My favorite time of year is upon us. It’s time to get all scary, dress up like the freak within, and haunt one of the many dens of iniquity that Portland has to offer. Yeah, sure, maybe when it comes down to it, you’re still just a trick, but the treats make it all worthwhile. So let’s go ahead and kick it off with all the wicked Halloween shenanigans you can find throughout Skin City this month.

IN THE CLUBS Atlantis Showgirls will be hosting their “Sinners and Saints Halloween Party” on Saturday, Oct. 28th @ 9PM featuring a live band and costume contest w/$250 in prizes. You can take your pick between Cabaret I and II for their 3rd Annual Halloween Costume Party at Cabaret I and 1st Annual at Cabaret II, where you’ll find door prizes, theme shows, scary drink specials, and prizes for best costume (1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100). The contest starts @ 11PM, is open to all and will be judged by audience applause. Shiver me timbers, ye horny scallywags! The Devils Point is the place to be on Saturday, Oct. 28th, for their Halloween Pirate Party, featuring live music by Sunken Chest and also by Captain Booty Beard. Meanwhile, over at the Dancin’ Bare, the Halloween Party will be going down all day long on Saturday, Oct. 28th, from 3PM-2:30AM. Come see the sexy ladies of the Bear in their costumes; better yet, come watch the costumes come off. The Dolphin I and II will have plenty of tricks in store for you on Saturday, Oct. 28th, @ 8PM with Halloween Parties at both clubs featuring free stuff and a $300 prize for best costume. Not to mention The Dolphin II’s 5th Anniversary Party on Thursday, Oct. 19th @ 8PM. Over at The Dream On Saloon, stop by for the “Stuff the Box Contest” (I’m not touching that one!) on Thursday, Oct. 19th (1st $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25), followed up by their Halloween Bash on Saturday, Oct. 28th. Be sure to arrive in costume for free prizes. Stars Salem will be getting their freak on with the “Fetish Circus III—A Hellraising Halloween Bash” on Tuesday, Oct. 31st @ 8PM. Plus all month long is Rocktober, featuring heavy bands with hot chicks. Rounding out the sexy and spooky places to be for the holiday are iCandy, with a Halloween Party on Tuesday, Oct. 31st, plus live music throughout the month…The Pallas’s “Heaven and Hell Party” on Saturday, Oct. 28th @ 9PM…The Boom Boom Room’s “Halloween Bash” on Sunday, Oct. 29th @ 9PM… Soobie’s Halloween Party on Tuesday, Oct. 31st, with free champagne...and last and certainly not least, Tommy’s III’s Halloween Party on Saturday, October 28th @ 8PM, with a free buffet and Scariest Costume Contest at midnight. If Halloween isn’t your thing, of course there are other events to keep you hot and bothered throughout the rest of the month, such as the return of Jody’s “Exotic Magazine Covergirl Contest” with preliminaries on Thursday, Oct. 5th @ 9:30PM, followed by the finals on Thursday, Oct. 12th @ 9:30PM. Be sure to support your favorite ladies, guys, as this one is judged by all of you. Also at Jody’s is the “Booty Shakin’ Contest” on Thursday, Oct. 19th, with cash prizes and open to all entertainers. The all-new Aces High presents the “My Dreamgirl TV Model Search Tour” and is looking for the Northwest’s hottest pinup on Saturday, Oct. 21st. The party will be hosted by none other than Ron Jeremy and Tasha from My Dreamgirl TV. Plus, awesome specials all month long and downtown’s only mechanical bull. Bliss will be heating things up with the Girls Gone Wild search for the wildest bar in America on Thursday, Oct. 12th. This will be the only stop in PDX on the GGW tour, so be sure not to miss this one. For reservations and VIP treatment, call Rick at (503) 412-9217. DV8 will be hosting an appearance by the Stoli Girls on Friday, Oct. 6th @ 9PM; be sure to stop by for Andy’s 40th Birthday Party on Friday, Oct. 20th @ 10PM. Tommy’s Too is hooking it up with “Tight-Wad Tuesdays,” featuring $5 table dances, plus Monday Night Football specials and daily specials from 1-3PM and 7-9PM. And welcome to the all-new Sin Club—not a strip club, but with a name like that, you can be pretty sure something naughty might be happening.

IN THE SHOPS Foxxy’s all-new private lingerie-modeling shop will feature a new spin on pampering for men until midnight everyday at 8405 NE Fremont. Stop by to check ’em out. They are also hiring nude models and stylists. Coming soon is an all-new location for Babydolls.

ELSEWHERE Hey, ladies…sense it getting chilly out? Then why not head to Club G Spot on the US island of Guam where they provide airfare, housing and an opportunity to earn up to $5,000 per week? Call Chris @ (671) 649-7409, or email chris@clubgspot.net. Stop by Area 69 for the Best Pipe Prices In Town. Bullet Proof Grills is offering a special: Present this month’s ad and get a discount on your own custom grill (as in for your teeth… diamonds, gold, etc.)