Boston Bar Association

Christopher Feudo - Robinson & Cole LLP
"This will be my 2 month-old son's first Halloween, so I'll be taking him trick-or-treating at his grandparents' houses.  He'll be dressed as a skunk, which has been deemed appropriate by anyone who has changed one of his diapers."

Wendy Hickey - Nissenbaum Law Offices
"The best Halloween costume I have ever seen was worn last year by my then 8 week old twins.  My brother and very fashionable sister-in-law live in Manhattan.  My sister-in-law called me when my twins were about 6 weeks old wanting to know what they were going to be for Halloween - needless to say, juggling 6 week old twins I had not yet given it any thought.  She said great - I found the perfect costumes.  A week later twin lobster suits arrived on my doorstep.  The best part is the costumes are really 12-18 months so this year they fit perfectly."

Bert Ng - Massachusetts House of Representatives
"In 2007, the stars aligned for one of my favorite costumes of all time.  The Red Sox played into late October with a contributing rookie class of Dice-K, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Hideki Okijima, and Dustin Pedroia.  My custom idea was based off of a MLB tradition where veterans forced the rookies to wear outlandish costumes during a late season road trip.  Dice-K, although playing his 8th year of professional baseball, but first in the majors joined in the ritual by wearing a green 'Teletubby' suit through Canadian customs for a series against the Blue Jays in Toronto.  It was then that I decided it might be good luck to be a 'Teletubby' for Halloween if the Sox were still playing.  As good luck would have it, the night I publicly humiliated myself by wearing the green 'Teletubby' suit to a Halloween party hosted by my fellow law students was Game 3 of the World Series.  The Sox ended up winning behind a solid outing by Dice-K.  So it was truly lucky."

Tiffany M. Howard - Burns & Levinson LLP
"One of my best Halloween experiences (as an adult) came just last year.  My boyfriend and I are very close friends with a couple whose daughter, Brooke, was almost five years old last Halloween.  We were talking one day, and my boyfriend asked Brooke what she thought he should dress up as for Halloween.  She looked at him with her big blue eyes, and very seriously pronounced that she thought he should be a taco.  The look on Brooke's face a few weeks later, when we actually showed up at her house to go trick-or-treating with my boyfriend fully decked out as a taco, was priceless!"

Bret A. Cohen - Mintz Levin
"The best costume I ever saw was a couple that dressed as a vintage VW bright yellow bug. The lady in the front was the lights and the front wheels and the man was the top and the rear wheels and lights. The gas cap open and a hose popped out that offered blood colored vodka shots."

Maria D. Buckley - Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
"I live in Salem.  On Halloween, the party comes to me."

I cannot begin to tell you all of the great costumes I have seen. People seem to come from everywhere to walk our streets in costume.  My favorite costume was a sheep dog costume my dog-obsessed daughter wore when she was 4."

Miriam McKendall - Holland & Knight, LLP
"One year, my costume was a Duracell battery and my husband's was a container of Morton's salt. Although there were no criminal defense attorneys at the party, it soon was determined that our costume was a crime: assault and battery!"

Alex Klibaner - Attorney General's Office
"The best costume is from a Sesame Street book -- Elmo with a sheet over his head.  He was so embarrassed when his mom made him wear a sweater over the sheet and no one thought he was a scary ghost.  The sad truth, however, was that even without the sweater he still looked like Elmo with a sheet over his head."

Patricia A. Washienko - Freiberger & Washienko, LLC
"I have absolutely no imagination whatsoever when it comes to costumes.  In contrast, one of my good friends is brilliant at them.  A few years ago, she dressed as a cosmopolitan – the drink.  She wore some fabulous slinky dress (as the stem of the glass) that flared from the knees down (as the base of the glass), and attached (from shoulders up) a really big clear cone-shaped bowl (as the top part of the martini glass).  She garnished her costume with fruit on the rim.   I still shake my head in astonishment.  I can't wait to see what she is this year!"

Laura E. Gibbs - Ginsburg & Leshin, LLP
"I am taking my daughter (who is 17 months old) trick or treating for the first time.  She loves her tiger costume and has been practicing her “scary” growl since last month.  I can't wait."

Marc D. Freiberger - Freiberger & Washienko, LLC
"My plans for Halloween are the same as they were for the last several years, to take my kids trick or treating around our neighborhood.  My kids have repeatedly asked me to wear a costume, but in the past I’ve resisted.  I may succumb to the pressure this year and put on a Hawaiian shirt and a camera and go as a tourist."

Cynthia Auckly-Barbuto - Donovan Hatem, LLP
"When I was a kid, I watched Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman every week, and the Superfriends every Saturday morning.  I was seven years old and wanted to be Wonder Woman more than anything, so my grandmother made me a Wonder Woman costume for Halloween.  It was complete with a cape, tiara and bullet-reflecting bracelets.  I loved to wear it even after Halloween was over, and I would sit on the edge of my parents' bed and pretend I was in my invisible plane.  I loved that costume!"
 

John Fiske - Healy, Fiske, Richmond & Matthew
"Uncle George terrorized my neighborhood in 1965 by knocking on doors and announcing, with the index finger of his right hand bent like a fishhook, "I'm Captain Hook, and Here's My Paw!" Since he had several martinis lubricating his performance, he put a lot of drama into the announcement, and I remember at least one phone call asking me to come retrieve the good Captain."

Valerie Samuels – Posternak Blankstein & Lund
"I haven't worn a Halloween costume for years except for an occasional party. I plan on decorating the exterior of my house to make it as spooky as possible and then trolling the streets with my 8-year old daughter.  Some of the people in our neighborhood really go over the top to decorate their houses and it's a lot of fun.  We have a smoke machine, skeletons, severed plastic limbs and a talking skull candy dispenser, among other decorations.   My daughter is dressing up as Scooby Doo and is very excited about all the candy she'll collect.  I'm going to try hard not to eat any of the candy!  Not the most exciting Halloween but there you have it."