and so do new moms of seven month-old baby girls!
I was worried the entire week beforehand because Bella typically wakes up around midnight every night and will only go back to bed with a midnight snack from mommy. If she doesn't get what she wants, she gets ANGRY. All went well, though. Los Ya Yos (The Grandparents) did us a huge favor and came over to stay with Bella while I went out to the biggest party in town: the annual Halloween party at The Bohemian.
Alex, Bella and I spent the day at The Bohemian decorating and preparing for our big night with the help from friend and fellow bartender, Veronica and her boyfriend, Iñaki. It takes AGES, but it's always worth it in the end. We get more and more customers dressed up in costume each year, and this year, they happened to do quite a bit of drinken'.
Alex grew his facial hair for an entire month and a half to be an old western bar man. He looked fantastic and made a killer Sweet Blood cocktail.
I went as a dark angel, complete with black feathered wings, and did some socializing with Amy Winehouse and a scary-looking clown that was really good on the inside.
Veronica went as the Corpse Bride in a costume she and her mother made from scratch. (p.s that's not her real hair)At around 3 am, I hung up my wings, and picked up my baby girl who had slept peacefully until 2:30 am when Paquita gave her a bottle and changed her. We were happy to see each other, and relieved to know that we can survive a night apart from each other.
Alex and Veronica kept on mixing until around 5am when they put away their Boston shakers and closed the doors on another successful Halloween night at The Bohemian.
