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The Best of the Drinky Halloween Happenings

Two adult events where you can get spooked on spirits (and a little Halloween math).

October 25, 2010

This is Kim Kardashian dressed up as Wonder Woman. She doesn’t drink.

Let’s face facts. If you’re old enough to be in a bar, you’re old enough to know that Halloween is a holiday that can be hard to pull off.

For the great majority of us, the Halloween math works like this.

Human older than 23 + lots and lots of drinks + costume=massive cringefest.

There are exceptions. Some people are just awesome, and do the whole drunken, dressed-as-a-nun deal with roguishly charming aplomb. It’s true. It’s also true that some people subsist on Lucky Strikes and pork-and-Klonopin sandwiches but live until they are 85. Statistically speaking, you and I are unlikely to be among those people. So we are left with a choice. We can either dress up and watch our drinking (admittedly, the healthier and safer choice anyway), or we can have a few cocktails in our street clothes and just avoid the Halloween pitfalls altogether. If you’re awesome and you can pull off all three, more power to you. Just please don’t drive.

Okay, PSA over. Here are two Halloween happenings that seem pretty fun.

Belltown’s Spur is planning an iconic Halloween party—you come dressed as your favorite icon to compete for prizes. All-night happy hour includes drink specials from spirit sponsors to sweeten the deal. This party starts at 7pm on Sunday, October 31 and ends at 1:30am. The prizes haven’t been announced yet.

Boka created two Halloween cocktail specials. You can order them, along with food, during the free scary movie series at the adjoining Hotel 1000. There is a spiced pumpkin martini, some people like those. But the one that sounds potentially tasty to me is the Ghostly Cocktail. Its Pernod, St. Germain, white rum, white cranberry juice, and lemon sour.

On October 29 the movie is The Shining, or Saturday, October 30 it’s Psycho, and on Sunday, October 31 it’s Halloween. Showtimes are 7pm and 9 pm.

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