Monday, October 31, 2016

NYC's 43rd Village Halloween Parade

New York City sure knows how to put on a grand and spectacular holiday extravaganza! 



Nothing is wilder and more over the top than the largest parade in the world, the New York City Halloween Parade! It is lauded by Festivals International as “The Best Event in the World” for October 31.



Tuesday, October 18, 2016

glamour & gore : Venice Carnival & Masquerade Ball

Venetian Carnival celebrations, scandalous nights of anonymity, balls famously rife with decadence and gluttony, lasciviousness and lust, are traditionally attributed to the decadent Venetian aristocracy of the 16th Century


Sadly their reign was rather short-lived, and after the fall of the Venetian Republic in the 18th Century, the masquerade balls migrated from the opulent ballrooms of Venice to their sleazy back streets, where their grandeur quickly turned gruesome.