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Spend Halloween at The Surrey Hotel in New York

The gracious lobby of The Surrey Hotel, the boutique hotel in New York City.

This Halloween, travelers visiting New York City don't have to miss out on all the fun events surrounding the spooky holiday.

Families staying at The Surrey Hotel, the gorgeous boutique hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, on Halloween will get to experience all the usual tricks and treats, with fun and festive offerings for both children and parents alike.

Upon checking in to The Surrey, guests will be greeted with a decadent treat of gourmet salted caramels. As the children get ready for a night of spooks and sweets, Moms are invited to escape to The Spa at The Surrey, the luxurious day spa (see video below), where they will receive a special Halloween offer of 20% off any 60-minute spa treatment. Feeling relaxed and refreshed, they will be ready to join their children for some good old-fashioned trick-or-treating, beginning in the hotel's lobby, where The Surrey's Bellmen and Front Desk staff will be giving out an array of delicious treats to guests and local trick-or-treaters throughout the evening. Pets are invited to join in on the fun too, where they can nosh on special doggie treats and mingle with Bentley, the hotel's adorably irresistible Havanese puppy.

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Ultimate Halloween Costume: Be The King for a Day

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Filed under: Apparel

Looking for the ultimate Halloween costume? If you've got the attitude to pull it off Elvis Presley is always a good choice and few costumes do it up as glamorously as this one. Although not officially an Elvis outfit (it's named simply "King Rock Star" on the website) its inspiration is clear. Fully lined in red silk, this white jumpsuit features detailed bead work in red, white and gold as well as an enormous eagle flying on the back and two smaller ones perched on each arm. It also has golden chain details on each hip and side-slit flare legs. Just add pompadour and swagger. $1600

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Artya Halloween Spider Watch

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Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

Aiming to shock and be provacative, artful Swiss watch maker of (only) unique timepieces has made a few watches for Halloween. A few of them contain actual spiders in the dials. Not living spiders, but eerie enough. The typical look of Artya's "tortured" watch cases add to the fearfulness of these watches. Artya prefers "defacing" its cases with electro shocks. You can see the large spider body on the dial. The brand chose thin hands for the dial that are reminiscent of arachnid legs. The decomposing organic look of the watch adds to the holiday creepiness factor. Plus, the strap is made from toad skin. Case is steel (about 45mm wide I think), and inside is a Swiss automatic movement.

In addition to this Halloween Spider watch, the brand also has a few other piece uniques for the Halloween holiday includes some with dials featuring scary skulls, and screaming faces. Priced at 3,900 Swiss Francs.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Look like Lady Gaga with a Mask by Kiki de Montparnasse

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Lady Gaga knows a good mask when she sees one. On the packaging for her "Poker Face; Remixes" album, Lady Gaga is seen wearing a Kiki de Montparnasse original.

The masks are handcrafted in Venice Italy exclusively for Kiki de Montparnasse, a high-end designer of intimate apparel and accessories with flagship boutiques in Los Angeles and New York.

The masks are the perfect accessory to wear to spark ones imagination. The mask are formed in all various shapes to suit all different moods. Wearing one of these masks to an elegant Halloween party would certainly create a statement.

Traditionally, masks have been worn in Venice during the annual celebration of Carnival. They have also been used for the purpose of concealing a person's true identity, and not so that you could egg the neighbor's house or trick-or-treat for candy. Historically, masks were used by members of Venetian society enabling them to step outside the confines of their accepted roles, whether to perpetrate an illicit act, such as gambling, or something more personal like a clandestine romantic encounter.

Kiki de Montparnasse masks are made in the time-honored manner by the same craftsmen who created the pieces for Stanley Kubrick's film, "Eyes Wide Shut" . The collection offers an exquisite range of masks, including classic demi-masks, full face styles with a modern elegance, simple lines and bold metallic finishes. There are also masks fringed in silk or topped with feathers and animal masks including butterflies, kittens and unicorns. The masks are finished with either a lustrous silk ribbon or a hand-carved wooden handle for classic masquerade appeal.

