We’ve never considered candy corn a gourmet pleasure, but a tasting from Holsten’s in Bloomfield, produced a Halloween deja vu for one candy lover:
While I was there, I ventured inside to look at the halloween candies, I purchased the candy corn. and when I got home I was transported back to 1965!! I am told it is home made and believe me when you taste it you will say the same!! TREAT yourself and go down there and buy some before its gone!!! I haven’t tasted candy corn this good in years!! Bravo Holstens!!
Tell us what you remember about past Halloweens, what you’re doing tonight, and where the ghosts are. It’s your Halloween thread…
I went to a Halloween party on Saturday night and dressed up like Paris Hilton. I had a blast!
I remember in the old days when taxes used to be only $6,000 in Montclair, and we actually had to park in parking lots, not parking decks!
I think I told myself I couldn’t go trick or treating past 8th grade, but every few years I find myself going. But this is the for real last year, my last year of college. Candy! FREE CANDY!
MM
I would have thought you were of the Anne Coulter type
Oh and hey what is everyone being? I have to make a costume so the “adults” give me free candy. Maybe one that covers my face so they don’t see that I’m 21.
I don’t like Ann Coulter.
Katie, Keep eating that candy, and you’ll need something to cover your face to hide the zits.
At our house, we’ve got a lady pirate, a mad scientist, and a skeleton going out trick-or-treating tonight.
One of the most creative costumes I remember from Halloweens past was a friend who dressed as a baked potato: she had on a brown leotard, with brown tights and shoes. She wrapped her torso in yards of aluminum foil, and put a square yellow cardboard box on her head for the pat of butter.
The following is off-topic for Halloween, but it’s an open thread and since there are a few U.Va. alums who post here (including the main Barista herself!): I just learned of an independent film about the Charlottesville music scene in the 70′s and 80′s called “Live from…the Hook”: http://www.livefromthehook.com
It premiered at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville over the weekend.
Candy doesn’t cause zits, who are you my grandma? When’s the last time you read something that proves this, “Mary Kay”? Also, if we hide under our desks during a nuclear attack we’ll be fine. And if you sneeze and fart at the same time you die (I made that one up).
Holsten’s is a remarkably delicious time capsule.
VIVA HOLSTEN’S!
For a long time, a house in Glen Ridge (no, I am not offering up the address) had a strong rep among psychics and like-minded folk as a very haunted venue. It went through about 12 owners/tenants in about 5 years. Then a family with children who apparently made a real effort to live there bought it. The house itself, as if in reply, now looks “happy.”
Barring that one, St. Joseph’s Church in East Rutherford and a house on Sixth Street in Carlstadt are known for assorted “things” being seen at each. Carlstadt is also known for underground running water (often key to manifestations) and a famous poltergeist case in the late 50′s, and as the home of the long filled-in “Carlstadt Cave,” an unexplained man-made complex with all manner of weird tales about it. Its last remaining remnant is used as the back storeroom for beer at the liquor store at the foot of Broad Street.
There was much more local talk of spirits and the paranormal when Dr. Berthold Schwartz, a psychiatrist who wrote a lot about such things (and whom they tried to thus drum out of the American Psychiatric Association) practiced in Upper Montclair, 20 or so years ago.
Hi Katie,
I can’t speak for Mary Kay–I’m hardly old enough to be your Grandma; but if I indulge in too much “chocolate therapy,” I receive a reminder on my face. Lucky you!
I receive a reminder on my ass, and my hips. I want to show everyone my dog’s halloween costume:
And if you sneeze with your eyes open, your eyeballs pop out.
A friend of mine did the baked potato costume this year. Only instead of aluminum foil, he used a silver flame-retardant jacket from his job at a chemical plant. Also, the potato (pillow stuffing) and butter were coming out of the front of the jacket.
Another friend made himself a cell phone costume out of cardboard, including a “call from” picture of a bikini model. The best costumes, though, were the hosts, who went as matching iPods (white regular and pink mini).
Aw hey what the heck is that about? The image showed up in the preview Here’s a link: MISTER BAAAAT
Miss Martta: THAT’S HOT!
LOL…it was lot of fun. I even carried around a little stuffed dog in a purse.
Holsten’s ice cream is great, but that candy corn ain’t homemade. It’s Brachs all the way. No difference whatsoever.
