Another Year of Ghoulish Fun

My most favourite time of year has finally come upon us again!  Halloween is just a few days away and it is always prefaced by the Zombie Walk.  Saturday brought all the bloody undead to the streets of Toronto in all their ghoulish glory.  

As always, the enthusiasm people bring to the day brings a smile to my face.  I like to go all out for the zombie walk and appreciate others who do as well.  I usually pick an outfit that is unique enough that others won't be dressed the same but recognizable as well.  I also like to take into account that it is late October and likely to be cold and rainy.  This year I didn't have the funds to buy a whole bunch of new costume stuff so I had to make due with whatever I could find in my costume trunk.  As luck would have it an unopened fox costume happened to be there.  With the popularity of the song "What Does The Fox Say" I had the perfect idea.   

A simple sign made of felt was the only thing I had to add to the costume.  Throw on some tights and bloody up a matching turtleneck from Value Village and I was set! The hat and jacket (which I already owned in a complementary colour) kept me warm and dry.  I shambled, stumbled, groaned and shouted "BRAAAAAAAINS" with the masses.  All in all another successful zombie walk.


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Gastropost Missions

Food missions for food lovers.  That is the tagline below the heading of the two-page section of the National Post known as Gastropost.  Every Saturday finds food pictures from all over social media as mission participants visit restaurants, or cook up a storm at home, to complete the current theme.  Wednesdays bring the mission and everyone has 1 week to take pictures and post them with the hashtag Gastropost.  The best pictures are featured in the paper.  

Past missions have included such things as Slammin' Sammiches, The Value of Pie and Beer vs Wine. Some are more difficult then others, but all encourage food creativity.  The whole idea to utilize the social media frenzy of food pictures as a section of the newspaper is really inventive.  Print media is always battling with the ease of the online world.  With blogs so plentiful and most people disinclined to read anything in paper format, I imagine it can be difficult to keep people interested in buying a paper.  Put a picture they took in there and I bet they will change their mind real quick.   

I found out about all this after Gastropost left a comment on one of my Instagram pictures to contact them if I was interested in taking part.  Curious, I emailed them to see what it was.  I have now signed on for the missions. Should be fun.  Please watch out for my pictures. Hopefully they make the cut!

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