Six months since Halloween already? It must be time for Hallowang!

It's brilliant, actually. While Christmas, sweet 16 birthdays and the perfectly glazed Easter ham create more work and stress than they're usually worth, Halloween is about as low-commitment as you can get on the holiday grid. You wear whatever you want, you have some drinks, you have some laughs and there's no gift-giving pressure.

Hallowang's actually been around since 2006, slowly gaining momentum year after year. Last year's celebration gathered more than 50 'wangers to a slew of Walker's Point establishments for costume contests and alcohol consumption.

This year's festivities go down again in Walker's Point on Saturday, April 24 at Walker's Pint, Fat Daddy's and The Fifth Ward Pub.

Shenanigans begin at the Fifth Ward Pub at 8 p.m. with the toss across tourney, a tic tac toe bean bag toss. A 9:30 p.m. quarter catching competition (it'll all be explained, promise) takes place at Walker's Pint and the evening closes with the brawn versus brains olympics at Fat Daddy's at 11 p.m. The famous Fatmobile will be on hand to provide free non-drunk driving from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. After that, cab service is probably a good call.

The night-long costume contest (register at all three bars by midnight) promises prizes in various categories, including famous people, stereotypes & occupations, fictional characters, non-human, team and spectacular.

House Cat says he's been impressed with 'wangers' costume creativity in years past -- Blossom and Joey, a human dartboard and character called "Rodeo Ross" have been huge hits with the judges.

So as superfluous American holidays clog up the calendar, set your sights on the ones that really matter, like your birthday, Memorial Day weekend and Hallowang.

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Posted by sijan_heights on April 19, 2010 at 11:35 a.m. (report)

"Mega skank" is my new favorite term. Thanks Law Dog