When Joe Six-Pack Met Joe the Plumber

There were a batch of Joes, but no average Joes (or Janes) at the National Arts Club last night, where a "Heroes & Villians" Halloween ball brought out creative types aplenty. Among our favorite costumes: a frightening duo from AIG; a moose impaired by Sarah Palin; the Bailout Package; a Gossip Girl; and a regal young woman who called herself the Duchess of Democracy. Outside the Club, the streets of New York were filled with revelers in seriously clever get-ups. If only Halloween fell on Friday every year.

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