Happy Halloween!

Only one trick-or-treater, I guess I will just need to eat that bag of Twix by myself.  This is the pumpkin I carved last weekend.  One local neighborhood goes all out for Halloween with hundreds of pumpkins and all ages in costumes running amock.  I knew I could get a Hocus Pocus reference in there somewhere.  This was the last year they are doing it, I'm glad I got to check it out.  There were some really incredible pumpkins.  Happy Halloween everyone!

Weathering the Storm

My office is closed today, so I am doing some work from home (in my pajamas, life couldn't be better). The wind is loud and howling outside, and so far we haven't lost power (knock on wood). The peak of the storm is supposed to hit late morning/early afternoon with 50+ mph winds

Smashing Pumpkins

Last night we saw the Smashing Pumpkins at Agganis Arena, it was an awesome show (despite the annoying girl on the other side of Greg). They had this cool sphere that they projected images on which was a really fun addition to the music.

The Great Pumpkin

Spent the morning doing some errands (like buying too much Halloween candy) and then visiting the pumpkin patch. The pumpkin in front is the one I picked out, it's like 22 pounds, which is kind of ridiculous but also completely awesome. 

TGIF

Local Microbrews are big here in Western NC, Highland Brewing being one of them.  Housed in an former railway station, this place is only open 4-8pm and has some excellent brews on tap.  They also just opened a Moonshine distillery...

Two years

I came home last night to a gorgeous bouquet of roses. Our trip west was really our anniversary celebration, but we did dinner out last night at one of our favorite places for some celebrating on the day of. It's hard to believe it has already been two years since the wedding.

Trail running

I've really gotten into trail running here.  The trails are less than 20 minutes from work, so I find myself heading to the trails with co-workers post work, as long as the weather stays nice.  The past few days have been amazing here, cloudless skies and warm days.  It's almost 80 here today, yet the stores insist on starting the Christmas sales!