Brrrr! It's 43 degrees this morning and if you know me at all then you know that I do not like cold weather. If it's below 70 then I am miserable. Well, there's just not time to sit around wrapped in a warm blanket. There are spaces to be decorated, recipes to be found and costumes to be pulled from the crypt. I have a party to prepare for and a job to attend to but I can't help but feel like I'm being pulled....I want to go back to the islands...

It looks as if the devil has possessed one of our local foodies

Haunted Island 2007, Anna Nicole and Ghastly Gloria

Well, it's time for our 4th annual frightfest, Haunted Island 2008. It seems to get bigger and bigger every year. In the past, Casting Shadows has provided the live entertainment but they are no longer together...sigh. They will be missed but the party must go on. This year we will have an acoustic set featuring Tori MacArthur and Jonah Mayes, as well as Jonah's band playing a couple of sets. Greg, or as I like to call him, Ghoulreg Howlman will be providing his spooktacular DJ services. I'll be cooking up some devilishly delicious severed finger foods, putrid pestilent pirate pastries and of course...ghastly gruesome gut wrenching grog! This will be a costume party so there will be a contest. Trophies will be awarded for scariest, funniest and best overall. So, grab your broom, dust off your witches hat and fly on by 'cause there'll be a multitude of creatures in sight and we're all gonna party like pirates that night!