( Busch Gardens, haunted houses, and DISNEY, oh my!. )

It's extremely late but here it is, ghouls and boos: the 2011 edition of MelanieSuzanne's Halloween Haunts!

Haunted Nightmares Haunted House - 933 Barley Lane, Winchester, VA
Weekends starting Oct 1
1-11pm
Daytime: $10, Nighttime: $12
Not recommended for kids under 7.

The Devil's Den - Jim Barnett Park, 1001 East Cork Street, Winchester, VA ( Read more... )

The Ponte Alto Newcomers' Meeting was a smashing success. We had six newcomers attend and a veritable slew of SCA members. Hubbyfink and I have decided that we shouldn't host any more parties until we finish the basement remodel. We definitely need the extra space. On the other hand, the cats were completely worn out from all the attention they got ( Read more... )

I bit off most of my nails Wednesday night. I really needed to trim them down and I did so with a nail clipper. But that left them jagged. To smooth them, I wound up filing them nearly to the quick to get the edges smooth. And then they were so short I couldn't help but continue nibbling them off.

*sigh*Oh well. I still have my right thumb nail in ( Read more... )

Here it is, ghouls and boos: the 2010 edition of MelanieSuzanne's Halloween Haunts!

(Please note that some of these links have sound on them.)

Haunted Nightmares Haunted House - 933 Barley Lane, Winchester, VA
Weekends starting Sep 25
1pm-11pm
No price listed on site.
Not recommended for kids under 7.

The Devil's Den - Jim Barnett Park, 1001 ( Read more... )

Here are the spooky attractions slated for this weekend:

Bradley Farm Haunted House - 13159 New Parkland Drive, Herndon
Oct 23 & 24
6-10pm
$3
This one is open only this weekend.

Halloween Woods - Algonkian Regional Park, 47001 Fairway Drive, Sterling ( Read more... )

Nightmares from Elmridge
Cheesy, and not just because it was in the basement of the Arbutus Domino's Pizza. Props, actors, and "story" were okay. psalite was nibbled to death by ducks a giant head person in a top hat. Weird. The deranged pig people and toothy clowns went after the tweens (thank God). The best part was the dark hallway with hands (both ( Read more... )

Last night, dawnhutchings, pirategirleee, and I trekked out to Luray, VA to experience Darkwood Manor. The two-hour drive down featured bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-66, banjos, and a "Jeepers Creepers" vibe coming off a car travelling waaaay too close to my bumper in deepest, darkest rural Virginia. The drive home was even more frightening and featured a REALLY scary no- ( Read more... )

Here it is, boys and ghouls: the 2009 edition of MelanieSuzanne's Halloween Haunts including a New! Expanded! Maryland section.

( Look here, if you dare! Muahahahaha! )

I'm still jazzed about winning the costume contest at Markoff's. The posse is already plotting next year's costumes; we'll be sure to enter different contests during the evening so we're not competing against each other this time!

carthew, psalite, pirategirleee, and I raced down to Old Town Alexandria Saturday evening to meet up with more friends for the special Halloween ( Read more... )