Halloween in the Castro district of San Francisco has been a tradition for a number of years! Everyone dresses up and its more like a people watching parade as opposed to a street party. However, the shear number of people attending this event in recent years has grown beyond the venue. I thought it would be fun and with approximately 100,000 other revelers it was certainly a very different night out (see photo). Halloween costumes in the US vary from the traditional spooky vampires and monsters to the more unusual - elvis, wizard of oz characters, gangsters, comic book characters and over the top period dress with full make up. Due to the huge responsibility of representing the UK I thought it would most appropriate to go dressed as a Chav. I believe I was the only one, which wasn't that difficult since no-one knew what a Chav was!This years event is likely to be one of the last as a result of an incident where around 10 people were shot, though fortunately both none were fatal and nowhere near were I was. It was a crazy night and it would be a shame if it is canceled next year.
Laters
Dave
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