Posts Tagged ‘halloween’
Fright Night at the National Zoo
Krusty the Clown (and all other photos) by Max Cook
Usually the scariest things at the National Zoo are the lions, tigers, and screaming little kids, but as the animals slept in their cages Friday night, a different type of terror infiltrated the wooded hillside. Clowns, zombies, skeletons, and other nightmarish creatures mingled together at the [...]
Zoo Animals Love Halloween Too
Asian small-clawed otter by Smithsonian’s National Zoo
They may not be able to go trick-or-treating due to, well, being locked in confined quarters, but that’s not preventing these cute zoo animals and their keepers from getting into the holiday spirit. I can’t wait for Christmas when they build snowmen with the gorillas and hang ornaments [...]
“Tiki. Tacos. Terror.”
‘Zombies!’
courtesy of ’spiggycat’
Trust my favorite bar The Passenger to come up with a terrifyingly terrific way to spend the night before All Hallow’s Eve. Saturday, October 30 from 7pm to close, the bar will toy with the occult by serving up the infamous El Zombie cocktail, a concoction so potent it’s rumoured to turn the living [...]
Featured Photo
DSC_0013 by mediaslave
Despite our best efforts, it’s hard to pick a favorite time of year. Some say it’s the spring when the weather starts warming up and the cherry blossoms burst onto the scene. Not long after we’re given an 80 degree day and are drinking margaritas on a patio which could easily contend for [...]
Featured Photos
‘Laaaaaaaa!’ by spoffy
While Halloween has come and gone, I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of some the spookiest photos in our pool (which by the way is full of some amazing photos, fellow Flickrites – keep it up!). I personally don’t get too excited about putting a costume together for the [...]
DC Mythbusting: Haunted DC
‘Thomas Trueman Gaff Monument’
courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’
Hi, and welcome to a Halloween edition of Mythbusting! This week, I’ll see if my mythbusting skills can translate to ghostbusting. I’m going to tackle three different spooky DC myths and see if I can find any validity in the legends. Sound good? Let’s get started.
The Demon Cat in the [...]
Halloween Costume Ideas, DC Style
‘Jack-O-Lantern wall’
courtesy of ‘E V Peters’
There’s one thing on everyone’s mind in DC this week. Health care, taxi cab fraud, economic recession…they’re all taking a back seat for now. I mean, they’re important and stuff. But the one and only thing you should be worried about right now is what you’re going to be for [...]
Trick or Treat? Local Halloween Thrills
‘Count Gore De Vol and band’
courtesy of ‘Photos by Chip Py’
Oh, Halloween. Silly Halloween. Childish Halloween. With your costumes, and your theme parties, and your candy. You’re for kids! …Aren’t you? Not in DC.
Amongst the usual suspects are some slightly sophisticated ways to spend Halloween. You can be indoors or out. Get things going early [...]
Halloween Traffic Looks SCARY
Typical Beltway traffic
Originally uploaded by brianmka
WTOP came out with a list of street closures (mostly in Georgetown) for tonight. Be sure to check your normal commute and halloween plans against them, and stay safe out there tonight!
Here they are:
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Petworth Dog Walk Halloween Photos
Photo by Wayan
Last night’s Petworth Dog Walk Halloween was such great fun!
Around twenty costumed canines, and a few costumed owners, came out to Domku Restaurant to compete for prizes in three categories:
Best Costume
Best Trick
Best Twin
Here we have the Petworth MPD – Metro Police Dog, winner of Best Costume and over on Flickr we have more [...]
More »Tourism: Halloween in DC
Pumpkin Close Up by RSchley
It’s the week before Halloween, and from the looks of the weather forecast, we might see a few creepy thunderstorms before the big day. So, get ready for some Haunted House action here in town as we come close to the big Trick or Treat day. Here are a [...]
Petworth Dog Walk Halloween
Yoda Dog Costume, courtesy of matthamm
Those of us on the Petworth Dogs listserv would like to invite all our neighbours to the:
Petworth Dog Walk Halloween (flier)
a costume celebration of dogs and owners
Wednesday, October 29, 7pm @ Domku
Contestants – meet at the Clark School @ 6:30pm (7th and Alison) to wear out your favorite pooch, before [...]
Ghost Tours @ National Building Museum
One of the creepiest places to be this fall will be the National Building Museum. And who doesn’t love creepy around Halloween time? The museum is hosting a lantern-lit ghost tour through through the NBM’s dark hallways, spooky basement, and up to the fourth floor balcony.
The hour-long Historic Hauntings Ghost Tours is led by the ghost of [...]
