I thought we were ready for trick-or-treat, with what I thought was an enormous amount of candy, but we ran out around 8 p.m., when there were still hordes of kids coming through. It’s true there are a lot of children now living on the Hill, but it’s also true that kids from disadvantaged neighborhoods are brought to Capitol Hill so they can have a happy Halloween, too. Next year I’ll be better prepared, meaning have about 1,000 pieces of candy on hand instead of a measly 400 (plus I borrowed some from our neighbor!).

Sahraa thought it was fun to help at first, but after I took a lot of pictures, she hid in the bushes near where our neighbor was giving out candy, and got to see people through the fence and the leaves.

Upscale Halloween, posted earlier: