We went out to La Floresta today for an amazing curry lunch at Alex and Nadia’s house (homegrown hot peppers and homemade ginger chutney!), followed by a fun little evening Halloween party in a playground/plaza just down the hill from the town center. Emily was a cat and Sebastian was Bob The Builder. Jan was a witch and I was a hippie. There were a few dozen other people there, all dressed up. After setting the clocks back an hour just last night, the party got dark rather quickly. The jack-o-lanterns looked awesome.

It got to the point where no one could see what exactly they were grabbing from the snacks table. I used my phone to light my way to the “arm” cake and “blood” juice. Jan came up to me and said, “Have you tried these crisps? They’re really stale and really dry. But there’s a peanut in the middle of each one. Here try one.” And she put one in my mouth. She was right: it tasted stale and dry. And there was a peanut in the middle! Wait a minute… “You idiot, those are peanuts!” I groaned to Jan as I began spitting out the remaining pieces of peanut shell that were stuck in my teeth. I don’t know how many Jan had already eaten at this point. We shared a good laugh before Jan pointed out that Emily was still eating them. It was time to go home.