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- 👻 Why do ghosts wear sheets? | Bulletin #113
👻 Why do ghosts wear sheets? | Bulletin #113
This week: did we scare you? 🎃
Hotel Henry 📍 Buffalo, New York, USA 📸 Jeffrey Czum
Because boo jeans are too expensive 👖 But seriously the reason ghosts are depicted as having a cloth over them is that coffins used to be quite expensive, so many people were wrapped in linens when they found their final resting place. Thus, if someone were to come back to haunt you (good luck with that), they'd rise up still covered in their cloth garments. We’re just glad that floating coffins never caught on.
THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS
⚰️ A museum of coffins?
🚗 We may/may not be in your hometown
📚 You can get AWAA today!
🎃 Use AWA as Halloween inspo
Whether you prefer your autumnal season to be more pumpkin-spiced or spine-chilled, we have a collection of stories that you won’t be able to exorcize from your head for days. In our adventures, we pride ourselves in highlighting a wide variety of characters, and sometimes the folks we run into aren’t necessarily… living.
👻 The real asylum where they raised me
🧙 A bunch of hocus pocus
🏨 The hotel that comes in handy
👯 Heeeeere’s the Stanley
 Coffinwood 📍 Pahrump, Nevada, USA 📸 Marjorie Becker | COFFIN IT UP!On the outskirts of Southwest Nevada, a temple to all things coffin is the featured landmark. While no slots can be found, you can bet you’ll find a coffin gazebo. At this casket-covered property, truly anything goes when it comes to coffins– even weddings. |
 Genoa Bar & Saloon📍Genoa, Nevada, USA 📸 Marjorie Becker | IF THESE WALLS COULD TALKA mirror that has escaped a bar three times. A beer commercial gone wrong. Many a tale can be told when you’re the oldest saloon in the state….. |
WE’RE ON TOUR!
We’re a ramblin’ band on a book tour from Brooklyn to Dallas as we speak! Wally, Amanda, Dexter, and friends are stopping in 10 cities to say hi 👋 sign a few books, drop things in Little Free Libraries along the way. Are we coming to your city?
A LIFE CHANGING GIFT
Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures has finally the shelves, and we could just cry. Fun Fact: One of our writers, Seamus, received a copy of our first book as a present, and just a few months later, he joined our team—and the rest is history. So, we can confidently say this book may change your life.
SUPPORTING PRESERVATION
On October 28th, our great friend Matthew Dickey and The Boston Preservation Alliance will kick off a night of architecture, history, and wonderment: The 36th Annual Preservation Achievement Awards! Each project will highlight an interesting story showcasing the ways that preservation adds vibrancy to “Beantown.” Get the deets!
AWA IN SINGAPORE
That’s right, we’re honored to have our very own booth at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore November 6-8 and the one and only Kevin Siyuan will be there to spread the AWA love. Come by and say hi!
 📸: @marikahal, @jessicanotargiacomophoto, @christinaskilbred, & @feedingthelion | COSTUMED COMMUNITYLast minute Halloween party and no costume? We got you covered… Take a peek and see some updated inspo from our Community, and Team AWA may also have a few scary suggestions for you to try 👻 |
Boo! Did we scare you? If we did we apologize—that was a thoughtless trick. Guess we owe you a treat! Click around and find the secret link and win a copy of Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures. Happy searching, friends!