One thing I love about this city is how committed they are to their holidays. When Molly and I lived here, years ago, Halloween was our first holiday, and though Christmas, Easter and, obviously, Cubs games all elicit stunning directions, Halloween is still my favorite. Here’s a look at some of the spooky beauties I passed today on my run …
This one isn't really decorated. It just struck me as already creepy enough to be a house that could mysteriously suck people inside, never to be heard from again. I think it's that woodwork that does it.
Hello Goodbye 
Neat neighborhood! Are those sculptures permanent and just decorated or did they put them there just for Halloween, I can’t tell from the photo?
They’re actually permanent; they’re so cool. And, Mom, that house reminds me of the one you drew for the children’s book I wrote in high school. Do you remember?
That reminds me of last St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah, when the parking meters grew wigs.
How FUN! I don’t typically associate wigs with St. Patty’s day (holiday of our family). What’s the deal?
People were wearing various wigs and such things as part of Irish costumes — especially leprechaun costumes, I think. At some point they got abandoned to the parking meters.
Speaking of ‘the holiday of our family’ did you know that in heraldry there is a form of the cross that is the “Cross Patty”? It’s a very common form, but that’s the official name in English heraldic literature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e
I did not know that. But I’m not surprised that you do.
Those are some fantastic decorations. What fond memories I have of us moving to Chicago and what good timing we had to go in the Fall. Can’t wait to see you very soon!