In case you need me this evening,
I'll be at a party at Fortnum & Mason.
{Yup, I love sounding cool.}
The truth is, as much as I feel like F&M is "my" special place,
anyone & everyone is invited to this soiree.
It's the store's Pumpkin Carving Contest
but the thing is...
Halloween in England
is similar to St. Patricks Day in the US.
People like it.
It's fun.
There is themed junk available for purchase,
but it's just,
you know,
not actually remembered until the day arrives.
That's why I've elected myself as the Halloween Ambassador to the UK
and am taking the task of enlarging this wonderful holiday very seriously.
I have high hopes that, someday,
Britain can be a place where children can freely comb the streets at night
dressed bizarrely ghoulish & animalistic,
in effort to bribe their neighbors out of bags of fatty candy
in exchange for the promise not to terrorize them.
It's all I can hope for the world, really.
And the complimentary nibbles & sips that Fortnum & Mason is giving their guests?
Well that makes this place the best stop in London...
until, of course, Buckingham decides to pass out candy.
I've just ordered my goose and goose and chestnut pie from them for Christmas!
ReplyDeletebritish children do go trick or treating! i did it every year when i was growing up. although, in scotland it is called 'guising' and to get the candy you have to do a 'piece' - kids recite poems, do dances, tell jokes, sing songs to 'earn' their candy! it was great, we would plan it weeks in advance!
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Have a ball, looks like a fun soiree, and it doesn't matter that anyone can go...what counts is who shows up! Hope you will share the highlights, happy carving!
ReplyDeleteim glad you have decided to take on the role as halloween ambassador! someone needs to do it! and i would LOVE to come to your party :) xoxo jillian:: cornflake dreams
ReplyDeleteThat sounds much, much cooler than my "we're going to a bar in costume" plans!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! Now if only Italy could have a soiree similar to this.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHA! You crack me up! No one remembers until the day of, like St. Patty's! HA! (That was terribly paraphrased but whatever.)
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful time. Are you dressing up? Will you go as Kate Middleton? That would be ab fab!
LOVE this post - have been chuckling to myself in front of the computer and looking a little strange but SO worth it for the laughs...oh how glam - have a wonderful time...
ReplyDeleteThat little cafe looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteWould love to see what all Hallow's Eve is like over there;)
Have a fun weekend!
That's kinda sad, but you couldn't make a better ambassador! I just love Halloween. Rocky Horror Picture Show, here I come! Have a fabulous weekend!!
ReplyDeleteHAVE FUN! Sounds like it will be an amazing weekend! We go a little overboard for Halloween here in the U.S.!
ReplyDeleteLOVe Fortnums. Have fun and good luck with your mission!!
ReplyDeleteAh bet it was awesome there!!
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& yes we do need a Halloween Ambassador! lol
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