Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Halloween Porch Crawl, Olde Town, Augusta, Georgia October 2018


Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble.”
Shakespeare’s Macbeth




Our Olde Town neighborhood friends in Augusta, Georgia are an amazing group.   They do many get togethers throughout the year downtown and we have been blessed to be a part of this special group of friends, since we come in from outside Olde Town.


Today was the Annual Halloween Porch Crawl. This is a brilliant idea of what you can do in a neighborhood that is full of friends. Four different houses hosted this event this year and they each offer a specialty beverage of their choosing and a snack. Since most of our friends are caterers - it was hardly a snack at each house but rather a meal. Each house had a 35 minute window to entertain. Since it was near Halloween many friends dressed up for the occasion.





The crawl started promptly at five at our friends, Carol and Birkie’s house. The porch was all decorated with Halloween lights, candelabras, and great props like a super amazing phone that if you pick up the receiver you would here phrases like: “I know where you are”, scary laughter, and a few other phrases.They had a fire pit burning in the backyard to sit near and warm up. Carol made an hors d’oeuvre with a tiny potato with steak on top that were wonderful. They were so full of flavor and lovely. The specialty drink of the house was Caramel Apple Mimosas. What a wonderful drink for the fall. Cheers to our friends and good times.






We walked down to the next house which was Deborah and Barry’s home. They had a lovely spread with small taco shells, tasty taco shredded beef, Mexican dip, chips, and Halloween cookies. She also made a wonderful scary drink called A Dead Man Walking. They added a bit of dry ice to it which gave it a great look with the punch bubbling and the white smoke pouring out of the picture. There house was decorated with skulls and candelabras. The food was great and everything was lovely. What a great time hanging with all our buddies. This is their beautiful banana tree in their back yard.  We so enjoyed it all.



On our way to Lynn and James house, our group stopped in the park in the middle of Broad Street to see Carol's bench that she designed for the city to honor our veterans.   She did a lovely job and this is some of our group giving thanks. This is in the area that has all the veterans monuments at the corner of 4th and Broad.   Thanks Carol for the great job. 








Then we mosied over to Lynn and James house. They had their house all decorated with ghosts, skeleton bones and spiders. They made Empanadas with a lovely spicy white sauce to go on them and a great dip. She also made the cutest dessert with small Reese's cups topped with whipped marshmallows on top and decorated as little ghosts. The serving table was set up nicely with skeleton bones laid out on the table and a skulls. The punch they made had a great flavor and they called it  the Sledgehammer. I believe it would have hit me like that so I just sipped a small amount. Wonderful food and drink.





As we walked to the next house on the crawl we passed many homes that were all decorated up for fall and Halloween. It was lovely walking around Old Town with our group of friends. Now it was getting dark and the night was lovely with the stars out and a partial moon glowing. We walked up to the next house which was Becky’s home.









Beth and Becky were the host of this home and they had it set up lovely in her back yard with white lights draped over the table. They made Walking Tacos. What a great and creative idea. You buy small bags of Nachos and slice the bag open after crunching the chips up some. Then she had all the toppings for tacos. You can put ground beef, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and taco sauce and then eat it with a fork right in the bag. What a great idea. Their drink was a help yourself to vodka, club soda, and sprite. They also had nice Halloween cookies also. Everything  was wonderful. Our thirty-five minutes went fast and time is up.  Now onward to our final destination.



Our last stop was back to Carol and Birkie’s home for a fire pit and to watch scary movies outside. As the movie was playing, there was comedic comments throughout making the movie more lighthearted.  It was as if we were watching Mystery Science Theater. Carol had also made Shrimp and Grits, Chili, and a chocolate dessert for munching on just incase we were still hungry. The shrimp and grits were to die for and not that any of us were hungry, but we had to have some of Carols shrimp and grits. Yummy. None of us will eat for a week.

It was a wonderful fun evening spent with the best of friends. It was a night full of laughter, fellowship, and the best food and drinks in town. There is nothing like having great friends. Thanks to all who hosted this event. We had a blast.  Happy Halloween to all and to all good night. 

I love the spirit of Halloween and the energy that comes with it.” Katherine McPhee

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