Halloween

C'mon! Howl at the Moonfest!

Where Can a Lampshade find a Party?

The Freaks Come Out Tonight

Scary Night

At Tsunami, you'll have a tidal wave of a Halloween

Foodstuff

Roy's

Taking Back Halloween

One tin can at a time.

Gator Done

One tin can at a time.

Monthly Hot Swingers Party Launches in Lauderdale

​In case you missed International Swingers Day on August 15, there's still time to get your costume ready for the inaugural HOT SWINGERS PARTY on Halloween, the first of a series of "themed" events devoted to a celebration of open relationships and the people who love them. And wipe that scandali ... More >>

Costume Night at the Musuem

​In case you missed International Swingers Day on August 15, there's still time to get your costume ready for the inaugural HOT SWINGERS PARTY on Halloween, the first of a series of "themed" events devoted to a celebration of open relationships and the people who love them. And wipe that scandali ... More >>

Florida to Sex Offenders: Hold the Reese's

This Halloween, it's lights out for sex offenders​Sex offenders in Florida are off the hook this year: They won't have to spend a fortune at Target on plastic pumpkins, corn-sheaves, and fake spiderwebs. They can keep all the Reese's Pieces for themselves. The Florida Department of Corrections sa ... More >>

Go Green(market)

Courtesy of WPB Greenmarket.​If you've been making do with brown lettuce and rock-hard tomatoes from your local giant-mega-supermarket and counting the days until you could buy produce with real flavor from the people who actually grow it, you have only a few more days to check off.  Most Pal ... More >>

Hit the Vagabond in Costume

Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

Halloween Street Scene

Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

Scariest Thing Ever? Stage Fright.

Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

The Eve of All Hallows’ Eve

Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

Turn Fright on J Street

Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

Fetishland

Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

How to Enter Vaudeville

Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

Weekend Blog Wrap

via Family Fun​Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read every day, some people just can't get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs, this time focusing on some Halloween themed foods.Want to truly scare yourself this Halloween? It has nothing to do with th ... More >>

Bangers and Mashups

Concert review: Busy P's Halloween gig at Poplife.

D-Fence! D-Cups!

Concert review: Busy P's Halloween gig at Poplife.

Out of the Closet

Concert review: Busy P's Halloween gig at Poplife.

Halloween Recipes Add Some Scary to Your Spice

Witches' fingers make for a spooky Halloween treat.​Getting creative with Halloween can be fun, especially when it comes to food. I remember eating all sorts of Halloween-themed treats as a kid. There's nothing like being dressed up as the grim reaper and eating eyeballs (skinned grapes) or intest ... More >>

Halloween Contest Shows Ugly Side of Politics

Talk about scary politics. Republicans are throwing a Halloween party in Pembroke Pines next Friday night. As part of the festivities, they will be holding a U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz look-alike contest that the invitation says "could scare the devil himself." The ... More >>

Black Cats = Black Sheep at Local Animal Shelters, Especially Around Halloween

via icanhascheezburger.com​With Halloween fast approaching, the plight of black cats is pretty grim. Several Palm Beach shelters are putting the temporary kibosh on black-cat adoptions out of fear that the animals will be ritualistically tortured or used at a party like a rented monkey. New Times ... More >>

More Halloween Recipes to Scare the Kids: Stuffed "Rat" Meatloaf

Stuffed "rat" meatloaf with green pasta: A Halloween treat! ​A friend of mine really got into the Halloween spirit this year. We went to a party over the weekend, where she served the witch finger tea cookies I posted about on Monday. She and her sister also made a main course to go with that: Stu ... More >>

Halloween for Foodies: Eight Parties

flickr: ariane_hunter​Here's a look at some parties in the area on or around Halloween night: Howling Upscale parties at Wild Olives in Boca Raton (Thursday, October 28) and Lola's, in Delray Beach (Friday, October 29). Costume contest, light appetizers, and drinks -- both for charity. Cost is ... More >>

