TEXT BY ALISON BASYE
For the complete story, see page 14 in the October issue.

Does the thought of another Halloween bobbing for apples and drinking "poison punch" make you shudder? Is there a ghastly ghoul or salacious sorceress inside you who's dying to celebrate the witching hours at a party worthy of its costume? If your Halloweens past have been absolute duds, you need to look no further than our story on the last of the decadent Halloween parties. Check it out and discover how fine French cuisine and burlesque trapeze artists can round out the complete Hallow's Eve experience.