from www.sunsentinel-com When did Halloween become so inextricably tied to sex? How did we go from Mary Tyler Moore quickening the pulse with a mildly clingy witch costume to the Shore Club overrun by Playboy Playmates, Penthouse Pets at Pangaea, the Porn Star Ball at Opium, Tera Patrick at Cameo and a party channeling Dirk Diggler’s Boogie Nights escapades at the Awarehouse…
And if women go into the costume store seeking to look like a Playboy centerfold, what does a Playboy centerfold do for a costume?
“I don’t really dress up for Halloween,” said Hope Dworaczyk, Playboy’s Miss April. Heresy.
“I know… It used to be a night to be scary and now it’s all about being sexy and adult fantasy… I just never think of anything I want to be,” she said.
Dworaczyk, the host of E!’s Inside Fashion, a runway model and actress, is in town on more serious matters, promoting a Macanudo cigar contest that gets the winner $1 million and a trip to Vegas with Dworaczyk and two other Playmates (go to www.macanudomillionaire.com )…..
You won’t find the Los Angeles-based Dworaczyk at the Shore Club Playboy party, however you might find her at one of her favorite South Florida haunts, including any of the restaurants at the Fontainebleau, the hotel’s Liv nightclub, and the South Beach hotspot Set.
Porn star A.J. Bailey hosts Vivid Video’s Porn Star Ball on Saturday at Opium Hard Rock, while Penthouse Pets take over Pangaea. Call 954-327-7625 or visit seminolehardrockhollywood.com.
The new-look Cameo (1445 Washington Ave.) on Miami Beach does TeraWeen with mistress of ceremonies Tera Patrick, [pictured], the adult film star who will, of course, do a DJ set. Info: www.cameomiami.com, 305-531-5535
A bevy of Playmates will host the Playboy Halloween high jinks from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Saturday at the Shore Club (1901 Collins Ave.) on Miami Beach. For you collectors out there, the names include: Stacy Fuson, Cara Zavaleta, Kimberly Holland, Christine Smith, Kimberly Philips, Amanda Paige, Raquel Gibson and Hiromi Oshima. Tickets: $75. Open bar from 9 to 11 p.m. Info: playboyhalloweenparty.com, 888-313-8499….
If 1970s porn is your idea of fun, the Awarehouse will re-create a shaggy film set from the era of Marilyn Chambers, John Holmes and Linda Lovelace, with local bon vivant José el Rey directing the action to music by Afrobeta, Drrty Haze and Son of Sound. The party is Saturday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. The Awarehouse is at 550 N.W. 29th St. in Miami. Tickets: $20, with open bar. Info: theotherhollywood1972.com, 305-374-9922.