“It’s an annual Halloween tradition to freak out the customers by dressing up the Amoeba staff in khaki pants and white polo shirts. Just kidding, but that would probably be pretty scary, huh?” We’ve featured Amoeba Music honcho Mary Patton’s Halloween desserts on CreepyLA. If you’ve seen them, you know […] Read more
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 Family Guy production offices. Ad agency McCann-Erickson has my favorite so far: Check out the rest here and here. Read more
In addition to the map of yard haunts, aka The Ultimate Trick-or-Treat Guide Map, you’ll also find some fun houses to ring doorbells on the map to Haunted Los Angeles, or find a haunted attraction to hit up sometime during or after your rounds. Leave plenty of time to get […] Read more
Born in City Terrace, Antonio Villaraigosa is a lifelong resident of Los Angeles. He was elected mayor in 2005 and is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Mayor Cristóbal Aguilar led the city in 1872, when its population was barely 6,000. He also served in the California State […] Read more
CreepyLA presents our third and final map: The Ultimate Trick or Treat Guide. Based on the notion that neighborhoods with quality “yard haunts” have rewarding tricks and treats, use the map to plot out your All Hallows Eve rounds. Click here for a larger version of the map. For research, […] Read more
Photo by me from Metroblogging L.A., reminding everyone that silly string is banned in Hollywood from midnight, October 31 to noon, November 1. Interesting conversation going on there, from grumbling about the poorly designed sign to the effectiveness of the law. San Francisco’s Castro District has cancelled its infamous Halloween […] Read more
At the Democratic presidential candidates debate tonight in Philadelphia, Barack Obama announced he would be trick-or-treating in a Mitt Romney mask. From USAToday.com’s live bloggers at tonight’s debate: 11:03 p.m. ET. What will he dress as on Halloween, Obama was asked. He suggested he might wear a Mitt Romney mask, […] Read more
If all the talk about death this time of year seems a little un-sexy, coupled with the close attention the LA Times is paying to “slutty” costumes (Paging the new Image section: Hasn’t Tom Ford turned it into a year-round phenomenon?) then maybe Rick Castro is on to something. His […] Read more
Today’s item from the 99 Cents Only Store: Zombie Mother Theresa mask First Christopher Hitchens’s attack book and now this. When you marry God, you’re asking for trouble. Read more
Really. From CraigsList: Call for submissions : Funny Coroner Stories Date: 2007-10-27, 7:09PM PDT This is a call for submissions for TRUE and humorous coroner stories. I’m a freelance editor with a fun anthology project in the works. You don’t have to be a writer to submit. You just have […] Read more
