Halloween Fun on Fri Oct 28

No, I did not think of the idea to decorate this pumpkin; I got it off Halloween magazine's web site courtesy of squidoo.com in an article about 15 things you can do with your pumpkin. But if you come to Final Friday at the Pendleton Art Center this month, you'll get the treat of seeing Marsh's second annual "Pimp That Pumpkin" exhibit as a bonus. Last year, there were several dozen decorated pumpkins: all really creative! I did one with the Chilean miners who were rescued by putting little chili peppers in a glass tube inside a pumpkin painted black.

You can vote for your favorites by putting money in to benefit ArtsWave and a People's Choice is named before the evening ends. If you want to learn more, or are interested in decorating a pumpkin to enter into the contest, see www.facebook.com/marshinc.

If you do come downtown on Final Friday, there is also the Haunted Cincinnati tour. For more details, check out http://www.queencityishaunted.com/.

And, of course, one of my favorite organized walks is the annual "Run Like Hell," where walkers and runners dress in Halloween costumes and are routed through an old cemetery in East Walnut Hills, where "Freddy" and other ghouls jump out behind trees and scare you. The party afterwards with live music, great food (goetta burgers) and costume prizes is in the parking lot of the old F&W publications building near Xavier's campus. See http://cincyrunlikehell.com/ for more info.

I'll be at Final Friday but may stop by the Run Like Hell party afterwards to see the costumes, dance and have a goetta burger and a beer on my way home. Will have to hit "Haunted Cincinnati" another time but you can now purchase my work at Cincy Haus, where these tours begin and end. It's right across the street from Lavomatic Cafe, a restaurant decorated with many of my Happy Cincinnati originals.

Happy Halloween!