Halloween In Manhattan!

 

The Upper East side in Manhattan is all decked out for halloween and in the classiest way. These black pumpkins are to die for! So cool and Noah had fun checking them out. We absolutely love this time of year where we can walk the streets of New York and check out all the halloween decorations. From the upper west side all the way to the upper east side there are tons of homes and stoops decorated for all New York to see. Them trick or treaters are going to have so much fun trick or treating on this side of Manhattan! 

Spooky Season On The UWS!

One more week until Halloween and there are so many photos I want to share of decorated stoops and homes in New York city. We love coming here every year to take a look at what's new and how different certain homes decorate each year. It's always interesting to come back and see all the creative ways New Yorkers decorate. They surely do go all out for autumn and Halloween and each year we just keep coming back for more. Last week we stopped by this Instagram legend on Columbus on the upper west side. They always go all out! They sure do hoard gourds and we love it! 

Autumn In Industry City!

 

These pictures were taken during the "Hallowdays" at Industry city where they go all out in decorating for Halloween and all things fall-ish. I love all their decorations inside and outside this place. Ever since they redid this whole section of industry city years ago it has become one of our favorite go to spots when we want to explore somewhere different other than Manhattan. I personally like venturing out to every spot in the city where my kids can explore a variety of things. This is also the perfect place for a photo op! I captured a few photos of the kids surrounded by pumpkins, haystacks, and gourds. Such a cool spot to sit after an afternoon of shopping and eating. They always have different cool art installations where the little kids (and big) can have fun. Truly a place to come when visiting New York City! Especially during the holiday months! 

Happy Halloween Eve!

The past two weeks have been filled with all things halloween from going on walks in the city to capture  the beauty of fall mixed in with checking out the coolest halloween decor to just chilling and keeping it close to home and appreciating the garden state on how Jersey does their halloween thing. But let's face it. New Jersey is no New York and there's nothing like Halloween in the city. 

I love New York city in the fall and as it gets closer to Halloween it's become an obsession and a tradition to just venture out and check out all the art installations displayed as well as the decorated stoops. Excessive picture taking was a huge part of this adventure and I love doing it. My kids find it both exciting and exhausting but at the same time interesting to see how New Yorkers go all out for Halloween. It's been great to see some new fall decorations and some old ones that have added new decor as well. I so appreciate this time of year in the city and hope that everyone has a fun safe Halloween Eve wherever you are! 

King Kong In Brooklyn.

Noah is a huge fan of King Kong and whoever installed this gorilla prop is pure genius. And the fact that they added a mask to it is doubly cool! It truly is the coolest halloween decoration ever! The drive to Brooklyn was worth it. I sure do love how New York goes all out for Halloween. Even in Brooklyn. I love this small island and how big they go out to make it fun for everyone. Especially the kids. This year has definitely been a rough one and to see New Yorkers adding spooky fun, and joy this Halloween warms my heart and I'm sure the kids get a thrill out of it too! So looking forward to Halloween! 

Halloween Week In The City!

 

It's Halloween week and all month we have been venturing out to see all the creepy displays in the city. October is my favorite month and as long as we live on this side of Jersey you better be believe that we will make numerous trips just to see the Halloween decor and there are so many brownstones and blocks that are filled with all things spooky! Last year we went to a few homes and I posted most of them on my Instagram, but the more I see more of these amazing displays online the more I want to venture out and take the kids to see how creative New Yorkers get with Halloween. The fact that we have no backyard or even a small space to majorly decorate (thanks to our landlord being our neighbor) we get our Halloween fix by going to some of the best spots in the city to capture these amazing creepy creatures! This amazing home which I call 'the Addams Family' is located on 10th and photo is located 10th e. 67th st. Most of these decorated homes are located on the Upper west side. 

Here are more halloween decorated photos below with the locations if ever you're in the neighborhood!

Happy October!!!

I can't believe October has arrived! These photos were taken last year in the upper west side of Manhattan. We love coming here during October to see all the decorations in this neighborhood. I'm hoping that the residents of this location will decorate their stoop again. It's soooo aesthetic and since halloween is not cancelled in new york here's hoping that the UWS will go to town and spook up their stoops! Here's hoping for a fun month of tricks and treats wherever you live and that this pandemic won't ruin Halloween! 

Days Before Halloween We...

Days before Halloween we always drive into the city and spend all day sightseeing and locating all the halloween installations, and decorations that we see one of my favorite pages on Instagram. New York city decorates in all forms and it is so interesting to see how creative, and unique New Yorkers get when it comes to Halloween season! I captured a few photos of the kids checking out all kinds of decorations particularly this one pumpkin arch installation which is set up at Pier 17 in the seaport district.

A Monster Mash Lawn!

Is it me or does it feel like October is rushing along! There are so many things we love to do during the fall season, but have come to terms that we can't do them all and that's okay. One thing we look forward to is going pumpkin picking. No matter how many kids are left in the house that will be one family tradition that we will never oversee. Since we live in a small space with a shared porch I don't really decorate anymore. Mums, carved pumpkins and a fall wreath is as far as my porch will take! I do miss it going all out but I am happy that the kids understand and that they appreciate the little decor we have to decorate our apartment. Since we don't have a yard to decorate wanted to share this photo from last year. One of our neighbors goes all out on Halloween and decorates his heart out of his lawn! He has been doing this for 16 years, and every year says he isn't going to do it anymore but he does it anyway...for the kids! Pretty spooky! 

New York in October!

I have to tell ya each year for us Halloween just gets better and better. Even though these kids are getting up there in age they still make this holiday fun! I love that Chelsea is 13.5 years old and still likes to go trick or treating with us. All of my girls were like that until they left for college. I am hoping that these two will continue to celebrate Halloween every day in many different ways. Whether it's going on simple walks to see Halloween decorations, pumpkin picking, or going to sleepy hollow!