CEMETERY AND ORPHANAGE SCARES—IN A NEIGHBORHOOD!

My eyes are opened (or shut in fear) to the crazy, scary Halloween fun I can find… in my neighborhood! I’m not talking about crazy and scary as in that neighbor who can’t drive or even true haunted houses involving grudges of deceased residents. I’ve only read about the “homemade” haunted houses in St. Petersburg,…

WANT MORE ASIAN CULTURE

It’s not every day I step into a tourists zone and get chased down by a flying dragon. On this hot October, Pyra and Company descended upon Downtown Disney’s west area to visit Asia Trend Magazine’s annual tour through Asia without the hassles of taking horrible passport photos. The Asian Cultural Expo was already in…

CIRQUE’S ZARKANA– MAGICAL?

Here’s the things-to-do checklist for most people visiting Las Vegas: gamble; buffet; show. All these can be completed while in the airport… except watch a show. Enter Zarkana. Playing five days a week at the beautiful Aria hotel, you can tell this Cirque Du Soleil show is relatively new because of the intense banner promotions…

HOWLING AND SCREAMING

Roller coasters and Halloween? Double thrill time! In October, Florida’s theme parks celebrate Halloween by handing out candy to costumed kiddies (a la Disney World’s Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party) or trying to scare guests through sight and sound (Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights) Having been to Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream many times (and working in it…