Halloween Dinner Party

Dark Tiki Party

THE GOTHEST BLANKET IN THE WORLD.

Didn't know blankets could be goth? Allow us to introduce you to the Zuni, by Pendleton Woolen Mills. Pendleton has been making these for decades, perhaps for more than a century, but for most of that time, you couldn't have one. They weren't available in their stores, or through their catalogs, or through their website. They were made for and sold directly to the Zuni nation in the southwestern United States, and they were burial robes. You can see how, from a non-Zuni collector's standpoint, they'd be very rare.

They are now available to the general public, probably after the 2002 publication of Barry Freidman's Chasing Rainbows: Collecting American Indian Trade Blankets, which tells the story of the Zuni. Even so, they are still incredibly rare: a quick call to Pendelton reveals exactly ONE available for purchase. (It's $98.00 and in Scottsdale, AZ, in case anyone is interested. (480) 874-2655)

A new Halloween issue!

At last, a new Halloween special issue! After last year's re-issue or re-treads, this one is almost all new material. As  the cover indicates, there's a fairy-tale costume spread and food layout, but in addition to that, Ms. Stewart (and her crack team), bucking all trends, have a spread on all things French. You remember the French, don't you? There was this one vampire...



Ms. Stewart's Halloween issues have done more, in our humble opinion, to raise Halloween from the mire of cute and country in which it has wallowed, than any other publications. Some may call her a witch, but if it gets us more Halloween issues, we're just fine with that.

Once again, Pottery Barn nails it.

Ah, Pottery Barn, how we love your Halloween offerings. You realize we use these year-round? We'd buy this suff in February? Never mind. Let us now just sink into admiration, and kudos to the design team.

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Totes adorbs!