Episode 58: The Party of the Dead Sees (Halloween Parties and Famous Candy Stores)
Don’t run away, it’s only Meek. Put on your favorite Pagan harvest character costume and get ready for our door to door journey through LA Halloween parties across the decades and the candy that went along with them. We’ll start with the story of the local creation the Abba Zaba bar (22:08), trek through the parties themselves (26:22), then on to get some candy in bulk at Jack’s Wholesale (1:00:14), some world famous toffee at Littlejohn’s (1:02:15), a taste of the finest Swiss chocolates at Edelweiss (1:04:30), a few balls of mochi at Fugetsu-do (1:10:49) and, everybody’s favorite, See’s Candies (1:20:27) to close out the night. Just remember we won’t be driving you home and BYO pumpkin.