These San Francisco Halloween Parties Are to Die for

As frequent readers may have noticed, I’m particular about certain things, and Halloween is no exception. It’s not that Halloween and scary movies particularly bother me; I just am not the type who runs toward places like the USS Haunted Hornet in Alameda or Terror Vault at the Mint. Bless you if you are the type — I certainly won’t rain on your parade — but I’m more the person who likes to mingle in costume, preferably with a fog-laden drink in hand, looking around at the spooky decor before heading home, nary a knife-wielding serial killer in sight to chase me down a hallway or plank. Call it my après-ski syndrome — I’m someone who’d rather stay at the cozy lodge than ski.  Sure, some of you may have already been partying it up at the bars that like to spook it up for the month of October, but the last two weeks are when Halloween goes from good to great. I’ve found some events that I’m eyeing for the next two weekends, here’s where I recommend going for those good-not-crazy Hallowe