If you don't have a party to attend these masks can be worn to inspire an elegant romantic fantasy in the privacy of your own boudoir. Prices range from $175 to $550. Meow!

Gallery: More from Kiki de Montparnasse

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Paranormal Activity - The Ouija Board

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Filed under: Decor, Gadgets, Art

If you haven't seen "Paranormal Activity" yet, beware -- SPOILERS AHEAD.

In the film, the psychic tells Micah emphatically not to get a ouija board and try to talk to the demon tormenting his girlfriend Katie. Nevertheless, Katie comes down to their living room one day to find what she describes as something like the most beautiful ouija board she's ever seen. "I did not buy a ouija board," Micah says pathetically in his defense, "I borrowed a ouija board."

Most of us know ouija boards from our younger days. There's an innocent age when we're not sure what is entertainment and what is true -- dragons, princesses, witches, ghosts, magic, ouija boards; all of it falls into this strange, partly-fairytale partly-true reality, and because of that, it's all up for grabs. We'd play with the ouija board at sleepovers, freak out friends with stories of conversations with ghosts and pass along hearsay that people heard screaming when they burned their boards. Some of us believed the ouija boards were really a way to talk to ghosts, and some of us didn't, but the possibility that they could be a gateway to another dimension had us all fascinated, as well as good and scared.

I still don't know, of course, whether the ouija board is a subtle mind trick (ideomotor action) or moved by outside forces, but I know I don't care to touch one, with all the grown-up scary stories I've heard. I also remember a few times as a kid when things seemed a little too real ... no thank you. Still, I am attracted by their mystique, their arcane symbolism. There's a little goth kid inside me who thought that ouija board Micah brought home was pretty darn beautiful, too.

In the interest of that, let's have a look at some of the more fabulous ouija boards out there. There are excellent antique boards on display at The Museum of Talking Boards and Witchboards.net, you can buy gorgeous boards or have one custom made at DragonOak.com, and I found some pretty enchanting ones available for sale on eBay; see the gallery. Halloween's just around the corner if you're feeling spiritually curious (and brave). I've yet to see the release of the official "Paranormal Activity" board, but it can't be far off. Would you buy it?

Gallery: Beautiful Ouija Boards

Jeux des Spiriteux Spirit Ouija Board Maxine Miller

Tree Of Life Pentacle Glass Top Ouija Board

Hellboy Limited Edition Talking Board Ouija

1940s SPHINX SPEAKS Ouija Talking Board for HALLOWEEN

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Something Spooky To Smoke For Halloween

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Filed under: Cigars

Need something spooky to smoke for your Halloween party? Then you may want to visit one of the "unlucky" 13 retailers chosen to stock this year's Tatuaje Monster cigar. Tatuaje's 2008 monster, known as the Frank in reference to Frankenstein, is a 7 5/8 inch by 49 ring cigar which is box pressed giving it a square appearance just like poor old Frankenstein's head. The wrapper looks sewn together and the cigar band is a Frankenstein-skin green. The Frank comes in a coffin-shaped box of 13 and sells for $13 per stick.How many boxes are available? Why, 666 of course.

[via Cigar Aficionado]

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Black Lace Eyes from Tokyo Lash Bar 2008

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Shu Uemura has paired up with fashion designers Victor & Rolf to create what can only be described as an outrageously fun collection of false eyelashes that's part of their Tokyo Lash Bar 2008. The Victor & Rolf "Couture Collection" consists of three pairs of lashes called Swirl Couture, Wing Couture, and Rhombus Couture that sell for $95 a pair, and other lashes in this year's group are even more fun and sell for slightly less -- like these black lace lashes and velvet feather lashes for $50 each.

Give you any Halloween ideas? The lashes just might enough costume all on their own.

Via bloomacious

Gallery: Shu Uemura Designer Fantasy Lashes

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A Spooky Necklace from Franka Lane

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Franka Lane, a Los Angeles jeweler, has put this $19,500 Halloween pendant on eBay for the bargain BuyItNow price of $12,000.

