How will you celebrate? A USA Today survey reveals how many of us plan to enjoy the holiday: 51% will decorate 24% will have or attend a party 18% will wear a costume 7% plan to diet (for real???) Whatever you do…have a frightfully fun time!
Halloween
Did you know that October 30 is National Candy Corn Day? More than 35 million pounds or 9 billion pieces are made each year! Fun facts: One piece has 3 calories. Candy corn is fat free. This candy has been around since 1880. There is no corn in candy corn, only corn syrup. Target stores [...]
What’s Halloween without decorated pumpkins? But you’d like to do something different this year… Something that doesn’t involve extensive carving and gutting of a pumpkin? Here are five suggestions: 1. The easiest approach is to load up on pumpkins. Place lots of different sizes, shapes, styles, and colors of pumpkins and gourds on your [...]
If you’re looking for some ghoulish activities, here are a few unusual suggestions: The 19th Annual Ghost Tours of Beaufort (SC). Choose between a creepy carriage ride or ghost walk. Dates: 10/14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, and 30. www.capabeaufort.org/events/ghost-tours Haunted Harbor Ghost Tour is Charleston’s (SC) only ghost tour by boat. 843-849-8687. [...]
For folks in central North Carolina, the North Carolina Shakesphere Festival is having a huge costume sale just in time for Halloween. It will be held on Saturday, October 8 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. The costumes are priced from $1 – $80. These are professionally sewn, ornate costumes that are a bargain at [...]
THE CONTEST: In honor of the newly revised THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEAP TRAVEL: SAVE UP TO 90% ON LODGING, FLIGHTS, TOURS, CRUISES, AND MORE! this week’s contest was a travel theme.It is officially over now. THE WINNER: Alas, no one said the magic word. I have decided not to say what that was because I [...]
I’m so excited! Fall is finally here. This is the first of many announcements I’ll be sharing about things to do in and around the Carolinas throughout the fall. Don’t forget. I’m celebrating my new books with The Great Book Giveaway. The first contest ends on 9/16. The next contest begins on 9/19. It’s easy [...]
In just a few weeks, it will be October. Yeah! This is my favorite time of the year (tied with Christmas). I’ll have lots of ghostly news to share on Halloween activities, fall festivals, creepy places for brave ghost hunters to investigate, and much more. Plus, I’ll have news about my latest ghost book!
