The Next 2 Weeks Will be Amazing!

The next two weeks will be fast and furious for West Hollywood. The Creative City will be celebrating Halloween with a series of events during the week prior to the spooky day.

The Halloween Youth Carnival will be held on Saturday, October 25 from 6PM – 9:30PM at the Softball Field at West Hollywood Park. Check with the city for specifics.

WEHO will again host the Annual Doggy Costume Contest on Sunday, October 26, 2008 starting at 1 p.m. at West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard (south grass area). Please check with the city for registration details and prizes.

Also on Sunday, October 26, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the West Hollywood Park Library parking lot, the Annual Halloween Drag Race and Beauty Pageant will take place. The Drag Race awards prizes to 1st through 3rd place finishers. High-heel shoes with a minimum of a two-inch heel are required to participate. Following the Annual Halloween Drag Race, the City will also host the 2nd Annual Beauty Pageant beginning at 6 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Best Hair; Most Outrageous; Best Pumps; Most Creative; and Best Overall. Please check with the City of West Hollywood for more information.

To wrap up the festivities, on Friday, October 31the city hosts the infamous Halloween Carnival, attended by hundreds of thousands of revelers. The Carnival, which will take place on Santa Monica Blvd. between 6-11PM is a must-see for people watchers. Please contact the City of West Hollywood for parking and other information.

Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour to Standard Time on November 2 at 2 AM. If it seems like we’re a little later than usual in setting back the clocks, you’re right. Daylight Saving Time was actually extended by an entire month this year as a result of the Energy Policy Act, enacted in 2005.

And then there is the Most Important Election of Our Lives on Tuesday, November 4th! Besides electing Obama to the white house and starting to heal this country financially and emotionally, there are California issues that we all must address, most importantly Proposition 8, which would eliminate the right of same sex couples to marry. Rational people, no matter what their sexual orientation, cannot allow this kind of bigotry to become law. Please vote no on Proposition 8.

OK. I’m done stumping. Have a great two weeks.