B&W Halloween

Images by Dallis Willard.

Gallows Hill Spirits

We traveled to Allentown, PA to a distillery with an interesting story.  Bob Piano, the owner of Gallows Hill Spirits, traced his lineage back ten generations and learned that his 8-times great-grandfather Samuel Wardwell was tried and executed during the Salem witch trials in 1692.  His distillery embraces this fact the same way the town of Salem, Massachusetts does - with a desire to educate the public while having some fun with the iconography.  The tasting room is part museum and part tavern.  The back wall behind the counter is a replica of the facade of Salem's "Witch House."  On the walls there are tributes to the 20 people executed during the trials.  Bats and witch hats abound.

The best part is that a full catalog tasting revealed that every one of their spirits were high-end products with extremely unique flavors.  We were really impressed, and the staff and owner made us feel incredibly welcome.  Would love to revisit closer to Halloween.  

Below are some photos and our take-home bounty (a limoncello and an amazing cinnamon liqueur that will go perfectly in spiced cider)...

Click here for their site.

Fire Goooood

Broke in our new Halloween fire pit last night after work.  

The maiden voyage was a blissful success... and seeing glowing bats and a jacko face smiling fire wasn't too shabby either.

Canyon Trail Cemetery

Tons of images here.

R.I.P.

Image by jenny markley.

Anthropologie

Since we're talking overpriced Halloween decorations...

Oddly, Anthropologie doesn't have their Halloween items tagged with "Halloween," so you have to do searches for things like "bat," "spooky," or "skull."  

Click here for more.

Unhallowed Ground

Images by Morganthorn.

BATS

A really neat name for a very cool thrift shop:  BATS.  Got quite a few scarecrow jackets for cheap at this place over the years.  We took a trip to snap some photos after learning it will soon be torn down and relocated to accommodate the building of a new school.

Thankfully, the new location will be using some of the old wall/floor boards and beams, so hopefully it still has the feeling of walking through an old barn filled with fake bats.

3 AM

Here's to those nights where you'd wake up at three in the morning a few nights in a row and worry it might have something to do with the Devil...

Work by the great Austin Pardun.