Maplewood Halloween!

Witches, fairies, super heroes, princesses, hot dogs, dinosaurs, Day of the Dead, unicorns, pandas…and more unicorns…and more Day of the Dead (Coco = 2018 Influencer!).

Maplewood, NJ Halloween is always AMAZING.

Halloween Houses of Maplewood, NJ + South Orange, NJ!

Halloween does not disappoint in Maplewood and South Orange, NJ!

Creative, spooky, theatrical, larger-than-life.

Here are our favorite Halloween Houses from @livelovemaplewood in 2018.

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SOMA Brewing Company founders are #SOMAWESOME

And we’re back!! Brief #SOMAWESOME hiatus for no other reason than being super busy! That break is over and we’re resuming our weekly posts - there are just so many incredible people here that need to be shared with all of YOU.

This feature is four amazing individuals who exemplify what is means to be charitable: Farnaz and Adam Heydt and Bianca and Chris Froelich, SOMA residents with five children in our public schools. They recently formed the SOMA Brewing Company @somabrewingcompany, and donated ALL of the proceeds from their recent Oktoberfest event to The Vanessa Pollock
Music Initiative (VPMI) of the Achieve Foundation (@achievefoundation), supporting music programs in our public schools. 

The event, held at the Woodland in Maplewood, and attended by hundreds of locals, raised $7,500 for this foundation! The Heydts and Froelichs could have easily put the earnings back into their business, but instead put it back into the community. How #SOMAWESOME is that?! CHEERS to Adam, Farnaz, Bianca, and Chris! You can find their delicious Two Towns ale at @thecassidybarkitchen and @stjamesgate and the incredible wooden taps are made by @maplewoodshop! You guys are #SOMAWESOME! 🍻

From left to right: SOMA Brewing Company founders: Adam Heydt, Bianca Froelich, Chris Froelich, Farnaz Heydt

SOMA Brewing Company presents their $7,500 donation to the Vanessa Pollock Music Initiative.

SOMA Brewing Company’s Oktoberfest, Maplewood, NJ, October 6, 2018

Two Towns Ale

Halloween in Maplewood, NJ + South Orange, NJ

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Halloween is BIG in Maplewood and South Orange. There are creatively decorated homes, hours of trick-or-treating, neighborhood haunted houses, spooky art installations, festive school parades, and lots of downtown fun. It’s almost a full day affair.

Maplewood Village Halloween Parade

This is a crazy haunted house on Halloween with lines of kids from all over town!

One of our favorites things is to chronicle these imaginative “Halloween houses” on our Instagram feed. Many of these festive displays are created by inhabitants who work in the art and design fields. The unique decor mixed with the local architecture and crisp fallen leaves make for some epic photos.

Sound effects and high quality set design at this Halloween house

The famous spider house of Maplewood! One year the spider was eating Trump. It was a beloved by many, to say the least. Other times the spider has had a baby dangling from its mouth. It’s weird but people love it.

Creepy and spooky with lots of scary sound effects

WE LOVE TO SEE YOUR HALLOWEEN PHOTOS -

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