Just a few days ago we rejoiced in a well-celebrated holiday: Halloween. Scary ghouls and smiling pumpkins greet you on the streets as you make your way past houses draped in cobwebs and caution tape. We fill our bellies with candy and pumpkin seeds then pretend to be sick from school or work the next…
Our friends at the National Music Centre invite you to delve into the darkest reaches of cinematic horror! Join them in the NMC Collection Crypt for a bone-rattling and spine tingling journey into the history of music in horror films. Movies throughout the ages and their accompanying scores will be exhumed, reanimated and dissected in…
Are you one of those people, like me, who like to procrastinate and put things off till the very last possible second? Or maybe you’ve just been so busy that you haven’t really had time to think about your Halloween costume and now all of a sudden it’s only a couple of days away. Oh…
Below are listed the easy to follow steps for these Spook-tastic nails! Step 1- file your nails to the desired shape and push back your cuticles. Step 2- gather your materials. Find some recycled paper to prevent getting your surface covered in nail polish. Grab a straw, white nail polish, red nail polish, nail polish…
This week, we celebrate a fun day, October 31 – it’s Halloween & Trick-or-Treat time! It’s fun to go around and collect free candy, but what most people don’t know is that originally the celebration on October 31 was something more serious and had a greater impact than the collection of candy. So what is…
Halloween is nearly here, and what better way to follow up trick-or-treating than with a good horror film and some snacks. Today I’m going to share with you a recipe I plan to try on Halloween night. The original source for this recipe can be found here. To make these delicious cupcakes, you’ll need: A…
One of the worst parts of growing up: Halloween isn’t the same. Once you reach your teenage years, you aren’t that innocent, grinning kid skipping from door to door. To many households, you’re that creepy nuisance who adds to the candy bill. We’ve all been or at least seen those teenagers who throw on a…
As Halloween slowly creeps around the corner, it’s necessary for any Halloween aficionado to decorate for this festive and sometimes scary season. The basic quintessential Halloween decoration is the Jack o’ Lantern. This carved pumpkin, lit with the frail light of the candle, can often provide the fearful ambiance that people search for to create…
Halloween: the perfect time to go out all night and get candy. Oh wait, we live in Calgary; it will probably be raining or snowing. But have no fear! I have made a list of a few costumes that are funny, scary, unique and warm! 1. Hannah Montana: Everyone will be going as Miley Cyrus…
October can be easily romanticized into the month of orange, of fluttering leaves and pumpkins and first snowfalls. After months of lazing haze, October is when the wind realizes its duties with a sudden swiftness. Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! it echoes after the white rabbit. The prospect of winter, of…
It’s October, everyone, and you know what that means. Time again for the pumpkins and candies, for both happy kids and dentists alike. Who will you be this Halloween? Will you be out there trick-or-treating, or handing out chocolates to costumed children? Since October 31 is on a Thursday, my plans would be to kick…
I admit that snow gets boring fast (and I mean really fast), but the fascination never seems to die down when a snow globe captures the gaze of so many. The deep freeze may not seem picturesque, This creative touch of enchantment gave the urban winter a sense of vibrancy that makes it an equally…
Interesting facts about being left-handed I guess it could be called being “left” out of the loop when I say I only recently became aware of International Left-handers Day, which occurred on Aug 13. Though it’s been a few days since, I’d thought it be interesting to share some interesting facts about all the lefties…