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A Halloween Weekend with Friends Back in 2017

·San Marcos, California·#holiday celebration#autumn#southern-california#halloween#costume-party
A person in a mermaid costume poses next to a giant inflatable pumpkin at dusk, with a decorated house in the background.

Revisiting some photos from a Halloween weekend in late October 2017. The evening started at dusk, and the neighborhood was already glowing with decorations. I remember posing with a giant, illuminated inflatable figure in the front yard, lit by purple and orange lights against the fading blue sky. My costume for the night was a mermaid.

Soon, friends started to arrive. My sailor showed up, and then Batman made an appearance for a few photos before we all headed inside. It was a pretty good group of costumes that year.

We managed to get everyone together for a group shot indoors. We had a mermaid, a sailor, Batman, Wonder Woman, and a couple with fantastic skeleton and calavera makeup. It was just a casual get-together at the house, a pretty standard start to a holiday evening.

The night didn't end there, though. A few of us decided to go out for a bit, still in full costume. We ended up at a local alehouse, where the sailor and the skeleton found some comfortable leather chairs and settled in for a conversation. It's funny to see these characters just sitting and talking like it's any other night.

A person in a mermaid costume stands next to an inflatable pumpkin decoration in front of a Halloween-decorated house at dusk.A person stands next to a large inflatable Halloween pumpkin monster in front of a house decorated with lights at dusk.A person in a mermaid costume stands next to an illuminated inflatable Halloween decoration in front of a house at dusk.Two people in costumes, a man in a captain's hat and a woman as a mermaid, pose outdoors at dusk.Two people in costume, one as Batman and the other as a mermaid, pose for a selfie indoors.Six people in Halloween costumes, including a mermaid, captain, Wonder Woman, Batman, and a skeleton, standing indoors.Two people in captain and mermaid costumes stand outdoors at night, illuminated by purple lights and Halloween decorations.A person in a skeleton costume sits facing another person in a captain's hat on brown leather chairs indoors.

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