Vero Beach Halloween Costume Parade

On October 25th, The City of Vero Beach Recreation Department will present its 50th Annual Halloween Parade and Costume Contest.

The parade begins at 10 am and everyone is encouraged to dress up. Goodie bags and prizes for the best costumes will be awarded and entry is free.

For more information visit www.covb.org or check out last year's parade:



Get the winning costume from Annie's Costumes!

Throw Your Own Luau!

How to host a Hawaiian party, wherever you are

No matter where you live in the world, it's possible to stage your own authentic lu‘au for an afternoon or evening party, or to celebrate important milestones just as we do in Hawai'i: graduations, birthdays and weddings.


Follow our guide to hosting a lu'au to make your event a success!


Begin with the food

The best part of a lu'au is, frankly, the food and drink. For drink, serve whatever you like, but your lu'au menu is another matter. Depending on your palate you can serve your guests traditional lu‘au fare — such as kalua pork, chicken long rice and haupia — or offer more mainstream choices.

Explore these menu ideas:

• Traditional buffet

If you're truly adventurous, you can cook the traditional Hawaiian way by building your own imu oven and whipping up a delectable batch of kalua pork right in your backyard. If that doesn't work up an appetite, some traditional Hawaiian games certainly will.



Details, details, details
Lu‘au are best held outdoors, weather permitting. Decorate with tiki torches (they're inexpensive, drive away mosquitoes, and are available at most garden and hardware stores), flowers, more flowers, and as many green plants as possible. Borrow or rent foliage if you don't have it on hand.


Lu‘au dress is casual! Recommend to your guests the following attire: For men and boys, aloha shirts and khaki shorts or pants. For women and girls, aloha-print sundress or long wrap-around skirt with tank top or light, short-sleeved blouse. Feet should be bare or wearing what we in Hawai‘i call "slippers" (often called "flip flops" or "thongs" elsewhere in the world). No socks, nylons, dress shirts or ties allowed.

Greet each guest with a lei, hug, and a kiss on the cheek.


Lu‘au food is served buffet-style. All dishes go on the buffet table at the same time, guests line up and "grind," as we say in the Islands — sometimes for hours!

Like many other things in Hawai'i, lu‘au are casual. Kick off your shoes, serve the food on paper plates, and enjoy the company of good friends.

Find all your costumes, decorations and more for your luau at http://www.luaucostumes.com/

Just Announced: Most Popular Halloween Costumes for 2007!

ExtremeHalloween.com's
Top 10 Halloween Costumes for Kids

Lady Bug - Adorable Infant Size 12 - 24 months

Dronkey - Shrek the 3rd (baby of Donkey & Dragon)

Dorothy - Classic Girl's Costume from the Wizard of Oz

Hip Punk Pirate - She's hip, she's punk & she's a pirate!

Disney's Cinderella - don't forget the glass slippers

Fairy Witch - cast a spell on all the boys

Spiderman Black Suit - friendly neighborhood Spiderman?

Captain Jack Sparrow - charismatic & charming even when he's up to no good!

Anakin Skywalker - use the force, get candy

Optimus Prime - More Than Meets the Eye

Catherine Zuber Wins Tony for Best Costumes

Congrats to Ms. Catherine Zuber who took home the Tony Award for her beautiful costume designs on The Coast of Utopia. The Coast of Utopia, a play currently running at The Lincoln Center Theater in NY, was written by Tom Stoppard and nominated for 10 Tony Awards. The popular play was awarded 7 Tony awards on Sunday night, including the Tony Award for costume design.
The Coast of Utopia is actually a trilogy which features 44 actors playing 70 roles, covering three decades of Russian life and history. In the mid-19th century as revolution swept across Europe, a group of Russian intellectuals, journalists, critics, philosophers, poets, and their friends tried to topple the Tsar. Stoppard’s epic follows these men and women over 30 years, as their intertwined lives, passions and dreams drive them in pursuit of perfection. (more)And in related entertainment news, articles and blogs is all the buzz about the Soprano's Series Finale and how Tony Soprano "whacked" the Tony Awards. The two shows competed for viewers in the same time slot Sunday night and while final ratings won't be available until Tuesday, it looks like the Tony Awards fell to the lowest ratings until at least 1992. I seriously doubt an HBO show has ever beat a network in ratings - wow that says a lot for the Soprano's Series and its effect on pop culture. Well, it can be said that the two shows each had an ending that affected many people the same way - some were very happy with the ending and some were very upset.