Miss Martta, you could have borrowed the Mister, he likes partying.
I went as an exhausted elementary school teacher trying her best to stay sane amidst 10 year-olds hopped up on high fructose corn syrup (dressed as her cat.)
Well….I couldn’t resist any longer so I went to Holsten’s. My idea was to buy candy corn for my neighbor’s kids…..but, I was certainly going to taste it…. like crazy. The candy corn has been sold out for three days. They told me that now, however, was the time to think about ordering an “Ice Cream Turkey” for Thanksgiving. (they’re almost life-size!) It was too late for lunch so I sat at the counter and had dark chocolate cake a la mode with chocolate chip ice cream. Everything homemade and practically the most delicious thing that I ever have tasted in my entire life. Happy Halloween! (tonight, a double workout at the Y)
Is Mister going trick or treating with you?
Blackberry wants to know why I am giving out all of these treats without making anyone sit first.
Awww, Mister looks cute as usual, Katie. What a neat costume!
FGG — The counter at Holsteins — then my son may have waited on you. Did you tip BIG????!!!
did you make that poor dog wear that costume. Poor poor puppy
Does it look like he’s actually wearing a costume? Really now.
We tip at candy counters now?
They don’t just sell candy, they serve ice cream and food as well. It’s a sit-down place.
Really now what?
Is he wearing a costume?
Did you make him go out and trick or treat in it?
He doesn’t look very comfortable…
Take a look at the picture again. Maybe my terrible photoshopping skills aren’t to bad afterall. Or you are blind: http://www.stopkatie.com/randompictures/misterbat.jpg
are you always so nasty?
Do you think that calling someone blind is an acceptable insult in this day and age.
..especially as a bat ?
Why would you dress your poor little dog up that way?
Katie, that candy may not break you out, but it surely doesn’t sweeten your disposition any.
While your artistic talents may be considerable, they are offset by your crude, belligerent manner.
He asked me to dress him up this way, he said “Katie, dress me up as a bat so the whiney babies with nothing better to do on Baristanet can cry about it, you know, because there is always some negative turd hanging out there.” I know, I couldn’t believe he was talking either, or that he reads Baristanet. Or that he can use the computer. And it just so happens that my mom is blind.
and your point is?
…I rest my case…
So now I’m a “whiney blind negative turd”?
Do you call your mother names as well?
Oh, my heart is broken knowing these people I’ll never meet think I’m rude, oh boo hoo.
Aw, come on, Katie is funny. Katie, please don’t get any less belligerent. I find your posts consistently entertaining. (Not that anyone would hold me up as a paragon of politeness, of course.)
And my mom is blind AND deaf, plus she has a peg leg! But she makes really good balloon animals.
to quote the Barista:
“The biggest contributors to the site are our readers — their active participation has turned Baristanet into a true online community and the destination for breaking local news, airing opinionated views, and yes, poking fun at suburbia whenever possible.”
They were raised in boring, humorless households, sleepysleek. We on the other hand, were raised by parents with peg legs.
Katie, you are a tad defensive these days…
And how do you know you don’t actually know some of these people? Anonymous postings don’t always remain anonymous. I don’t post anything under my Mauigirl name that I would be sorry for if everyone knew who I was. It is a wise policy.
I’ve always commented like this on Baristanet. Maugirl, stick to your own arguments.
wow this katie person is a real jerk
Katie’s the least anonymous person on here – she posted a link to her personal web page in this very thread. Give her credit, she’s not hiding behind a fake name. (I freely admit that i’d be way more polite if people knew who i was. Though my wife knows who i am, and it doesn’t seem to bother her any, but that’s why we’re a good pair.)
test
katie = not funny
katie = rude
katie = belligerent
katie = hostile
katie = bellicose
katie = combative
katie = ill-tempered
katie = peevish
katie = surly
katie = dyspeptic
katie = truculent
katie = huffy
katie = vitriolic
They are just regular readers who normally post with their names but when insulting someone they use a different one. They are the “real jerks”.
Aw, your thesaurus is getting some use today, that’s cute.
No, katie, you are!
We don’t dress our dog up and make him uncomfortable and then go out and trick or treat even though we’re adults.
No, sorry, I don’t have to carry one on me.
“Katie’s the least anonymous person on here ” and the nastiest.
This is a stupid thread.
Katie, your dog is cute.
