Glimpses of Halloween, Oakland style

Published on Sunday, November 01, 2009
Last updated on 03:54PM, Sunday, November 1, 2009
A veritable "Where's Waldo" of Halloween decor, Athol & Brooklyn, Oakland, CA. Photo by George Kelly: http://bit.ly/2pGTbN

A veritable "Where's Waldo" of Halloween decor, Athol & Brooklyn, Oakland, CA. Photo by George Kelly: http://bit.ly/2pGTbN

Yesterday, Oakland got its spooky on.

I'm admittedly new to Oakland. Where I've lived before (NJ, PA, and CO), I'm used to seeing some houses go all-out with Christmas decorations, but not so much for Halloween. Riding around with my friend George Kelly yesterday, we spotted a jewel of a Halloween house at the corner of Athol & Brooklyn in Oakland. It was a veritable "Where's Waldo" of ghoulish decor. The peeling paint on the building only amplified the effect. Well done!

Also, in the Temescal district, several merchants on Telegraph Ave welcomed trick-or-treaters. Local resident Pengrin posted to Flickr some Creative Commons-licensed photos taken at Bakesale Betty, Clausen's Thrift Shop, and other local landmarks.

And around midnight on Halloween night, George Kelly noticed that the line for the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Grand Lake Theater stretched around the corner.

About Amy Gahran
Amy Gahran is an itinerant troublemaker and info provocateur who moved to Oakland CA after spending 14 years in Boulder, CO. Her background is as a journalist, editor, and managing editor mainly covering energy, environment, and business. For the last 12 years she's been happily and gainfully self-employed, mostly helping organizations, institutions, and individuals wrap their brains around the internet. Speaking of brains, Amy is also Oakland Local's official zombie reporter.