The WeHo Halloween Caranaval
I hear about it every year and usually after it is over. This year, I learned that a friend, Glenn, participates in the Halloween costume every year and after I saw some of his past costumes I knew I had to go see it first hand.
It looked like it was going to rain but I went anyway and am I glad I did. Once I got there I lucked out right away and found street parking (parking and many places was at $20) right at San Vicente and Melrose, it was a short walk from there to Santa Monica Blvd. It was 6:00pm and there were a good number of people there already walking around in costumes.
There were a lot of great costumes, a lot of really bad ones, and a TON of risque costumes. You be the judge.
Sean Penn dressed as one of the cops in Reno 911, Michael Phelps and a dark angel.
She had a great costume and the guy she was with, the one with the bad skin just wouldn't get out of the picture!
This barbarian guy just kept grunting. I wonder if it is because of his thong...
Here is Glenn and Stanton with their "I can see Alaska" costume.
Bride looking for a groom.
Legalize me.
Captain America with Mz. Marvel on the right.
Scissorhands
Looks like Richard Simmons needs to do more Dancin' to the Hits!
I like this one! The bumper cars!
At first I thought they were in costumes but they were the real Hare Krishnas.
The Bailout Triplets aka the Financial Meltdown Boys.
Harlequins
Sheriff with a Palin look-alike.
Don't know, don't care!
Let's see... A princess, the Queen of Hearts and Snow White (Thanks Jim).
A zombie and two wenches.
Clark Kent and Batgirl.
vampires
Eggs and bacon!
The Telly Tubbies with a lady pirate and a bloody knife girl.
Superhero has-beens?
The Mad Hatter, Sexy Alice and a not-so-white rabbit.
Adam with 2 silver Steves
Devil and fallen angel
Ghostbuster and friends.
Smurfette and a sailor.
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker.
Olive Oyl and Popeye.
The NASA Dance Team and a sexy CHP officer.
The Costume Contest at the Bat Stage
The costume contest hostess/host...
Lady riding an ostrich (a huge ostrich!). She was on stilts the whole evening until the contest.
Iron Man
The Tin Man
Monarch butterfly. The hostess asked him how long it took to sew his costume. When he said 2 days, the hostess yelled out, "now this is a gay man! A professionl seamstress would take at least 5 days!"
Mars Attack...Again!
Mario Brothers
Adam and 2 Steves
Glenn and Stanton made it to the top 6!
Pair of cannibals. Now they were scary!
The Singing Bush. When the crowd was asked to vote a chant of "Say no to Bush!"
Gargoyle
Wall-e and EVE.
Palin stopped by after a "liitle shopping trip to Saks."
Then Obama came by to offer a change.
In the end, Girl on an ostrich won the contest and $1000!
I'm glad I went. I would go again next year now that I know what to expect. I might even wear a costume...
Turns out that Glenn and Stanton made the channel 7 and 11 news and made the 2nd page of the California B4 section of the LA Times!
It looked like it was going to rain but I went anyway and am I glad I did. Once I got there I lucked out right away and found street parking (parking and many places was at $20) right at San Vicente and Melrose, it was a short walk from there to Santa Monica Blvd. It was 6:00pm and there were a good number of people there already walking around in costumes.
There were a lot of great costumes, a lot of really bad ones, and a TON of risque costumes. You be the judge.
Sean Penn dressed as one of the cops in Reno 911, Michael Phelps and a dark angel.
She had a great costume and the guy she was with, the one with the bad skin just wouldn't get out of the picture!
This barbarian guy just kept grunting. I wonder if it is because of his thong...
Here is Glenn and Stanton with their "I can see Alaska" costume.
Bride looking for a groom.
Legalize me.
Captain America with Mz. Marvel on the right.
Scissorhands
Looks like Richard Simmons needs to do more Dancin' to the Hits!
I like this one! The bumper cars!
At first I thought they were in costumes but they were the real Hare Krishnas.
The Bailout Triplets aka the Financial Meltdown Boys.
Harlequins
Sheriff with a Palin look-alike.
Don't know, don't care!
Let's see... A princess, the Queen of Hearts and Snow White (Thanks Jim).
A zombie and two wenches.
Clark Kent and Batgirl.
vampires
Eggs and bacon!
The Telly Tubbies with a lady pirate and a bloody knife girl.
Superhero has-beens?
The Mad Hatter, Sexy Alice and a not-so-white rabbit.
Adam with 2 silver Steves
Devil and fallen angel
Ghostbuster and friends.
Smurfette and a sailor.
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker.
Olive Oyl and Popeye.
The NASA Dance Team and a sexy CHP officer.
The Costume Contest at the Bat Stage
The costume contest hostess/host...
Lady riding an ostrich (a huge ostrich!). She was on stilts the whole evening until the contest.
Iron Man
The Tin Man
Monarch butterfly. The hostess asked him how long it took to sew his costume. When he said 2 days, the hostess yelled out, "now this is a gay man! A professionl seamstress would take at least 5 days!"
Mars Attack...Again!
Mario Brothers
Adam and 2 Steves
Glenn and Stanton made it to the top 6!
Pair of cannibals. Now they were scary!
The Singing Bush. When the crowd was asked to vote a chant of "Say no to Bush!"
Gargoyle
Wall-e and EVE.
Palin stopped by after a "liitle shopping trip to Saks."
Then Obama came by to offer a change.
In the end, Girl on an ostrich won the contest and $1000!
I'm glad I went. I would go again next year now that I know what to expect. I might even wear a costume...
Turns out that Glenn and Stanton made the channel 7 and 11 news and made the 2nd page of the California B4 section of the LA Times!
posted by Angel at 11/01/2008 06:04:00 PM
4 Comments:
that's not cinderella, that's snow white.
cool pics!
Looks like WeHo was fab! I went to the Boys Town Halsted Halloween parade here in Chicago this year for the first time too! It really was a great setup. They had the street blocked off so you could really be seen. Have to start planning for next year!
Dear Kahit Na Ano, I am the girl who was riding the ostrich, thank you for your praise, the costume was hard to build and hard to wear but I had so much fun and it seems to be a crowd pleaser! The pictures you posted are the best I've seen. Thank you again! Chris1181@hotmail.com
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