Amazing DIY Halloween decorations take planning and passion

For the month of October Listing Toward Forty is Listing Toward Halloween, featuring a variety of Halloween posts including many by guest authors. This post is by Jen Hajer. I take Halloween very seriously. I often start planning in June, start shopping in August, I have project building in September and finally set up in … Continue reading Amazing DIY Halloween decorations take planning and passion

Trick-or-treat defeat: The life and times of a Halloween failure

For the month of October Listing Toward Forty is Listing Toward Halloween, featuring a variety of Halloween posts including many by guest authors. This post is by Gayle Pazerski. I used to hate the fall. I’m not sure why. I think it might have been a combination of a few things: the onset of cold … Continue reading Trick-or-treat defeat: The life and times of a Halloween failure

Halloween is my favorite holiday

For the month of October "Listing Toward Forty" Has become "Listing Toward Halloween" and features a variety of Halloween posts including many by guest authors. This post is by John-Paul Nickel. It’s an odd thing: my wife is a costume designer, but she hates Halloween. Her day job is designing costumes for other people; she hates … Continue reading Halloween is my favorite holiday

“Listing Toward Forty” to become “Listing Toward Halloween”

For the month of October "Listing Toward Forty" will become "Listing Toward Halloween." Since moving to a neighborhood where we get over 1000 trick-or-treaters a year I've come to really look forward to Halloween. This year I'm sharing my excitement with a month's worth of Halloween posts. "But, Kim," you may ask, "do you actually … Continue reading “Listing Toward Forty” to become “Listing Toward Halloween”

1,173 Trick-or-Treaters: More of Why I Love My Chicago Neighborhood

If we had to move I would need to ask about the Halloween situation in our potential new neighborhoods. After two years on a street that takes Halloween very seriously, I would have a hard time adjusting to a place that counts its trick-or-treaters by the dozens (if that) instead of by the hundreds. The … Continue reading 1,173 Trick-or-Treaters: More of Why I Love My Chicago Neighborhood