Gaskell's Masquerade Ball was a blast last night. It was a little lower-key than past balls (especially halloween balls) but it may have been even more enjoyable for that. People did a great job on costumes all around, and it seemed far more towards positive, fantasy-oriented outfits, rather than anything negative or literal. The ripples are still obviously still with us and will be for some time.

A few windows into the evening:

Here's the entire gallery (unedited, uncorrected, and uncropped).

If anyone wants the high-res version of a pic (1600x1200 instead of 800x600) email me with the file name and I'll get that out to you.

(for a blast of Samhain past, here's last year's gallery)