Someone had fun making this. The custom pendant is 14k white gold with a diamond pavé casket. The casket is a locket, and inside is a 14k white gold naked lady. Shouldn't it be a vampire? That's mildly confusing.

The white gold lady will not suck your blood, just your bank account. The chain is sold separately.

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Iridesse Spider Web Brooch

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If you are not into dressing up for Halloween, but still want show your Halloween spirit, why not try the Iridesse Spider Web Brooch as an alternative. Made of 18kt gold and elegantly accented with cultured freshwaer pearl and a single diamond, celebrate Halloween in style. Who knew a spider web could look so good? It's even sophisticated enough to wear throughout the year. Price: $925.

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Douglas Little Skull Chocolates

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Filed under: Dining

We've mentioned the curious goods offered by Douglas Little before, his latest venture takes him into the world of the edible but he has not left his love of skulls behind. He has worked with confectioner valerie gordon to create the mori ex cacao (death by chocolate) collection. The delicately delicious skulls are done in bittersweet chocolate and filled with either scorched caramel, bitter brandied cherry or chili and chocolate and then painted with colored cocoa butter. A set of three, one of each flavor, sells for $90.

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Sad Ghost Salt and Pepper Shakers

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Ghosts are supposed to be scary, especially this time of year, but these little salt and pepper shakers are anything but. Designer Marcel Dzama must have had some reason in mind as far as why these little guys are crying, and although I think they're super cute I would probably not have them in my own home because it would bug me that they're upset all the time (silly, I know!).

The Sad Ghost Salt and Pepper Shakers are porcelain, measure 3" high, and go for $75.

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Mummy Chair

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The Mummy Chair! It sounds a little scary but it isn't really -- it actually looks quite comfy. Nothing like taking the hard edges off what looks to be a fairly standard dining chair. Designed by Peter Tragg in 2005, it's created by covering a beech-wood chair and polyurethane foam with polyester ribbon. There are 5 different "Mummies" in the collection and aside from the black and gray they all have a decidedly whimsical feel because of the bright colors. Made in Italy, $1010.

Gallery: Other Mummies

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Louis Vuitton Jack & Lucie Keyring

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Most designers don't go out of their way to put out something specifically for Halloween. Even though it is the third-most expensive holiday in terms of the money that is spent specifically on holiday items, a good deal of that money goes towards kids stuff and costumes, not other accessories. Louis Vuitton bucked the trend with a very cute keychain this year. The Jack & Lucie Keyring was a limited edition (rumored to be sold out by now) accessory offered just for Halloween. It features two lacquered heads - one of a Jack o' Lantern and one of a skull, named after the oldest human fossil, Lucie - with Swarovski crystal smiles. The back of each has the LV signature logo.

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Teucher Halloween Truffles

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Filed under: Dining

Although they look like small dolls or children's toys, these little Halloween characters are actually fancifully decorated chocolate truffles from teucher chocolates. The truffles are available either in champagne or "assorted" flavors, though the latter choice seems a little strange because the chocolates are sold individually. You can buy one to treat yourself, but they would make even better treats for adults at a Halloween party, since their packaging makes them seem fun, while the high-quality chocolate truffles will make even a chocolate connoisseur's mouth water. Price: $10 each.

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Harvest Pumpkin Cheesecake

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You can buy all the pumpkin-shaped pans that you want and spend all day in the kitchen, but the odds are good that no matter how much time you put into it, you will have difficulty getting a cake to come out as perfectly as the this Harvest Pumpkin Cheesecake. We know we would, which is probably why we like this one so much. The 3-pound, handmade cake is entirely edible, including the realistically twisted stem. The cheesecake beneath the white-chocolate "skin" is swirled with an addictive pumpkin hazelnut toffee crunch and has a crispy cookie crust. With some judicious cutting, you'll probably get about 10 servings from this cake, making it a good choice for Thanksgiving, as well as for Halloween. Price: $100.