THIS HALLOWEEN WAS as restrained and low-key as many media folks predicted it would be, at least at the places I and my crack team of MISC informants attended.

These pix are from the party at Consolidated Works’ (way unfinished) new space, behind Ducky’s Office Furniture on Mercer Street. There, and elsewhere, I and my informants saw the usual Batgirls and Xenas and male maids, plus a heckuva lot of Harry Potters. (Unfortunately, I didn’t get a successful image of the woman dressed as an anthrax envelope.)

The Rendezvous bar’s closing night (see prior item below) was also Wednesday. Our on-the-spot correspondent says it was also a quiet night, devoted more to reminiscences than to rowdiness.