Halloween

October 31st, let’s celebrate Halloween in the United States!

Halloween!

Halloween doesn’t mean much from us coming from France where it’s not celebrated. This year, it was our third Halloween, and we were basically at like 3-year-old kids. We prepared our costumes way in advance,

Halloween is a real deal

Halloween is getting closer! Some houses are already decorated. I found this one in the South End, in Boston.

Trick or treat // Halloween night in the streets of Boston

October 31st, my first Halloween in the United States. We usually don’t celebrate Halloween in France: “commercial” and “it’s not our tradition” are the two main arguments for being blase about it… But here, it’s huge.

Salem // Halloween, witches and old mansions

Salem, the witch town, is not far away from Boston.  Hurricane Sandy was getting close,we thought that we didn’t have much time left to visit this city, famous for Halloween celebrations. It was now or

In New Orleans // Halloween, Jazz and Beignets

Louisiana and New Orleans… I dreamt of these places for years, thanks to books, movies and TV shows… I also had some vague knowledge of some kind of French history in Louisiana, sold a few centuries

My first Jack-o-lantern // Pumpkin workshop

Since it’s my first Halloween in the US, I wanted to do a “jack-o-lantern”, this carved pumpkin with a monster face. I’m supposed to leave it by a window or in front of my building