Friday Fright Nightcaps – Blue Ghost Margarita

Happy Friday! Tonight’s Friday Fright Nightcap is a Blue Ghost Margarita.

I love the taste of Blue Curacao and I’m disraught over the demolishment of the people’s house. That’s our White House goddamit! It doesn’t belong to stupid conmen! Haunted. Haunted. Haunted. That is how I describe our great nation as it descends into authoritatian chaos, so yes, this is a fitting cocktail to end the week.

Ingredients

2 oz blanco tequila
1 oz blue curaçao liqueur
1 oz fresh lime juice
½ oz simple syrup
½ oz Grenadine syrup (opt)
ice to chill (opt)

Garnish/Rim:
Course Salt
Lime wedge

Pour ingredients into a glass and mix well.

This is a sweet margarita, so I recommend using course salt to rim the glass as opposed to sugar. Also, using Grenadine is optional. It doesn’t make that much difference.

Whether or not you like your margaritas chilled is also very much a preference. You’ll notice the little pumpkin ice in my pics. I live in SoCal, it’s always hot. We like chilled drinks, but to each their own.

Sorry for venting earlier, obviously I need another drink. Big party weekend. Please don’t drink and drive. Be safe out there.

Happy Halloween!

Wicked Art Wednesdays 2025 – Roman Dirge

Today’s Wicked Art Wednesday artist is goth legend Roman Dirge. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to pay a tribute to the amazing creator of comic book series Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl and his own unique creepy gothic cute style.

Artist: Roman Dirge

Where to Purchase Goods:

US- https://tinyurl.com/USA-orders

Lenore reboot The Time War, variant issue #1 from January 2025

Why we love it: Magician turned goth artist and comic book creator who never gave up on his dreams on being an artist… we all should admire anyone who pursues their passions and creates a lane for themselves.

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/taxidermied/?hl=en

Happy Halloween! Be safe out there!

Friday Fright Nightcaps – Haunted Lagoon

Happy Friday! Tonight’s Friday Fright Nightcaps is a Haunted Lagoon. It’s like a Blue Lagoon but it’s missing the lemonade. Perfect drink when you have the blues.

Ingredients:
1 oz. Blue Curacao
1.5 oz. vodka
1 oz. cranberry juice
.5 oz. grenadine syrup
.5 oz. sparkling water (opt for fizzy)

Mix ingredients well. Garnish with Maraschino cherries or fresh fruit. Serve chilled.

This electric blue cocktail is a super cool drink for parties, and it’s highly adaptable, only as sweet as you make it. You could even add the lemonade back in. It might turn a little less blue, but still really yummy!

Happy Halloween!

Wicked Art Wednesdays 2025 – Drew Struzan

For today’s Wicked Art Wednesday, I join the chorus of mourning millions with a tribute to the legendary movie poster king Drew Struzan, who passed away on Oct. 13 2025. We’ve all grown up seeing this man’s breathtaking iconic artwork in our local theaters, advertising what would soon become our favorite movies. There will never be another.

Artist: Drew Struzan
Company/Studio: http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index.html

Where to Purchase Goods: https://filmartgallery.com/collections/drew-struzan-movie-posters?page=12

Why we love it:

RIP Drew Struzan. Thank you for sharing your talents and artistry with us. You will always be remembered.

Trick or Treat Tuesday?

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Friday Fright Nightcaps – Spooky Cosmo

Happy Friday! Tonight’s Friday Fright Nightcaps is the Spooky Cosmo. It’s a Cosmopolitan, but spooky, cuz I said so.🤣

Ingredients:
3 oz. cranberry juice
2 oz. vodka
1 oz. Cointreau
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz grenadine
1-2 drops of red food coloring

Garnish: Fresh fruit, hibiscus flower, orange rind, tiny umbrellas

Pour ingredients in a glass and mix well. Garnish with fresh fruit or flowers (hibiscus 🌺 would be nice)

Can be served chilled or unchilled.

Cosmos sneak up on you. They taste mild, but remember, vodka! Please don’t drink and drive.

I drank a little too much off the top *hiccup*

Stay safe out there!

Wicked Art Wednesdays 2025 – James Crouch

From rock stars to sports icons, custom jobs to landscapes, and Hollywood Murals to Disneyland Halls, chances are if you live in the USA, you’ve probably already seen SoCal artist James Crouch’s vibrant stunning art murals somewhere in person.

Disney’s Haunted Mansion Bride by James Crouch

Artist: James Crouch
Company/Studio: https://croucharts.com/

Where to Purchase Goods: https://croucharts.com/collections/vintage-monsters

Headless Horseman by James Crouch from Vintage Monsters Collection

Why we love it:

James Crouch is an Imagineer working with Walt Disney Company for over 30 years. Some of us just grew up seeing this guy’s iconic work our whole lives.

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/crouch_arts/

Haunted Organist by James Crouch from Vintage Monsters Collection

Trick or Treat Tuesdays – Haunted Trivia Game

Happy Trick or Treat Tuesday! Be the first person to answer all five questions correctly in the Comments Section and win some spooky stickers as a treat!

What 1959 novel made The Atlantic’s Greatest American Novels top 100 list?

Horror icon Vincent Price deliberately turned in a campy over-the-top performance in which fun spooky film?

Celebrities share their real life encounters with the paranormal in which Apple TV series?

Paranormal investigative couple Ed and Lorraine Warren were heavily involved in the real life haunted funeral parlor case that inspired which “Haunting of” movie?

Haunted is the fifth track on the debut album for which 90s rock band?

Rules: First person to answer ALL five questions correctly in the Comment Section of this WordPress post, will win some spooky stickers.

Friday Fright Nightcaps – Ghastly Spritzer

Happy Friday! It’s the return of Friday Fright Nightcaps! In honor of this month’s theme Haunted Halloween, I present the Ghastly Spritzer. Who doesn’t love a nice smooth fizzy cocktail!

Ingredients:
1 oz. Malibu coconut rum
2 oz. vodka
1.5 oz. pineapple juice
3 oz. sparkling water
ice

This drink wildly interchangeable. Too weak, add more vodka. Too strong, add more pineapple juice. Too sweet, add more sparkling water, I used a flavored La Croix but honestly the Malibu drowned out the flavor in sparkling water.

Also, I missed Random Acts of Poetry Day on October 1st, so I’m sliding in a suggestion to check out this great book from Everyman’s Library and edited by John Hollander entitled “Poems Bewitched and Haunted” a collection of classic spooky poems and short stories.

Gothic scares from literary greats like Dickinson, Goethe, Horace, and Poe. Must read for Halloween!