know in the Comments below. I doubt anyone will get it, though. The clue is this: That white thing on my chest is the letter P. Go for it!]
Taylor, Lauren, Karen, Sheila, and Scott on Halloween 2019 in NYC.
Now I hope that all of you get into the spirit, (get it?—spirit,) by rocking at least some form of costume, or even tribute to the occasion, today. You know that I’ll be showing off at least my celebratory nails once again, for one last time…until next October!
Happy Halloween, everyone! Stay safe, and get some good treats!
