Nero wins it hands down as the official black cat of Halloween! And not to mention what a glamourpuss!! Looks like he had a swell Hallowen! Wonder what on earth he’s gonna do for Thanksgiving and Christmas? Something tells me we’ll find out soon enough!
Lisa and Neil set quite the stage for a ghoulishly good time on Halloween eve!
The house was tranformed with all kinds of fantastic decorations even down to a skeletal salad serving set! Above, a pumpkin which needs no explanation! Delicious foods, Wicked wines and even some Halloween Charades. We had a blast!
Our Purrrrfect hostess Lisa with Scary Marc and Monstrously mysterious Liz!
Uh-oh, this house might need an exorcism!
Scouts honor, this is a great party! Dave and Chrissie uniform up!
Whats a party without cupcakes! homemade by Lisa!
No eye of newt in these stews! Chorizo Chili and Pork with Hominy, Delicious!
These two came as just crazy!
Our mascot! As this seems to be an annual thing, see you next year!
Wow, even the first family got into the spirit!!!
Marc and I took a walk through one of our favorite neighborhoods in Pasadena, Ca and came across this pretty fabulous Halloween house. They do it every year and the most impressive part I thought was that they completely cover the front of the house with plastic sheeting to make it look like stone!
Lots of detail!
My motto here “kill ‘em with kindness” (before he kills me!!!)
Would love to see this at night!
I love Halloween, can’t you tell?!?
From the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar and how fantastic is this! And all this can be yours for thousands of dollars!
Who needs the Thrift Store? to hell with the 99Cent store or the local costume shop for that matter! Beverly Hills here I come!
All from Harper’s Bazaar “Tim Burton’s Magical Fashion”
Shutterbugs and scissor hands. Left: Coat, by special order, Salvatore Ferragamo. 212-759-3822. Dress, $3,455, and shoes, $815, Tao Comme des Garçons. 212-604-9200. Right: Jacket, $3,795, and gloves, $1,400, Rodarte. Bergdorf Goodman; 212-753-7300. Pants, $2,995, Phi. 877-354-9100. Boots, $3,500, Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte. Barneys New York; 888-8-BARNEYS.
“Did you ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?” Gown with jacket, and boots, by special order, Nina Ricci. Barneys New York; 888-8-BARNEYS. Gloves, $375, Carolina Amato.
“It’s showtime!” Left: Dress, $3,894, hairpin, $190, and necklace, $1,288, Louis Vuitton. 866-VUITTON. Belt, $750, and booties, $990, Gucci. 800-456-7663. Right: Gown, by special order, Jean Paul Gaultier Atelier. 33-1-7275-8300. Cuffs, $325 each, CC Skye. ccskye.com. Pumps, $795, Yves Saint Laurent. 212-980-2970.
Glamour-puss in boots. Dress, price upon request, Atelier Versace. 888-721-7219. Necklace, by special order, Alexis Bittar. alexisbittar.com. Gloves, $595, Giorgio Armani. 212-988-9191. Boots, $3,785, Louis Vuitton. 866-VUITTON.
Happy Halloween, see you at Barneys!
WOW! I have no idea of what this is, but who cares! I want one!!! Let’s call this one bad-ass (yet Cozy) Cocktail!
Forget the old orange, lime or cherry garnish – throw a black spider into any cocktail and voila, instant Halloween hooch!!!
Below, the Halloween Candy Corn Cordial
Liquefied Ghost
Ingredients: Vodka, vanilla simple syrup, cream, soda
Ingredients: Apricot brandy, rum, lime juice, grenadine, orange juice
Yes, Milky Ways and Butterfingers are delicious but I think the treats above are the direction I’m headed in this Halloween!
Trick or Treat!!!
Courtesey of Martha Stewart who always gets us in the mood……..
wow, I love this chandelier and I wanna see this porch!
Stairway to heaven or stairway to hell?!
Squash get into the act too! or is it Larry, Moe and Curly?!
This would drive my cats crazy!
My favorite, I just wanna know who is cool enough to actually so this?
Wish they were my neighbors!
Thanks Lisa for sending this great pic of the pumpkins at Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark, California! Talk about selection! No matter where you get your pumpkins from, the Farmer’s Market, grocery store or lucky enough to go to a real pumpkin patch, the point is to get them and then turn them into fabulous jack o’ lanterns!
Nothing like the eerie glow of a beautifully carved pumpkin on a chilly Autumn evening! Now that’s cozy!!!
Yesterday I was finally able to take part in volunteering for the Hillside Produce Cooperative in Glassell Park, Ca.
An act of genius concepted by Hynden Walch whose unbelievable coordination skills and passion for produce result in a what is basically a win/win for everyone! The co-op’s simple and beautiful philosophy is:
“A collective in which we all get to enjoy some of what everyone grows in exchange for contributing what we don’t want or won’t use ourselves. Then no food is wasted and we all get a variety of fresh local produce to eat for free.”
No waste, a no brainer, right? How many times have you driven by a neighborhood avocado tree and wished you could get out and take a couple of the hundreds of fruits that you know will never get eaten? Well now people with these extras can contribute to Hynden’s project and receive a bag of goodies delivered right to their door!. Sharing made simple!
By the way, it’s all for free if you contribute or volunteer to bag or deliver. Check out all the details on the website for more info.
Our fearless leader Hynden. Amazing energy!
So organized! The list above all volunteer’s bags on what goodies they will be receiving.
APPLES!
BASIL AND TONS OF OTHER HERBS TOO (SAGE, THYME, PARSLEY ETC.)
PERSIMMONS AND LEMONS
TOMATOES AND POMEGRANATES
New member Ellen baked at over 30 loaves of absolutely delicious Pumpkin bread! wow, what a treat!
GROUP SHOT! Hard workers included: Julie, Marge, Mariah, Monica (head of the San Gabriel Valley chapter) and Hynden:
MASCOT BOO: A fabulous Greyhound racer (who incidentally ate all Hynden’s pumpkin bread which is why he looks so content!)
Thanks again Hynden and everybody! I look forward to doing it again!
Hynden says: no plastic bags, eat off the tree!!!!!!!!!
As I mentioned in a previous post, every day I go to the Animal Rescue website and click on the button to donate free food and care to animals who need it. How easy is that! and I do this every day. I also click on the other tabs for literacy, breast cancer, hunger etc. This quote was on the Child Health tab. Go to the site, bookmark it, click daily and you’ll also see words of wisdom, which I find inspiring and heartening, like above.
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