I said last week that the neighbors were all in on Halloween, but some people have really gone next level.
Being clever and audacious is what gets points here. While I celebrate enthusiasm of those who decorate their yards with a little bit of everything -- tombstones, a witch's striped stockings coming out of the ground, a random skeleton or two, plus a random trick or treating cartoon character -- I get the feeling that these seem more like "art as process" than anything else. Just like the dozens of "art" works that my kids produced in nursery school (most of which I tossed almost immediately), these yards seem to be more for the enjoyment of the decorators than the viewers. Also no fake cobwebs -- I mean who thinks that mess looks anything like cobwebs.
So on to my picks for best in show.
The Georgetown Skellys in designer attire (they even have their own Instagram account)
Smaller effort but major points for creepiness and for repurposing the toys your kids no longer use
Skeletons who've caught the pickleball bug
A 13 foot Jack Skellington from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. He's animatronic with motion sensors that will set off his mouth and hand movements. And for $399, one should definitely expect that level of spookiness. One neighbor has added an additional song feature.
A Barbie house on a corner lot in Glover Park/Burleith. By the way, it looks like Barbie Pond on Avenue Q has a new look for Halloween with its haunted Malibu dream-house.
But the prize definitely goes to this house. I took a bunch of pictures two weeks ago and then when I went by on Saturday, I found that additional figures had been added.
First, the whole house view and then some details.
That's it for Halloween. Stay tuned in case the neighbors pull out all the stops at Christmas.
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