Pumpkins Archive

  • Extreme Halloween, the new book by Tom Nardone, takes the holiday and ramps it up several notches with advice and instructions on how to create over-the-top decorations, startlingly gross-looking party...

    More Creepy Questions for Tom Nardone

    Posted on October 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Extreme Halloween, the new book by Tom Nardone, takes the holiday and ramps it up several notches with advice and instructions on how to create over-the-top decorations, startlingly gross-looking party...

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  • At first I thought it was just me thinking that the pumpkins I saw at Trader Joe’s are smaller this year. But when I saw this report on CBS2′s local...

    Smaller pumpkins this year

    Posted on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
    At first I thought it was just me thinking that the pumpkins I saw at Trader Joe’s are smaller this year. But when I saw this report on CBS2′s local...

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  • We’ve been on board with Tom Nardone since his first book, Extreme Pumpkins, came out two years ago. Nardone has re-invented pumpkin carving, taking it into slash-and-burn (as in “carve...

    Out now: Extreme Halloween book

    Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
    We’ve been on board with Tom Nardone since his first book, Extreme Pumpkins, came out two years ago. Nardone has re-invented pumpkin carving, taking it into slash-and-burn (as in “carve...

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  • Let’s see. If you crossed Extreme Pumpkins, the über-pumpkin carving book by Tom Nardone, with Extreme Makeover and… nip/tuck… Oh, nevermind. h/t> my house is cuter than yours.

    Maybe next year…

    Posted on October 10, 2008 | 2 Comments
    Let’s see. If you crossed Extreme Pumpkins, the über-pumpkin carving book by Tom Nardone, with Extreme Makeover and… nip/tuck… Oh, nevermind. h/t> my house is cuter than yours.

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  • As part of the build-up to the Weho Halloween Carnaval Street Party, the City of West Hollywood is holding an Intergenerational Pumpkin Carving Party at the Plummer Park Community Center...

    “Intergenerational” Pumpkin Carving Party in Weho

    Posted on October 9, 2008 | 3 Comments
    As part of the build-up to the Weho Halloween Carnaval Street Party, the City of West Hollywood is holding an Intergenerational Pumpkin Carving Party at the Plummer Park Community Center...

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  • Politics have longed played a role in our Halloween costumes, but things always get extra interesting during an election year. Obama and McCain masks are no doubt selling hotly, and...

    Political Pumpkin Party

    Posted on October 8, 2008 | No Comments
    Politics have longed played a role in our Halloween costumes, but things always get extra interesting during an election year. Obama and McCain masks are no doubt selling hotly, and...

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  • Pretty meager selection of early pumpkins at the Silver Lake Trader Joe’s yesterday. Cheap though, only $3.49.

    First pumpkins trickle into TJ’s

    Posted on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
    Pretty meager selection of early pumpkins at the Silver Lake Trader Joe’s yesterday. Cheap though, only $3.49.

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  • Taking a stab at evolved, alternative (his word) pumpkin carving that aims for unsettling results is Tom Nardone’s obsession. First there was the website. Then last year, Penguin published his...

    Creepy Questions for Tom Nardone

    Posted on September 23, 2008 | No Comments
    Taking a stab at evolved, alternative (his word) pumpkin carving that aims for unsettling results is Tom Nardone’s obsession. First there was the website. Then last year, Penguin published his...

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  • It’s probably still a bit premature to be prepping your Halloween costume, even for the hardest of the diehards; none of the haunted houses will be operational until the butt-end...

    A Little Fright Reading…

    Posted on September 5, 2008 | No Comments
    It’s probably still a bit premature to be prepping your Halloween costume, even for the hardest of the diehards; none of the haunted houses will be operational until the butt-end...

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  • Perfect for the neglectful gardener, all you need are some hanging planters, pantyhose, and pumpkin seed… and not much water. Sure, its only April, but you can begin stocking up...

    How To Grow Your Own Hanging Pumpkin Patch

    Posted on April 14, 2008 | No Comments
    Perfect for the neglectful gardener, all you need are some hanging planters, pantyhose, and pumpkin seed… and not much water. Sure, its only April, but you can begin stocking up...

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  • Mike from Franklin Avenue “live blogged” today’s pumpkin carving contest taking place between tenants of the Wilshire Courtyard Center, which includes E! Television, Variety magazine, The Weinstein Co., and the...

    Hollywood’s Extreme Pumpkins

    Posted on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments
    Mike from Franklin Avenue “live blogged” today’s pumpkin carving contest taking place between tenants of the Wilshire Courtyard Center, which includes E! Television, Variety magazine, The Weinstein Co., and the...

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