Haunted House Bus Trip to Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare 10.30

October 17, 2014Leave a comment

Lottie’s

Lottie’s and The Pony Host Haunted House Bus Trip to Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare
Thursday, October 30
$40 per person

Lottie’s Pub:
1925 W Cortland
Chicago, IL 60622
773.489.0738
www.lottiespub.com

Pioneer Tavern Group will host a Haunted House Bus Trip to Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare on Thursday, October 30. A bus will leave from both Lottie’s in Bucktown and The Pony in Lakeview, and the event will begin with registration at both locations (full schedule by location below).

A $40 per person package includes transportation to Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare on a coach bus, refreshments to and from, and haunted house admission.

Purchase bus tickets online at http://www.lottiespub.com or www.theponychicago.com.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
The Pony
Registration: 5:30 p.m.
Bus leaves at 7 p.m.

Lottie’s Pub
Registration: 6 p.m.
Bus leaves at 7:30 p.m

How-To: Melted Crayon Pumpkin

September 25, 2014Leave a comment

Crayon Melted Pumpkin (credit: Robin Wulf – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

What you need:

– large white pumpkin (real or faux)

– Tacky Glue

– 16-20 crayons

– Hair dryer

– Surface cover or trash bags

Prep: Remove all the labels from your crayons. Break them in half.

Set up your work area with newspaper or trash bags. If possible to do outside. it’s recommended.

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How-To (Hair Dryer):

Crayon Melted Pumpkin (credit: Robin Wulf – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

1. Glue your crayons in place with the tacky glue or glue gun. Glue is needed to grab the curved surface. Use wherever needed to hold the crayon in place.

2. Place your crayons around the pumpkin. You can either choose to do this all at the same time, then wait to heat or heat as you go. This depends on if you want to see the look as you go, or you know the desired outcome of colors and combinations.

3. Apply heat on high using a hair dryer. The wax tends to splatter, the higher the temperature. If you’re getting too much splatter, lower the heat. It takes a little under a minute for each of the crayons to melt and drip.

How-To (Candle) – Credit Robin Wulf:

1. Unwrap wrappers of crayons
2. Place newspaper under pumpkin
3. Light a small to medium size candle (for these I used long skinny tapers from IKEA)
4. Tilt your lit candle to the side in one hand and end of crayon directly to the flame in the other over top of pumpkin. (for a more kid friendly version use a hair dryer method above instead of candle)
5. Rotate crayon all around pumpkin as you watch it mix with the candle and crayon wax over top onto the sides of pumpkin, keep moving pumpkin around to drip crayon wax to all the area you want covered
6. Repeat with each color can keep reusing each color to add more color to pumpkin.

Have fun trying different color combinations, plastic spiders, goggly eyes, glitter and more!

Day of the Dead Specials at Taco Joint 11.1-11.2

October 18, 2013Leave a comment

Taco Joint

Doughnuts de los Muertos, Turkey Leg Taco and Mezcal Cocktail

Friday, November 1 – Saturday, November 2

In celebration of the upcoming Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, Taco Joint Urban Taqueria and Cantina in Lincoln Park and River North will offer “Dia de los Muertos” menu specials. Available onNovember 1 and November 2, the specials include a Oaxacan-inspired Turkey Leg Taco, “Lil’ Blood” Mezcal Cocktail and “Doughnuts de los Muertos,” created in collaboration with Chicago’s Glazed & Infused (doughnuts will be available at Taco Joint’s Lincoln Park location only). The complete Dia de los Muertos menu specials are outlined below.

Day of the Dead Specials at Taco Joint

November 1-2

Turkey Leg Carnitas Taco $3.50
Black Oaxacan mole, crispy sweet potato strings

“Lil’ Blood” Mezcal Cocktail $9

Tawny Port, El Buho Mezcal, Agave Loco Tequila, orange, ruby red grapefruit, citrus bitters, salt rim

Doughnuts de los Muertos* $3
Dark chocolate doughnut with Mexican chocolate custard, ancho chile glaze and traditional calavera decorations *available only at Taco Joint Lincoln Park

Taco Joint Lincoln Park
1969 N. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60614
312-951-2457
TacoJoint.com

Taco Joint River North
158 W. Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60654
312-337-8226
TacoJoint.com
At first glance, the Mexican custom of Dia de los Muertos–or the Day of the Dead, may seem a lot like Halloween. This popular and fascinating holiday is a time when people who have died are celebrated, remembered, and prayed for by friends and relatives. These celebrations are a festive occasion, taking place on November 1st and 2nd–coinciding and often intermixing with the Catholic tradition of All Saint’s Day. Many believe it is during this time that the souls of the departed return to visit their living relatives to eat, drink, and be merry–as if they were still living. Traditionally, families and friends gather around an ofrenda, or altar, dedicated to the deceased. These altars are elaborately decorated with sugar skulls, candles, and a display of the deceased’s favorite foods and drinks. In some parts of Mexico, families gather at grave sites to build their altars at headstones and celebrate the lives that once were. It is common to find mariachi bands performing the favorite songs of the departed in these cemeteries, as well as a variety of street vendors selling food, candles, and trinkets to the families for their outdoor ofrendas. Although the traditions and customs may vary by family or region, one fact remains: Dia de los Muertos is a time for love, remembrance, and family that will continue on for generations to come.

Untitled, Bacardi, and Peroni Present “An Unbridled Halloween” 10.31

October 18, 2013Leave a comment

Halloween soiree like no other with performances that will amaze, amuse and astonish the senses

On Halloween night, once the sun has set and the jack-o-lanterns are lit, pin-up girls and pumpkins alike will go underground for a night full of tricks and treats. Untitled takes Unbridled, its weekly party featuring the freakiest, most titillating variete, to a whole new level to create the craziest Halloween event the city has to offer. Look to every corner of Untitled’s dimly lit rooms and mysterious pathways to find mesmerizing acts of ghoulish proportions, fascinating freakishness, and seductive circumstances.

For this special night, Unbridled welcomes the Dead Man’s Carnival, an outrageous vaudevillian, circus & burlesque troupe from Milwaukee, to join in the night’s tantalizing proceedings. Together with Unbridled’s bizarre cast of characters such asLady Jack, Ammunition, Solare, to name a few, one can expect over 20 performers creating an atmosphere of intrigue, sex, mystery, and fantasy that will engulf every room of Untitled. Guests may engage and interact with this eerie spectacle while sipping drink specials from sponsors Bacardi and Peroni, along with a variety of delicious complimentary passed appetizers.

Costumes for the night are not only encouraged, but expected. Join Untitled for an ‘Unbridled Halloween’ Thursday, October 31, 2013. Doors open at 8:00PM and will continue into the early hours of the morning. Pre-sale tickets are available now for $15 through http://unbridledhalloween.eventbrite.com/. Drink specials provided by Bacardi and Peroni will be available.

Untitled
111 West Kinzie Street
Chicago, IL 60654
312-880-1501
http://www.untitled-chicago.com
@UntitledChicago