Halloween

Just in time for Halloween for you and your grandkids, there’s a scary new ride in the Dungeon at Pier 39 where you descent into an old mine shaft. Added to the current list of creepy fun like Gold Rush Greed, Gangs of SF and a Chinatown Plague is Escape Alcatraz where you are faced […]

Bay seniors who keep putting off a visit to the stately Queen Anne Haas-Lilienthal house on Franklin Street in the City may be tempted to stop by during “Mayhem Mansion”, their Halloween tour from 7:30 to 10 on October 30-31. The 1886 mansion, which looks like Edward Gorey was its architect, takes on the theme […]

Bay seniors who have given up resisting the new, ever expanding adult cult experience known as Halloween (it’s now a $3.9 billion business) might want to join in the DIY fun with gross decorations like this head in a jar. It comes from a fount of home made creativity, a website called Instructables, which has […]

Bay seniors who find Fisherman’s Wharf harrowing are encouraged to overcome their jitters and board the SS Jeremiah O’Brien docked there, this October 24 from 12-5 for the 12th Annual Brews By the Bay. It’s a Halloween themed celebration honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Grateful Dead. 50 brews will be available courtesy of the San […]

Bay seniors up to test the limits of their personal panic have a number of interesting challenges this Halloween. Room Escape Adventures on Bryant Street locks you in a room where a hungry zombie is chained to the wall. Every five minutes a chain link is loosened. You have 60 minutes to get out. $28. […]

Bay seniors eager to join the walking dead are invited to paint their faces white, insert fangs in their mouths and meet at 2pm this Saturday at 17th and Market. The annual Zombie Walk covers a big chunk of Castro and the Mission and, though free, is an awareness builder for the SF and Marin […]

Bay seniors have long suspected that Halloween has been stolen from children and expropriated by adults. Every bar in the Bay Area appears to be competing to come up with the most ghostly, ghastly theme. This year the Geezer gives the prize to Commodore Cruises. On Saturday, October 26 at Pier 40 you are invited […]

Bay seniors and their grandkids are reminded to check the Academy of Sciences costume policy before getting dressed for their SuperNatural Halloween. You don’t want to alarm the cockroaches, tarantulas and snakes available for petting. But you will receive discounts for wearing an unthreatening costume. For the less fearless there are pumpkin carving demonstrations and […]