Spirited Beach Bash

Halloween in Gig Harbor, Washington, doesn’t just mean candy for the kids; it means a beach party for all.

“Growing up I had a neighborhood to trick-or-treat in, and I wanted my kids to have the same sort of feel.”
Photographer Thayer Gowdy

Memory Maker

“Halloween was always a big tradition for me,” says Christine Rothenberg, who thought up the party idea when she and her family moved to the area from New York five years ago. “Growing up I had a neighborhood to trick-or-treat in, and I wanted my kids to have the same sort of feel.”

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String lights and jarred candles mark the way, and families follow back walkways until they find bowls of candy at the end. Afterwards, neighbors gather to enjoy a simple dinner of chili and cornbread and watch kids delight in their loot.

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Now, every year kids paint pumpkins and bob for apples while adults commune over glasses of wine.

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“Growing up I had a neighborhood to trick-or-treat in, and I wanted my kids to have the same sort of feel.”

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