Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, but my costume last year was such a bust that I haven’t been able to get into the spirit for 2013. You see, last Halloween I dressed up as Frida Kahlo, the celebrated Mexican surrealist painter whose inspiring life and dysfunctional marriage were adapted into a movie in 2002. I had an authentic imported puebla blouse on my back, a stuffed spider monkey on my shoulder, and a paint-splattered palette in my hand – I even went au natural for about three weeks and grew in my unibrow (thanks, Dad’s Genes…). In my mind, I couldn’t go wrong. However, on the day of our office Halloween party, I was sadly mistaken. Coworkers identified me as a gypsy, a geisha, and everything in between. One or two people realized I was “that chick that Salma Hayek played in that one movie,” but overall I was just some girl in a really unflattering outfit in serious need of a trip to the day spa for a good waxing. Since then, I’ve suffered from Halloween Block. I’m determined to get my Hallo-mojo back, and I’m scouring the Web for inspiration. A zombie, a pirate, Foxy Cleopatra? It’s getting down to the wire, but I know I can make it happen. Halloween, you haven’t beaten me, yet!
– Tiffany Blair, LBSPY #44 (Oct 21-Nov 4, 2013)
HASHTAGWV ART & ENTERTAINMENT Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Christina Entenmann-Edwards has been a WV resident since September 2008. She was born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is no stranger to hard work and the entrepreneurial spirit. In 2006, she graduated from Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Connecticut), Cum Laude, with a B.A. in History. In 2010, she graduated with an M.B.A. from Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia). In February 2012, Christina launched HashtagWV as the area’s first full-color, free arts and entertainment tabloid + online platform. Christina completed the Leadership West Virginia class of 2021, which is an innovative program that grows, engages, and mobilizes leaders to ignite a life passion to move West Virginia forward.
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Christina Edwardshttps://hashtagwv.com/author/christina/
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Christina Edwardshttps://hashtagwv.com/author/christina/
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Christina Edwardshttps://hashtagwv.com/author/christina/
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Christina Edwardshttps://hashtagwv.com/author/christina/