The Most Unspooky Spooky Place

Good morning, my lovelies! Thank you all SO MUCH for your kind words of encouragement and congratulations yesterday. You all mean the world to me, and I do mean that from the bottom of my boogity, boogity shoe. Today I'm going to share a few pictures from our trip to Salem, MA last weekend.

Salem was cool, but not as bewitching as we'd hoped. We have heard that the month of October brings out hoards of freaks in costumes, live re-enactments of witch trials in the common, and a palpable supernatural air that settles over the quaint little town north of Boston during the most haunted month of the year.

Yeah, not so much. It's a pretty town and all, but it's a modern small city like any other. The attractions were very pricey and VERY lame, and something about seeing Ye Olde Hot Dog Vendors and a long line of bright blue Porta-Potties located next to the Witch Museum detracted from the ambiance we'd been expecting. Oh well - we still had fun with our little group of friends, and the kids got into character and delighted passers-by who were also looking in vain for something eery.

On the way to Salem we passed a liquor store with such a funny name that I had to lean over and take a picture immediately.  I know many of you have seen a pic of this place floating around on the internet, but FYI, they really do exist in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts!

Yes, I'm talking about Bunghole Liquors.

No word on whether they sell TP

Moving along.... The coolest part of the day (aside from our time spent in Ye Olde Pub drinking Ye Olde Pumpkin Ale) was wandering around in a 300 year old cemetery.

The worst part of the day was forking over $25 for our family to wander through the world's WORST wax museum.

We had no idea that Gerard Depardieu was involved in the Salem Witch Hysteria of 1692.

Nathaniel Hawthorne doesn't look so good.

Jim, ever the English teacher, intoned, "It's a little-known fact that Nathanial Hawthorne was seldom seen without his 'Do Not Touch' sign, which he carried everywhere."  Laughter ensued, but sadly that was the coolest thing we heard/saw in the museum.

We made the best of it, right up until Mark got arrested and thrown into the slammer.

I have always suspected him of witchery.  This just confirmed it.

I was shocked to learn that one of my ancestors was one of the first female pirates in Salem.

Arrr, keep ye hands offa me booty!

Later we enjoyed some time in a local eatery before taking a haunted trolley ride and seeing a little show.  The kids had a ball.




 Then we went back to our hotel and fell asleep at 9 PM, because we're all party animals like that.

Fangs for the memories!  Ah ah ah!

So there you have it!  A fun-filled family adventure, minus the adventure part. 

Have a lovely Thursday, my friends. *mwah*