“Katie, your dog is cute” but once we get to know you, you are not.
A lot of threads on Baristanet are stupid.
Pipe down, you kids! I’m trying to get some sleep!
-Krys OlsieWICZ
Yes, this thread is supposed to be about witches! I am feeling ignored!
Not only are Katie’s comments entertaining, they also add to the “active participation” and opinionated views” that make Baristanet the website that it is. I have been entertained by this website for a while now, and I don’t believe that Katie spoke any differently in other comments that she made.
In this post specifically, Katie was provoked by “Mary Kay” and I have to admit that I, too, would be frustrated if I got criticized for torturing my dog when all that was done was a Photoshop job. So don’t worry, Katie- keep up with your comments. They make my day a little better every time I read them. And to all the derogatory posters, think of it this way. While Katie is just a young girl posting on a site about funny things that she hears or does, you are most likely a full-grown adult. Well, maybe it’s time to act like one and stop picking on someone far younger than yourself. Oh, and also, try not to be too embarrassed that you, who must exceeding wise by this time in your life, confused a Photoshopped picture for a dog in a bat suit.
Not only are Katie’s comments entertaining, they also add to the “active participation” and opinionated views” that make Baristanet the website that it is. I have been entertained by this website for a while now, and I don’t believe that Katie spoke any differently in other comments that she made.
In this post specifically, Katie was provoked by “Mary Kay” and I have to admit that I, too, would be frustrated if I got criticized for torturing my dog when all that was done was a Photoshop job. So don’t worry, Katie- keep up with your comments. They make my day a little better every time I read them. And to all the derogatory posters, think of it this way. While Katie is just a young girl posting on a site about funny things that she hears or does, you are most likely a full-grown adult. Well, maybe it’s time to act like one and stop picking on someone far younger than yourself. Oh, and also, try not to be too embarrassed that you, who must exceeding wise by this time in your life, confused a Photoshopped picture for a dog in a bat suit.
Great picture, Katie. Too bad it’s just Photoshop and not real. I would love to see Mister dive bomb your critics.
Disclaimer:
The above statement was just hyperbole. I am totally opposed to flying Chihuahuas committing acts of violence
Just went to katies website…boy, does that explain it all..everyone should check it out first, before you make any comments about her.
wayne robbins
Yeah, you know, before you call me a jerk or anything like that.
Katie,
Another by the way, I thought the dog in the bat photo shop picture was cute. I don’t personally have anything against dressing dogs up in costume anyway (my dog likes to wear things!) but it was obvious this was not a dog dressed up in a real costume so you were unfairly attacked on that front.
I wasn’t criticizing how you posts, I was just commenting on your comment that you don’t have to worry about what you say because you’ll “never meet” any of these people. I just meant that you can’t be so sure that you won’t meet them. But if that doesn’t bother you, no problem, post what you want.
By the way, I was depressed upon looking at your blog, to find out that it seems your mom and dad are probably a few years younger than I am!
Oops, “post” not “posts”
Yeah, my dad feel in love with my blind mom when she was real young. I was born when she was only 23.
My dad didn’t feel in love, he fell in love. He felt my mom later on.
LOL!
My husband’s mom was only 23 when he was born too. So his parents are like 10 years younger than my mother. (My dad was even older, he just died last year at 92).
23 was considered pratically over the hill in 1940, the year my mom was married at 21. She had my brother a year later.
“And if you sneeze and fart at the same time you die (I made that one up).
Posted by: katie | October 31, 2006 2:47 PM ”
words of wisdom or maybe words to live by.
Katie,
You’re adorable and I’m older than your folks….ugh
the light bulb goes on!
You sit down at a clean, wiped counter. You’re handed a menu. You place an order. The young man promptly serves your order, refills your coffee, pretends to find your joke funny. Presents your check, tells you to have a nice day…. YES! You tip!
but dimly
you don’t tip if you’re katie…you ask for free candy
I’m a generous tipper, since I worked as a waitress for so many years and I know what it’s like to be gypped. “Friend to the animals”, you should keep your grudges contained to one thread.
Hey! Please don’t use the disparaging ‘gypped’! Gypsies are discriminated against enough already! What did we ever do to you?
Okay, I’ll spelled it “jipped”.
that was me! Who are you to tell me where to post.
Are you the moderator here?
katie, did you vote?