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Margaret's Fine Imports used to be 3/4 of the way down the hill on Murry. It was called Wicks and Beans. It moved to 5872 Forbes Ave., near Littles Shoe Store. You will find hundreds of loose leaf teas to choose from. Every first Wednesday of the month you can attend a free tea class and tea tasting. For Christmas good teas are Pumpkin Spice or Winter White Earl Grey. If you have a glass teapot flowering teas that expand into a flower sculpture in your teapot are a pretty gift. Other good teas are Golden Monkey, a black tea with gold veins and Strawberry Green, a green tea with the taste and fragrance of strawberries. Stop in the store, it is open seven days a week or visit the web site at www.teapittsburgh.com. The bonuses of visiting the store are Margaret's expert help and being able to smell and see the teas before you buy them. A list of teas is available at http://www.teapittsburgh.com/teapittsburgh.html.

now that I think of it, wasn't there a tea store in Squirrel Hill about 3/4 the way down the hill on Murry ave? no idea if it's still there or not ...

I think it's hard to decide when its the right time to tell your child their to old especially if they are still acting as a child should act at the age of 10 and 11, and believe me I am very thankful for that. I didn't think my daughter was too old to go trick or treating seeing some of the other kids in the neighborhoods trick or treating until this past Halloween. We had so much fun I took both my daughter and little sister out trick or treating it was the last house that we decided to stop at considering it was getting late. The young woman answered the door and took a good look at my girls and stated "No, you guys are too old to be trick or treating." then she shut the door in their faces. I was in total shock. Of course it's her right to decline to give her candy away, it just really made my girls feel bad, they didn't understand and it left them feeling a bit angry. I sat and talked with them about maybe having that halloween night be the last time they did trick or treating, and that they could do parties instead. They were happy in the end and it didn't seem to matter much, even though they still talk about it.

I went trick-or-treating this year, and I'm 20. I put a fair amount of effort into my costume, and we drove 45 minutes to get to the nearest town that wasn't my college. Trick-or-treating is more fun than illegal boozing, and we're not really in it for the candy, just for entertainment. After three neighborhoods, no one said no to us. We might have gotten less candy than the little ones, but that's fine with us.

No age limit but put some effort into the costume. If I think you are a little too old to be out, I might insist on a little entertainment before I hand out a treat, sing me a song, dance a couple of steps, tell me a joke. The first of the group usually balks, but by the time the 2nd or 3rd starts they are all into and laughing. And if they don't want to play - go home.

My brother and his girlfriend are 20 and 21, respectively, and went out last night and I gave them hell for it, though when I play the "Guess how old my brother is" game with people who haven't met my brother, many people answer within the 13-16 age range. When I asked how their night was, they surprisingly didn't get anyone saying they were too old, but compliments on how great their costumes were!

I think if you have the economic power to buy candy (around high school and beyond) then you shouldn't go around and get a garbage bag full.

13 is a good age, once you hit high school you're too old. That or once you go from the "cute witch" costumes to "slutty witch" costumes, whichever comes first. I knew someone who went trick or treating until he was 18, he was an odd fellow.

i was about 12 when i stopped. but our senior year of high school a couple of my friends and i got dressed up and drove around town trick-or-treating at our friend's houses. all of their parents loved us and were amused. we were very ironic about it. nowadays i'm more of a party person, but i still love wearing costumes!

12 years of age.

I don't mind the younger teens taking part, but 12 is the honest cut off point.

My last trick or treat experience ended at 11. When I was 12, my mother presented me with Van Halen tickets. The show was Halloween night in Hampton, Va. 1982.

That was better than all the candy in the world at the time.

I went once in high school. And we weren't lame about it. We actually had decent costumes. Not just putting on a mask or something.

I think that was about the limit though. After that, it's probably only acceptable if you are chaperoning. But then I guess you wouldn't be holding out a bucket for candy in that case.

It was 16 for me, but I remember definitely getting some glares from people. I'd say 14 is probably reasonable.

I STEAL flowers every year from all of my neighbors.

I adore lilacs.

I don't even care if I get caught.....

I remember being about 7 years old and being a girl scout with my mom as the troop leader. She had all the cookies that people had ordered sent to our house so she could give them to the girls to deliver to the people who had already paid for them. I clearly didn't understand that those cookies were already bought and paid for. I snuck (stole??) a few boxes, ate all the cookies, and hid the evidence in my laundry basket (I was a smooth criminal). Needless to say I was caught, and I hardly remember ever being in more trouble.