Obviously I enjoyed having Jeff's company on the walk, but I was also really glad that he brought his phone with him and could take pictures of some of the Halloween "decorations" that have been up around Nichada since the beginning of the month. Some of them are only vaguely disturbing (note that there are eyeballs mixed in with the candy).
But they get progressively more disturbing.
Yeah. That last one is on the road near the school. Apparently these are the tamed down versions, and there also used to be scantily clad lady ones. These would be fine for a frat party, but really seem out of place in what is essentially a kid friendly suburban neighborhood.
It was a cool 77 degrees and there was a bit of a breeze, so Jeff and I had a lovely walk during which we discussed whether or not the zombie rabbit had been cannibalized by another zombie rabbit.
After the walk I headed over to the church to meet up with the AtB ladies and shop at the Christmas Store. It turns out that the Christmas Store is not actually called the Christmas Store.
They also sell decorations for most major holidays, but it's Christmas that hits you in the face when you walk in.
They had some Mardi Gras looking decorations mixed in with their blue Santas.
In the second room they had more fall and Halloween decorations.
It was fun to walk around and look at things, but it took a couple passes to really process it all. I ended up getting a fancy Christmas wreath, a decoration for the golf cart (since Vivi has been complaining that everyone else's golf cart is decorated and ours isn't), and a fun Halloween headband for myself, so that I can be kind of dressed up for Halloween without actually having to dress up.
After shopping, we headed to the River Tree House for lunch. There were helpful signs to get you to the parking lot,
and of course, there was a wat.
But after the parking it got a little trickier. The restaurant is on the Chao Phraya river, and you have to go down this little alley to get there. There are complimentary motorcycles with seating attached to take you there, but I opted for walking.
The restaurant is lovely during the day, and at night I'm told it's all lit up and is even prettier.
The menu is like a book. Luckily, one of our group leaders had preordered a sample of dishes for us to try. It's typical in Thai restaurants to eat family style, which works well when there are so many exciting options.
Jeff and the other husband showed up right after the food did, and we had a great time eating and talking about the spiciest foods we'd ever tasted, both on purpose and accidentally.
We walked back to the car since we were so full and thought it would help. As soon as we got back home, I tied the witch hat with legs onto our golf cart, so that it would be waiting for Vivi when she got home.
She was satisfyingly thrilled. She also like my headband, but I only let her try it on, since I'm afraid she'll manage to dismantle it if I let her play with it.
I'm determined to make the best of Halloween, no matter how scary it gets.
Yikes, those Halloween decorations! Lol I'd hate to think what they consider the ACTUALLY scary ones to be. *shudder*
ReplyDeleteThe restaurant looks lovely. It reminds me of the Polynesian luau in Disney, where you walk through a tree-lined path to get to the restaurant. Food looks good, too!
As for Halloween, I try to think of it as "Harry Potter Day", which makes it seem more about wizards and magic and butter-beer, rather than zombies eating brains! ;-)