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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Hmm. Interesting idea - but there isn't one near our house. There is a FABULOUS old spooky one near my office, however, which I think actually has some relatives in it.... Little kids in costumes on a weekend night in the financial district, however, seems ... odd.
Good suggestions all around, though - thanks! (I'll be PM ing for that recipe shortly.)
Wonk, you are exactly 100% correct about the suburbs. (I have absolutely nothing resembling urban hipster cred, never did - I'm a lawyer for god's sake.) The reasons to move to the suburbs are manifold, but, besides Halloween, mainly consist of (i) buying your way into a passable school and (ii) buying a nice standard of living, including some closets, a separate bedroom for every kid (plus one spare for grandparents), a kitchen two people can fit in at once and some back yard to kick a soccer ball around. I can best do those things somewhere other than here (or San Fran). When I move to the suburbs I am going to go someplace where I can afford a really nice life, which means getting the fuck out of this area. It will involve a job change and convincing the Mr. (who grew up on a farm and is completely horrified by quarter-acre suburbia), so it is a little more involved than simply changing house and decamping for The Oranges (or Yonkers, more likely).
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Just remind him that Yonkers is named for "the Junker", Adrian van der Donck. He was the first lawyer in New Amsterdam, and when the city got to be too much he purchased a big estate so he could set up his own little patroonage. Since he loved to strut about the place acting like a big shot, they nick-named him the "Junker", essentially, the "Lord."
So lawyers have been heading out of New York to the "farm" in Yonkers for a long time.
I'm sure they have good graveyards.
But if you are in NYC, the place to head is really Green-wood cemetary in Brooklyn. It is one of the finest cemetaries anywhere.
