The Best Places To Be On Halloween
October 31, 2009 / 1035
Halloween is a favorite holiday in Santa Cruz County. Neighborhoods go all out with decorations, kids participate in parades and adults head downtown for impromptu promenades. Here’s a brief listing of some of the Halloween events this year. Check our online calendar at www.santacruzsentinel.com for more events.
For families
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW: Costumed actors re-enact scenes from the story as it’s narrated during the one-hour and 15 minute train ride at Roaring Camp Railroad, off Graham Hill Road in Felton. Designed for young children and the young-at-heart with a haunted house, games and costume contests. Trains depart at 6 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Reservations required. Cost is $27 per person; $7 parking fee. Details: http://www.roaringcamp.com or 335-4484.
HALLOWEEN AND HARVEST CARNIVAL: With a haunted house, horse rides, a dunk tank, cake walk, games, jump house, face painting, balloons, arts and crafts activities, raffle, live music, seasonal crafts, vendors, gourmet hot dogs and other food concessions. Costumes optional. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Aptos Academy, 1940 Bonita Drive, Aptos. Details: 688-1080.
Capitola Village Children’s Halloween Parade: Calling all ghosts, goblins, boys and ghouls. Don’t miss the annual Capitola Village Children’s Halloween Parade at 2 p.m. Sunday. Read more …
Sexy Halloween Costumes: Anna Nicole Smith at Halloween Party @ Playboy Mansion 2004 x3 HQ
October 30, 2009 / 3182
Sexy Halloween Costumes: Anna Nicole Smith at Halloween Party @ Playboy Mansion 2004 x3 HQ
This poignant picture of Anna Nicole Smith and son Daniel was taken in happier times before tragedy struck a week ago. The former Playboy pin-up was devastated when Daniel, 20, died suddenly by her bedside (10 Sep) - three days after his mum gave birth to a baby daughter. But here, Read more …
Julie Benz @ Opening Night Of “Halloween on Horror Nights” in Universal City x18 HQs
October 30, 2009 / 1101
Julie Benz @ Opening Night Of “Halloween on Horror Nights” in Universal City x18 HQs
Costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils, or in more recent years such science fiction-inspired characters as aliens and superheroes. Read more …
Ashley Benson @ 16th Annual Family Halloween Carnival, Universal Studios x13
October 30, 2009 / 705
Ashley Benson @ 16th Annual Family Halloween Carnival, Universal Studios x13
Halloween costume parties generally fall on, or around, 31 October, often falling on the Friday or Saturday prior to Halloween. Read more …
Sexy Halloween Costumes: Mariah Carey Like A Fire Fighter at Halloween Party x12 HQ
October 29, 2009 / 3762
Sexy Halloween Costumes: Mariah Carey Like A Fire Fighter at Halloween Party x12 HQ
The telling of ghost stories and viewing of horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties. Read more …
Kim Kardashian & Cheryl Burke @ PAMA’s Halloween Masquerade x6 HQ
October 29, 2009 / 4279
Kim Kardashian & Cheryl Burke @ PAMA’s Halloween Masquerade x6 HQ
Unmarried women were told that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed into a mirror on Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror. However, if they were destined to die before marriage, a skull would appear. Read more …
Extreme Sexy Halloween Costumes: Mariah Carey @ Halloween Eve Costume Party x43 HQs
October 29, 2009 / 2773
Extreme Sexy Halloween Costumes: Mariah Carey @ Halloween Eve Costume Party x43 HQs
Some games traditionally played at Halloween are forms of divination. A traditional Irish and Scottish form of divining one’s future spouse is to carve an apple in one long strip, then toss the peel over one’s shoulder. Read more …
