You might think that we wouldn’t get much of a Halloween celebration here in Shanghai, but that’s frightfully wrong! Although Halloween is an American holiday, the word has spread, and our neighborhood was mobbed last night by an international group of ghosts, goblins, princesses, Buzz Lightyears, pumpkins, and my favorite, a team of Ghost Busters! We went all out, with the decorations, which is rare here, including a strobe light, creepy music, and a skull/ghosty thingy hanging from a tree on a string which Serge would pull at strategic times to make “levitate” and freak people out. To top it off, Serge and I were dressed head-to-to in FABULOUS disco costumes. We had them made at the fabric market here - shiny silver pants and a metallic royal blue shirt for Serge, and top-to-bottom iridescent purple
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