Well David is all packed and ready to head up to Oakland for the next couple of weeks...<br />This will be the first time in the twelve years that I have known him he hasn&#39;t taken a vacation week the week of his birthday(Halloween)..<br /><br />This Thursday I will drive up and we will celebrate his birthday and drive home sunday....<br />so this will be a first for us Halloween in the Castro district.. talk about witches and goblins..