Found 7 blog entries tagged as halloween.

  It's the Halloween drink from your nightmares that tastes devilishly good! Starbucks is known for releasing seasonal drinks around specific holiday's but this one seems to be everyone's favorite!   "This blended beverage is made with white chocolate sauce, milk and ice blended together, and layered between mocha sauce and a dollop of whipped cream. A drizzle of raspberry syrup oozes from the rim, which is finished with whipped cream on top." - the official Starbucks site.    This drink is available only until October 31st, but if you love the drink and want more of it don't fear! You can order this drink and many other drinks at Starbucks by recipe any time after the drink is no longer available! In fact, Starbucks has a whole secret…

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These criminal cocktails will take your Halloween festivities to the next level!

1. Black Velvet

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You'll Need:

  • 3 ounces of stout beer (Guinness)
  • 3 ounces of dry sparkling wine

Directions:

Pour the stout into a large champagne flute. Slowly top with the sparkling wine and stir gently.

2. Chocolate Malted Martini

You'll Need:

  • 3 tablespoons of vodka
  • 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup
  • 1 tablespoon of chocolate malt powder 
  • 1 tablespoon of half and half
  • 2 dashes of chocolate biters

Directions:

In a martini shaker filled with ice, mix together all of the ingredients listed above. Shake vigorously, and strain into a glass.

3. Dark and Spooky

You'll Need:

  • 1/2 cup of ginger beer
  • 2…

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How many of you are now Jazz fans after attending the Staten Island Jazz Festival last Saturday?  Have you or your offspring signed up for one of the many classes being offered at the Universal Temple of the Arts?  Visit: UTASI.org for information on classes.  Did you help plant trees at the Greenbelt last week?  

I suppose all thoughts are on Halloween--decorating the house or your yard and making or buying costumes for the kiddies.  My grandson helped me decorate with ceramics ghosts and pumpkins made by my Mom over the years.  He chooses the different paper decorations made or inherited to tape to all the windows and front door.  We both have fun, and he adds his creative touches.  How many of you decorate with your children and then change it to…

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Nothing is more important to families on Halloween than ensuring the safety of their children. This Halloween, one group in particular is going above and beyond to ensure a safe and healthy Halloween for an entire community of children.

The Teal Pumpkin Project is an organization that encourages people to raise awareness about food allergies and to include all trick-or-treaters on Halloween. By signing a petition on their website, you can pledge to include youngsters with food allergies on Halloween by providing non-food treats instead of candies that could contain ingredients that some children could be allergic to. Parents and families will know of your participation in the project when they see a teal pumpkin on your doorstep on Halloween…

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With Halloween just around the corner the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum on Tompkins Avenue is ready to get Islanders into the spirit (in more ways than one)! This Friday October 2nd and Saturday October 3rd,  two renowned ghost hunters, Brian Cano and Chris Mancuso, will be taking all who dare on a paranormal tour of the museum and it's surroundings. They'll tell tales of previous paranormal findings on the grounds and take you on an active hunt using the latest technologies in ghost-hunting. Plus, all proceeds from the event will go towards the museum and it's programs. What better way to get into the Halloween spirit?

Call (718) 442-1608 to make your reservation today! 

Tickets are $50 in advance, $60 at the door. 

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Before I tell you about the events of the weekend, let me remind you that Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend.  You should turn your clocks back an hour before you retire on Saturday night.  Your Smart Phones will automatically adjust the time.  If you don’t want to be late or miss the events on Sunday, remember to adjust your clocks.  Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t remind you to change the batteries in your smoke alarms.  My alarm started beeping a few weeks ago so I’m ready for anything! Halloween is on Friday, 10/31, and I’m ready for Trick or Treat from the neighborhood kiddies!  However, I would like to share what three dentists on Staten Island are sponsoring--a Halloween Candy Buyback.  The dentists noted below will buy back candy at $1 a…

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After the trick-or-treating is done and the sun goes down on Halloween Night, the gates to Fountain Cemetery in Port Richmond, one of Staten Island's oldest and rumored most haunted cemeteries, will be opened for a spooky walking tour.


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Ghost enthusiasts and those seeking a scare will be led by torchlight through the deepest, darkest parts of this 213-year-old cemetery. According to Staten Island/Fountain Cemetery Association President Lynn Rogers, this cemetery has been the location of many reports of spirit sightings over the years. The cemetery rests over what was once a sacred Lenape Indian burial ground, which accounts for the sight of a phantom wandering Native American man. Other recurring sightings include a woman in…

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