Fall in Windsor Terrace

We've been swamped for the last month trying to finally unload our Rhode Island house, and succeeded at last only this past Friday. Next weekend we're going to a wedding, so it seems that most of fall will be gone before we reach that nirvana that we refer to as "being settled."

But we have been trying to explore, especially just getting to know the streets near our apartment. (I've been really enjoying biking around here and up to Park Slope.) One thing that you can't help but notice is that our neighbors are really, really into Halloween.

There have been some truly amazing displays, including the picture above. Someone had to get these Halloween statue/decorations up to the roof and secure them. Never mind the expense. But 3rd Street here seems to be in some kind of competition, with fake spider webs coating bushes and porches, ghosts that run across yards on motorized rope-and-pulley systems, and some pretty realistic decorations that look like dead and bloody bodies. (There are a few that definitely would have freaked me out as a kid.)

There is lots else we should have reported over the last few weeks: some interesting shopping in SoHo, a few fun nights out, a bit of Advertising Week, and more that I've already forgotten. (I'm going to try to get Kim to do a post about DUMBO and the River Cafe, which is fantastic.) I also went to London for a few days, which was a lot of fun, even if it doesn't quite fit into the topic of this blog. Suffice it to stay that we're definitely not regretting the move, and in fact are finding more reasons to love living here almost daily.

If only the F train would run more often!