Over the weekend, Gretchen and I went to a Halloween costume party that some of her friends from work were throwing over in Squirrel Hill. I went as my usual “Werewolf in a business suit,” and Gretchen went as her usual “non-participating party-goer.” Fun was had by all.

640280_dracula.jpgMy favorite part of the evening, though, was riding on the yellow line down there. Everyone was in costume, and since this is Pittsburgh, people had no problem striking up random conversations with total strangers. The driver de-activated the automated announcement system and proceeded to announce each stop using her best dracula impression, and each car had lights strung up on the inside and Halloween decorations throughout. They should have just stopped the trains, because every car was having a party of its own the whole way down. Nice touch, Port Authority!

The Forbes-Murray stop was also, for a lack of a better word, ridiculous. People were everywhere, even when we left to go home around 2:00 am, and there were performers, random people selling stuff…it felt a lot like the Strip. There’s so much new construction going up around there, too–it’s going to look totally different in a couple years.

Oh yeah…and the party was fun, too ;)