Happy Halloween

Halloween 2010 proved to be a weekend packed with activity.  After spanning the spectrum of class by dressing up as Marilyn Monroe one night and Jersey Shore the next, I decided to spend Halloween day in a more traditional way by venturing with a friend to one of the largest cemeteries in New York.

Calvary Cemetery (actually two cemeteries, Old Calvary and New Calvary) is located in Queens - anyone who has taken a cab to JFK or LaGuardia has likely noticed the seemingly endless sea of tombstones on the hills next to the highway.  It is impossible to adequately capture the size of the cemeteries in a picture.  We spent a few hours exploring and didn't even come close to seeing everything.

What we did see, however, was amazing.  It was a beautiful fall day, and the changing leaves and blue skies made the cemetery seem anything but scary.  In addition to fascinating statues and buildings, Old Calvary cemetery offers stunning views of the Manhattan skyline.

And with that I am closing the book on Halloween 2010, a fun but very tiring three days.  Now if only Halloween still ended with a big bag of candy...