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Halloween 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Cute Pets in Costume--Share Yours!

Did your pet get gussied up for Halloween?

Does your pet love Halloween? Okay, let's rephrase that. Do you love Halloween and does your pet love you so much that they'll play along? If so, and you got your critter into costume, please share your photos with us. If the gallery doesn't satisfy your hunger to see pets in costume, check out this great video from last year's Spooky Pooch Parade at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Were you there this year? 

Jade Sholty

10:22 am on Thursday, November 3, 2011

Oh my gosh, I love that sheep costume. Our Aussie (herding dog) would go nuts over that : )   more ›

Friday, October 28, 2011

Weather By Request

Halloween Forecast for the North Shore

Always had a hunch for the weather and think you can feel it in your bones? Then check your stats with the North Shore's own meteorologist.

Weekend Weather Planner for the North Shore The first half of the weekend looks nice with a good deal of sun and temps rising into the 50s. A clipper-like system will approach from the northwest on Sunday with perhaps a few showers and sprinkles. Earlier: Predicting Mother Nature's Whims Block By Block Saturday: Mostly sunny and quiet.       Low temp: 37 degrees Fahrenheit       High temp: 55 degrees Fahrenheit       Wind: Northwest at 8-13 mph, becoming southwest by 6 p.m. Sunday: Partly to mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of a few showers and sprinkles from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.       Rain Amounts: 0.03 to 0.15 inches       Low temp: 40 degrees Fahrenheit       High temp: 52 degrees Fahrenheit       Wind: Southwest at 10-18 mph, …

Monday, October 24, 2011

Show Us Your Halloween Decor

Share your photos of Halloween decorations — indoors and out — as part of Patch's photo gallery.

Do you have a creepy skeleton emerging from the grass in your front yard? A giant spider dangling from the porch? Witch decals flying across your windows? Snap a picture and share it with our readers. We're putting together a photo gallery of Halloween decorations in our Patch communities. If you're proud of yours or awed (perhaps horrified?) by your neighbors, let us all see by uploading them into the gallery. Earlier: Patch's pumpkin photo gallery

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Jennifer Fisher

1:47 pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2011

@ Renee -- wow, those pumpkins are amazing! So cool. Which town are you in? What did you paint them with? I'm inspired.   more ›

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Pumpkin Patch: Post Your Pics in Our Photo Gallery

Jack-o-lanterns, painted pumpkins, even a killer pie — share your best photos.

It is undeniably autumn, which means it's pumpkin time. Did you carve a particularly menacing jack-o-lantern this year, have a shot of your kids at a pumpkin patch or are you simply pleased with the fetching fruit you picked out at the market? Have you already put your pumpkin to good use as a delicious pie or creamy soup? Take a photo! Then share those photos with Patch in our photo gallery. (Use the photo uploader on the right or email it to your local editor.)

George Slefo

1:50 pm on Thursday, October 20, 2011

I'm not afraid to say it: I don't like pumpkin anything (food). Although I do love them as decoration around autumn.   more ›

Monday, October 17, 2011

FrightQuest Details Spooky Spots Nearby

MapQuest provides list of Halloween activities in Chicago area and all of Illinois.

Looking for some inspiration on where to get terrified this Halloween season? How about a haunted house where scenes from horror movies are re-enacted in a two-story maze? Or a tour of a haunted prison? FrightQuest, a new interactive map from MapQuest, has a list of Halloween activities in both the Chicago-area (incuding the two spooky options above), and state-by-state maps that include one for Illinois. For those who prefer their Halloween fun on the less scary side, there are also pumpkin carvings and parades. There are three destinations listed per area, so there's plenty they missed, such as Morton Grove's new Fear City. Let us know where you go to get your scary fix this time of year.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

VIDEO: Fear City Brings Hauntertainment to Morton Grove

Chicagoland's newest haunted house provides 40,000-square-feet of thrills, laughs, and scares

Morton Grove is the host to Chicagoland's newest and largest haunted house, and so far, it's getting rave reviews. "It was a great haunted house," said one patron as she exited on opening weekend.  "Probably the best I've ever been to." Fear City has been in the works for the last 18 months, but it wasn't until the beginning of September that the crew moved into their empty warehouse on Austin Avenue to begin putting everything together for opening night on Oct. 1. Earlier: Get Your Halloween Frights Early at Fear City "It's pretty incredible to go from construction in a shop down on the west side of Chicago to 40,000 square feet of hauntertainment," said Dennis Grimes, Fear City's Director of Acting.  "You can't make that happen without a…

barry

11:05 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Ohhh....And all low me to be the one to say what all of us are thinking: Karen... You are an idiot. I cut and fried. I at best you are just plain bitter. I I cannot begin to guess as to what happened to you to make you this way, but please go back on your meds.   more ›

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