Okay, things got better. Husband came home. The evening after Halloween, we joined in the Harbord Pumpkin Festival. It's a great idea, actually: bring your jack o'lanterns to the local shopping street, where the organizers provided tea lights and matches, and people wandered up and down to admire the artistic, or otherwise, efforts of their neighbours. (At the end of the night, the business association politically-correctly arranged for all pumpkins to be collected and composted.) There were some amazing carvings, especially those outside Dessert Trends, where huge flowers, shadowy owls, and scenes reminiscent of Dutch delftware were displayed. Dessert Trends also handed out adorable little decorated cupcakes (carob, natch) to passing children. Across the street, the Boulevard Cafe offered samples of delicious pumpkin soup. And further east, the Toronto Women's Bookstore stayed open to dispense free coffee and book-browsing.
I meant to write something positive about Halloween and seem to have been sidetracked into food. H'm. Re-reading, this also looks like an advertising bulletin for our local shops but let me say that no sponsorship money has changed hands. Yet.
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