So, Saturday we went to Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts hosted by a friend of ours at Tasty World. I’ve said before that Halloween in Athens is an experience and everyone tries to make it a party. So, I tried to remember to take pictures this time. Only of course, I didn’t get pictures of all the costumes I liked. The one I really wish I had gotten a picture of was a very petit woman-I think she was a drummer for one of the bands- dressed as Hulk Hogan. She even nailed the voice and called everyone “brother” all night.
First up: The Pink Ladies. Guess which one I am.
The lovely Mux (who hosted the Carnivale) made this pumpkin head out of papier mache.
Hubby decided to take my love of pirates and my fear of zombies and put them to work as one great costume.
Here we have Otis Driftwood (House of 1000 Corpses) in all his finery. Also known as my brother-in-law.
This was one of my personal favorites- just because it was a very brave choice. Rae from the movie Black Snake Moan. She even let me drag her around by the chain.
Another favorite of mine was this random guy who came as Slash.
And last but certainly not least was Richie Tenenbaum.
I have to say that my friend and I got a lot of props for our Pink Ladies costumes- especially when we demonstrated that we knew how to hand jive. The bartender even gave us free shots of his own creation because he played Danny in his high school production of Grease.
We did learn there was a bit of a skirmish after we left between the carnivale performers and one of the bands. Hopefully, it wasn’t that big a deal and won’t prevent the event from going on again next year. It was a great time and we are already trying to come up with costume ideas for next year.
I am very grateful that so many strangers were willing to let me take their pictures. Its hard to describe what Halloween in Athens is like without them. So thanks a bunch costumed strangers.