The Timeliest, Most Entertaining, Mudslinging Ad We've Seen This Halloween Season

​Both Halloween and the election are fast approaching, making  this a very spooky week, with unexpected twists and turns lurking ahead. Far in advance of the October 31 holiday, Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party candidate for Delaware Senate, revealed "I am not a witch" (provoking awesome pa ... More >>

A Place to Bury Strangers' Decibel-Defying Thrust Could Explode Moonfest 2010

​Both Halloween and the election are fast approaching, making  this a very spooky week, with unexpected twists and turns lurking ahead. Far in advance of the October 31 holiday, Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party candidate for Delaware Senate, revealed "I am not a witch" (provoking awesome pa ... More >>

Zombie Dance

​Both Halloween and the election are fast approaching, making  this a very spooky week, with unexpected twists and turns lurking ahead. Far in advance of the October 31 holiday, Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party candidate for Delaware Senate, revealed "I am not a witch" (provoking awesome pa ... More >>

Food-Related Halloween Costumes: The Good, Bad, and Ugly (PHOTOS)

photo by Stepan Mazurov via flickr​There are two kinds of people in this world: The people who come up with their Halloween costume months in advance and the people who throw together a costume at the last minute. Actually, I guess there's a third group of people -- those who could care less about ... More >>

The Other Halloween Show: Jesus, Hell, and Sin on Stage

Reality Outreach Ministries, Inc.​Scaring the snot out of God-fearing youngsters has long been a popular Halloween tradition. Churches from Texas to Colorado stage elaborate theatrical productions known as hell houses, featuring gruesome scenes of botched abortions and AIDS-related deaths. The aim ... More >>

Economic Gloom Lingers (PLUS: Halloween Costumes to Counteract the Sadness)

​We crossed our fingers before checking the most recent unemployment data, but the preliminary numbers crunched by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and released today reveal that September was just more of the same, with unemployment in Florida at 11.9 percent, up slightly from August. Only Californ ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

Papardelle pasta with dill, tomato-cream sauce, and wild Pacific salmon from Caruso Ristorante.​Direct for Halloween: The 10 scariest phrases you absolutely never want to hear spoken in a restaurant!Smart for Life's gluten-free cookie diet is here.Please, cut it out with the twitpics!Hollywood fav ... More >>

Woofstock: Get Groovy at Yappy Happy Hour January 27th

  Flickr/paulamiranda2010 ​It's time to dig out your old bellbottoms and psychedlic shirts. No, it's not time for Halloween yet but that doesn't mean we can't keep things groovy. Grab your furry friend and head over to Woofstock, a 60's themed party for you and your pup, at the Newpo ... More >>

The Ten Dumbest Halloween Food Costumes Ever

Endlesssimmer.com​Halloween is around the corner and every year you run into the same problem - do you wear the sexy or funny costume?  Our answer is, as always - it depends on whether or not you want to get laid...ever.Here are a collection of Halloween costumes that are truly terrifying..an ... More >>

Halloween 2011: Events in Fort Lauderdale/Palm Beach County/South Florida

By http://heatherbuckley.com.uk via Flickr Creative CommonsBraaaiiiiinnnnsssss...Er, beeeeerrrrrrrr, on the Zombie Crawl​You know the fate of Halloween procrastinators, don't you? It looks a little something like this: bags of that terrible orange and black peanut butter wax-like taffy to hand out ... More >>

Food & Drink Events This Weekend in Broward & Palm Beach

Bernt Rostad via Flickr Creative CommonsThis is what a Battle of the Beers could look like. ​The Seattle-like deluge has subsided -- at least for the time being -- and the weekend forecast looks pretty kick ass, all around. If the gloomy skies had you in a sour mood all week (Floridians are addict ... More >>

