A tropical storm spent the last four days making its slow way past south of the island. It has been grey and gloomy and rainy every day (kinda like fall in Michigan except it's 75 degrees and we're in shorts and T-shirts, not jeans and sweatshirts).
But last night, with a lot of help from our friends, we put a spell on all that gloom and had a great time at the first-ever Ola Lola's Halloween Party.
Pretty much everybody - including us - came in costume. One of our great friends, George, said he "didn't dress up." But we worked it out: George came as his wife Mary coming to the party as George, and Mary came as George coming to the party as Mary. Got that? They got the prize for "most convoluted costume."
We had prizes for best Kid's Costume, Best Couple, Best Overall and a bunch more. Some of the costumes were just amazing. Body and Kendra's "Anthony and Cleopatra," which Kendra made, were fabulous. When Fran got here, I really did not know who it was. Trevor, from Villa Tropical, was a great Ludwig van (Beethoven) on a Caribbean vacation.
Elaine spent many hours creating a haunted graveyard along the path through the garden. Most of the tombstones had epitaphs that were puns in Spanish. They were wonderful and got lots of laughs from the Spanish-speakers.
We had great food thanks to Elaine and Marisol and great music thanks to our friend and DJ, Juan. Most importantly, after days of rain - including all afternoon before the party, everybody had a great time! Thanks to everybody who came and made the party a huge success!
You can see more pictures of the party on our Flickr site and Suzann put a bunch on Shutterfly. Check 'em out.
And if you missed this year's party, try to make it next year!!
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