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Cabaret de L’Enfer Halloween party — devil mouth doorway

The theme for my Halloween party in 2012 was the Cabaret de L’Enfer — a Hell-themed café in the red light district of Paris in the 19th century. You can read all about it and see some amazing pics of it on my Paris website, Cool Stuff in Paris, and I have a whole post about the party decor here. Of course, the main decorating project I wanted to tackle was the iconic devil mouth doorway of the cabaret.
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Cool Stuff in Paris is my collection of weird Parisian attractions, creepy museums, awesome restaurants and bars, bizarre public art, and more. Don’t miss my article about the Cabaret de L’Enfer, a 19th-century Hell-themed Parisian café (and my theme for my Halloween party in 2012).

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