The Five Worst Halloween Candies

​Trick-or-treating as a kid was one of the most wildly exciting times of the year. Forget Christmas -- that was all about getting pajamas from Grandma underneath the Christmas tree. Forget St. Patrick's Day, because beer was for grown-ups.  You could even forget about Easter, because being d ... More >>

Five Best Halloween Festivals and Pumpkin Patches in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Friends don't let pumpkins eat their young.​Halloween is less than a week away. You have no pumpkin and the kids are starting to beg you to go trick-or-treating. Clean Plate Charlie understands your busy schedule and knows you might not have time to do the research and find the best Halloween eve ... More >>

Halloween 2011: This Weekend in Broward/Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale

Dr_Xeno on Flickr Creative CommonsWe know the feeling. Too much pumpkin beer has the same effect on us. ​Halloween comes but one day a year, but that doesn't mean the party is confined to a 24-hour-period. The Halloween 2011 festivities in South Florida have been underway for at least a week, but ... More >>

The Zombies

Dr_Xeno on Flickr Creative CommonsWe know the feeling. Too much pumpkin beer has the same effect on us. ​Halloween comes but one day a year, but that doesn't mean the party is confined to a 24-hour-period. The Halloween 2011 festivities in South Florida have been underway for at least a week, but ... More >>

Humiliate Your Dog For Halloween: Ten Terrible Food Costumes For Fido

Costumesfordogs.com​Your dog gives you unconditional love every day of his life. Seriously! Has a human ever greeted you with such fierce devotion?  Sure, he peed on the carpet and he licks his butt, but if you want to punish your dog, take away his favorite chew toy. But in the name of all t ... More >>

Food & Drink Events This Weekend in Broward and Palm Beach

Phillip Pessar via Flickr Creative CommonsThe trucks don't take a holiday. ​With Halloween just days away, most of the weekend's food and drink related activities in Broward and Palm Beach Counties are geared to costumes, candy, and the undead (oh, and the nautical. The 52nd Annual Fort Lauderdale ... More >>

Hungry for Halloween? Kids Eat Free on Monday at Tijuana Flats, Applebees

Take your kids to eat...then trick-or-treat!​Trick-or-treating is hard work - first you have to dress up as your favorite monster, comic book character or Disney princess. Then you have to scour the neighborhood for the good candy, while avoiding the people who give out pennies and black licorice. ... More >>

Halloween Costume Contest: Dress Like Rocco Mangel

The key to success is mas tequila. ​This week, Clean Plate Charlie offered up a list of eight costumes inspired by Florida food and drink for all you Halloween costume procrastinators. The list included sartorial references to craft brews from the Sunshine State, as well as some of our more notabl ... More >>

The New Therapy Is Scare-apy

The key to success is mas tequila. ​This week, Clean Plate Charlie offered up a list of eight costumes inspired by Florida food and drink for all you Halloween costume procrastinators. The list included sartorial references to craft brews from the Sunshine State, as well as some of our more notabl ... More >>

Halloween Takes the Fetish Party Up a Notch

The key to success is mas tequila. ​This week, Clean Plate Charlie offered up a list of eight costumes inspired by Florida food and drink for all you Halloween costume procrastinators. The list included sartorial references to craft brews from the Sunshine State, as well as some of our more notabl ... More >>

Broward Sex Offenders Get a Pre-Halloween Visit From Probation Officers -- 16 Arrested

theblogulator.com...with a samurai sword.​There are some people you'd rather not have your kids approach for candy on Halloween -- like a registered sex offender with a 3 1/2-foot samurai sword.That's probably why probation officers and cops went and checked on some South Broward sex offenders bef ... More >>

Halloween Roundup: The Anti-Survival Guide

theblogulator.com...with a samurai sword.​There are some people you'd rather not have your kids approach for candy on Halloween -- like a registered sex offender with a 3 1/2-foot samurai sword.That's probably why probation officers and cops went and checked on some South Broward sex offenders bef ... More >>