holiday cocktails | Slim Paley

Slim Paley photo

This ghoulish fellow caught my eye as I was driving home from Ojai yesterday

I just loved his macabre farming equipment

Cape Agnes B, Dress Vivienne Westwood Gold Label

Slim Paley Photo

Happy Halloween Eve All!

I have lots of Treats and NO Tricks for you so get your pillowcases ready!

PS. OK I know my photo is just a crow, not a Raven, but I think he’s striking a rather “Ravenesque” pose so please, work with me here ;

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered – not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.’
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.’

From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

In entirety here; The Raven (1845)

Gabriella Kiss earrings

Nyasha Matonhodze

TRUE! –nervous –very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?

From “The Tell Tale Heart” also by Poe

Poor Poe…

Haider Ackermann.

(Sorry- I’ve lost the credit. But I like a person who measures in gluggs. especially when it comes to cocktails)

Remember this?

Gareth Pugh

If you bought this too and we’re going to the same event, Callsies!

Alexander McQueen

photo via Vogue

Alexander McQueen

Someone’s turning into a pumpkin…

and has the shoes to go with…

Haider Ackermann

Jessica Light Trimmings

Find the No Bake recipe on Chocolate Shavings

So easy a corpse could not bake them.

Adapted from Betty Crocker

A darkly sophisticated table setting

Alexander McQueen

McQueen

OK, I could make these!

photo Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel (2003)

Frankenstenia

Not sure what it says about me, but I could have stayed on this website for hours. My parents used to put me to bed very, very early on weekend nights so I could get up at midnight to watch all the old horror films on “Nightmare Theatre” by myself.

Strange child.

.Photo Zhang Jingna

Alexander McQueen

The Haunted Hotel Georgia Cocktail

via Lola’s LA

“This is one of our new Fall / Halloween Martinis …all are an homage to Haunted Hotels. This is my personal fav!! It is a delightful old school mix of almond, orange and nutmeg with a frothy egg white top, so it is light, yet carries those distinct Fall flavors .. yum !!” Lola

adapted from Hotel Georgia, circa 1945

Ingredients:

1 egg white

1.75oz plymouth gin

.75oz lemon juice

.5 oz orgeat syrup (we use Giffard brand)

6 drops of orange blossom water

Method:

beginning with the egg, combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
Shake the mixture briefly. (dry shake)
Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a chilled cocktail glass.
grate some nutmeg onto top of drink. Enjoy.