Happy Fourth of July! Put on your red, white and blue so that we can celebrate the holiday in style!
Author Archives: Mr. Funtober
It’s your last chance to plant pumpkins for Halloween 2012. They need at least 110 growing days depending on the variety. And it is now July! If you want to grow your own pumpkins this year, you are in luck. Birds and Blooms put together an excellent guide to help you transform your pumpkin […]
I realized a few weeks ago that I was going to need a cool Funtober t-shirt to garner attention among the other startups at a local meetup. So I’ve been brainstorming ideas. And my friend jumped on the bandwagon and gave me a push in the right direction with her favorite idea. I’m still working […]
The corn maze at the Cherry Crest Adventure Farm opens tomorrow, Tuesday July 3rd. It is the first corn maze that I’ve seen open this year. Admission is $15 but they are giving free entry to all kids wearing a baseball uniform. There is also a parade at 1 PM for all kids that wear […]
I know that you can’t wait to visit a haunted house this Fall. If you are itching for a haunted house adventure this summer, but can’t make it to the traveling haunted house science exhibit, here is a free alternative (through July 2nd): Xbox recently launched a new dashboard feature called Kinect Central which highlights […]
It’s time to break out your Spiderman costume and stand in line at the box office for tickets to The Amazing Spider-man as it opens July 3rd, 2012. Spiderman 4 replaces Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. I’ve already featured this movie on my list of six movies that will […]
July 2nd is the start of National Pie Week. And I look forward to having a delicious, warm slice of apple pie topped with ice cream to celebrate the birth of the nation on July 4th. But I would like to take issue with the people who set National Pie Week in July. The two […]
On this day 100 years ago, the costume shop that has made the clothing for some of your favorite movies and television shows opened. Western Costumes was formed on June 30, 1912 by L.L. Burns and Harry Revier to supply Hollywood, which was just getting into the motion picture business, with costumes, stages and props […]
This Sunday is July 1st. Isn’t time flying this year? There are only four months until Halloween. Wow. There are even fewer days until the haunted house attractions start opening. I wouldn’t want to be one of the haunted house operators struggling through the summer to get their haunted house setup for another season of […]
This summer, Paulaner USA is touring the nation with a 480-seat Biergarten and throwing an Oktoberfest Practice Party. It’s in the Midwest currently, as I saw notice of it recently in Iowa. I can’t seem to find a schedule anywhere. I hope I didn’t miss it on the East Coast. It’s got to be the […]