Yes, it is that festive time of the year again, where we all can become a kid and dress in outrageous costumes. Halloween is this coming Friday and I hope you are ready. Have you made any festive plans as of yet? NO???? (Shame shame) Then have I got a great idea for you.

RICH YOUR NEWS AND SPORTSCASTER is “putting a spell on you and now you are mine” “you can’t stop the things I do, I dont lieeeee”!!! (WOOHAAAAA!!!) This means that you need to join all of us this Halloween for all the “frightful and spooky” activities in the area. What are those events you say? Well, let me feel you in.

The major event that will be taking this place this weekend is the children’s CAN AM hockey tournaments. Various little ghouls and goblins (figuratively speaking) will be coming to Lake Placid to the OLYMPIC CENTER to participate in this tourney. All day Friday and Saturday there will be various games in all the rinks and excitement will be abound.

Please visit www.lakeplacid.com for these times and about other hockey tournaments.

After that let all the evening Halloween festivities commence for the adults. What better way to spend Halloween than to dress up in your most outrageous and inventive costume and take place in the 17TH ANNUAL TREK AND TREAT. This annual event takes you through out the evenings to three different local hang outs, where there will be costume contests with cash prizes and drinks specials at each locale. Starting the evening off at THE COTTAGE CAFE from 7-9pm, then heading uptown to ZIG ZAG’S PUB from 10-midnight and finally the final ghoulish stop at ROOMER’S NIGHTCLUB, from midnight to 2am, where the grand prize will be drawn at 2am (of course you need to visit all 3 spots). I am sure each and everyone of you will enjoy this great event.

So, with all this excitement, how can you not stop over to Lake Placid this coming Halloween. It will be a howling good time!!! One more thing do not forget on Sunday November 2nd at 2am to set your clocks back one hour as it is Daylight Savings Time. Everyone have a great and safe Halloween and hope to see you lurking around Lake Placid. (I VANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD!!! heheh).

They have been open for about 3 months now but I figured it was time to let you all in about the great new rooms at the resort! MR. NEUTRAL is back and I have sent those silly PRO AND CON FAMILIES off on an adventure so that I could calmly tell you about these exciting new rooms. (Boy, do they drive me up the wall…shh!!! do not tell them). MR. FIX-IT and his crew had finished up right in time for the 4th of July and unveiled these new rooms to the summer and fall guests. Wow! What a huge response we have gotten over these rooms. Okay, enough chatter here are the rooms.

We have our Romantic HAYSTACK room for all of you couples who are seeking a quiet and relaxing stay. (This is now my absolute favorite room!!!)

Amazing lake views from your private balcony provides a perfect place for sunset gazing. The easy to use gas fireplace flickers longingly in front of your king size bed with a pillow top mattress. There is an over sized whirlpool tub in the main bed chamber (along with a heated towel warmer-i feel this is a great and warming touch) & a glassed in shower with a rain shower head in the bath. There is also a flat screen HDTV (not that you’ll be watching TV-or should you be). This room has been a great hit among all of our new and especially our returning guests.

Next we have for the couple who is looking for the perfect room for two with a kitchenette and not wanting a lot of wasted space, TABLETOP SUITE.

You enter into a kitchen & living room with an open layout. The kitchen has a mid-size refrigerator, stove top, microwave, sink & coffee maker. You can look across the bar area into the living room with a flat screen HDTV & sitting area. The bedroom has a king size bed and another flat screen HDTV. The bath has a whirlpool tub with jets & a separate glassed in shower. One of the three of these rooms has handicapp accessibility where it is wheelchair accessible and has a roll in shower. Yes, these Tabletop rooms are perfect for the couple not looking to spend a lot of money out eating. Where they can cook in the room and save money for other important activities (like shopping).

Finally, we have the WRIGHT PEAK ROOM for the couple looking to snuggle up in front of a warm cozy fire after a hard day of hiking or skiing.

The view from its private balcony is of the Olympic Center and the highest peaks in the Adirondack Mountains (absolutely gorgeous). The entry foyer has a refrigerator, coffee maker, microwave & some plate ware. The spacious bedroom with a king size bed and flat screened HDTV centers around a gorgeous stone, wood burning fireplace. The bath has a beautiful glassed in marble shower. As well as the other 2 rooms this has been a favorite among our guests.

I am sure that all of you out there will love the new additions that have been added to the resort. I would like to hear about any new suggestions about other rooms that you would like to see or stay in, so please drop me a line on our GUESTBOOK.

Before the Pro and Con family return I just want to let you know about a new suite that will be available after the 1st of the year on the beach level. Many of you have requested this and we are giving you a 2 room suite on the beach. More about that in the future. Until now I hope that you will enjoy these three new rooms and hope all of your days are romantic and wonderful. Bye for now!

I am talking about the great deal called WHY NOT WEDNESDAY’S!!! Now I am sure you are asking yourself! What is that all about? Well, darlings, this is a great deal on dinner at a reasonable price. For Just $20 on a select Weds menu, you will receive a 3 course meal with an appetizer or salad, main course and of course (my fav) the ever so popular Charlie’s desserts. “THIS GIRL IS MAD, YOU ARE SAYING!” (No not mad just very pleased to offer a great dish at a great price) Do not forget to stop by the T-BAR lounge in Charlie’s for their great cocktails and martinis.

Let me know if you have any great culinary suggestions and drop them in the GUESTBOOK because I would love to hear them.

So, what are you waiting for? I am expecting all of you on Wednesday over at Charlie’s. “Sob sob” if you do not show. But, yummy yummy will you miss out on all the delectables to tantalize your gullet and tickle those taste buds. Back to stirring the pot and raising the dough…Ta Ta… for now!!! OHH LA LA!!

As the foliage season is winding down, we still have one last exciting weekend of events for the upcoming holiday weekend. RICH YOUR NEWSCASTER here letting you all know that the annual FLAMING LEAVES FESTIVAL will be taking place this weekend at the Ski Jumping Complex. As their theme goes for this event it is all about the BLUES, BREWS AND BBQ’S! This year it will also feature 2009 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships. (Wow! This is amazing to watch and very exciting, of course yours truly would never try this, I would be scared out of my wits. YIKES!)

This annual two-day event has something for everyone in the family - from watching the best ski jumpers in North America compete, live blues bands, tempting barbeque and great brews, inflatables, games, craft vendors and more - all with unparalleled views of the Adirondacks and the peak fall foliage. Take a chair lift or elevator to the top of the famed 120 meter ski jump for some of the best views in the Adirondacks during the peak fall foliage. This exciting event will take place Saturday October 11th and Sunday October 12th from 10am to 5pm. For further information about this event please visit www.orda.org.

Now is the time to catch your last look at the breath taking foliage and what better way than to check out the panaramic view from the top of the Ski Jump. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS IT!