Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’

The Needle: Shots Fired Edition

Pentagon, Defend Thyself: When building a massive military office complex in northern Virginia, the Pentagon's designers probably figured there wasn't any reason to deck the place out like an actual fort; it's been almost 200 years since the British sacked Washington, so why put big guns on the Defense Department headquarters to repel invaders? The [...]

Photos: Halloween: Live Blog

Photos: High Heel Race, Final Draft

This time with feeling
Full gallery after the jump

Homicidal Pumpkin Spotted in D.C.

My buddy, Lou Cantolupo, designed this ghastly pumpkin diorama (click to expand the image) well before The Simpsons aired this year's "Treehouse of Horror" episode, in which the Grand Pumpkin, in a blood-soaked ode to the old Peanuts' Halloween special, goes on a rampage. Lou got his inspiration, instead, from this site. My wife, Carrie, [...]

Forget the Fun-Size Snickers. Give the Kiddies a Blood Bag.

Mike Mozart has some ideas on how to put the trick into tonight's Halloween treats.

Five Spooky Minutes You’ll Never Get Back: The Devil & God, Stolen Dino Costumes, and me Being a Creep

Just in time for Halloween, the third installment of "Five Minutes You'll Never Get Back" is live over at The Sexist. Listeners can look forward to Bobby "The Intern" Allyn's savvy street reporting, Hess' name-calling, and more un-PC references to the Goddess/Whore archetype than ever before!

Eating Candy Corn: A Metaphor for Extending Life’s Pleasures

This Food Network segment on how to make candy corn brought back some fond childhood memories. I always ate my corn from the top down, one colorful segment at a time. It was a psychological tactic more than anything. I wanted to extend my eating pleasure for as long as possible. Frankly, I still employ [...]

Would You Eat the World’s Scariest Foods?

Food & Wine magazine (hey, no hard feelings for not hiring me!) has a creepy slide show on its home page breaking down the world's seven scariest dishes. I have to admit, it's the best food-oriented Halloween feature I've seen so far this year. (Aside to F&W editors: So you're liking my tone now, aren't [...]

This Halloween, Don’t Dress Up as Food

Does anyone really think dressing up as a taco or a banana or a PEZ dispenser is a good idea for a Halloween costume? Halloween is all about creativity–and free candy. C'mon, folks. Use your imagination. Going as a piece of meat is just a bad idea on all fronts. Going as a walking product [...]

Police To Host ‘Haunted House’

This Friday, the 7th District police station will turn itself into a haunted house. Congress Heights on the Rise has the scoop. This is allegedly for children (of all ages). I don't know about you but I have real low expectations for this. Police see bad stuff all the time. Are they really gonna want [...]

Reminder: Halloween Not So Great For Cleveland Park Autos

Via the Cleveland Park message board, a Porter Street resident warns:
"During the past several years, vehicles belonging to my wife and I were vandalized while parked behind our Porter Street house, on either Quebec Place or Rowland Place. On Halloween Eve in 2006, my wife's car was egged pretty well...
And in 2007, [...]