2 posts tagged “fall”
We had three options for today's outing:
A. Arts on Foot in the district
B. Starbucks Coffee Festival in the 'burbs
C. Bluemont Country Fair in the country
Which did we chose? B, of course! A, Arts on Foot is my favoritest local festival and was the Monkey's very first festival/outing into the city last year. But this year, the pros (tons of cheap samples from DC's best chefs!) were outweighed by the cons: difficulty parking, too crowded to let the Monkey out of his stroller, unlikelihood of the Monkey sitting contentedly in his stroller while we ate, and the smell and hassle of the anti-war protesters. (Sorry, but protesting on the weekends, i.e. when your members of Congress are NOT in town, is just dumb and annoying.) We were too lazy (the husband and I have been sick all week) to go all the way out to Bluemont, although it was the first crisp, cool day of fall and would have been lovely out there, so the ease and comfort of the suburbs won out. Plus, it was all free! And there was good music! And room for the Monkey to run and dance. We had a blast.
Speaking of fall, we saw the first pumpkins of the season at market this morning. It was chilly this morning so I bought a butternut squash and sweet potatoes to make some soup tomorrow, and a ton of cheese (our usual Amish smoked gouda and Grafton 2-year cheddar) for mac 'n cheese. Yum.
Show us what autumn looks like where you live.
Submitted by Miss Parker.
I've also admitted defeat and agreed to let the in-laws take us out for Thanksgiving dinner. I love cooking holiday meals but our kitchen is not condusive to entertaining (especially with the recent leak problem, ugh) and it'll be less stressful to ket someone else handle the cooking and cleaning. Plus I'm telling myself Owen's real 1st Thanksgiving will be next year when he can actually eat.
We had Owen's picture taken with Santa this afternoon (when did Santa start coming *before* Thanksgiving? apparently not many people know about this as there was no line) ... I'm just not ready for fall to be over.
