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New York City is a chameleon like no other. At times it’s an ugly, dirty place; at others, it’s a metropolitan wonder. Always full of culture and some of the most surprising architecture. A serene view of the courtyard from the Museum of Modern Art cafe makes the surrounding streets look like a European village.

Shot on an iPhone; no manipulation.

Photo by: http://www.cryptogramink.com/

An annual survey by the National Retail Federation released last month found that Halloween sales in the U.S. likely won’t suffer from a slumping economy. In fact, 16.1 million people plan to celebrate this year, the highest in the survey’s nine-year history.

As we observed in our post on craft brewing, consumers nationwide are treating themselves to pragmatic luxuries – including, small splurges on costumes, candy and party decorations. In light of these BOOming sales predictions, we’ve poked around to find out some of this year’s hottest costume trends and ideas: (more…)