Next Wednesday. Tons of kids in our neighborhood will be out ringing doorbells and saying - with exuberance - "Trick or Treat!" Probably a lot more firefighters and police officers this year as opposed to the more traditional "spooky" type costumes. Frankly I love it. Not just for little kids. In the 70s and 80s when I still lived in San Francisco I used to give Halloween parties that became more outrageous as time went by. Talk about your misspent youth! But even now Halloween frivolity is alive - as in an annual milonga (Argentine tango dance party) - Saturday night in full regalia, everything from Civil War to Frankenstein, not to mention one or two Vamirellas last year. LOVE that picture, BTW! Moody, atmospheric. Larry F