Pumpkin Day

Today seems to be all about the pumpkin.

I met jillbertini at a bagel place this morning and had a pumpkin bagel with cream cheese and some plum juice.  Then we walked downtown and caught a 10:05 showing of Superbad.  It was everything I expected.  Obnoxious. Crude.  And pretty darn funny.

Then we headed back up Capitol Hill (my exercise for the day), and went to the Farmers Market.  I ran into 3 people I knew.  One woman I know only from skinny-dipping parties, and totally could not place with her clothes on.  Two gay guys who I know from entirely different circles, but were together...one a former Portlander I know from Burning Man, the other the contractor who is doing the finish work for my bathroom.  Funny.

I bought a nice pumpkin, sampled pricey cheeses, and picked up a couple pieces of fruit.  Then I went back tojillbertini and her partner's apartment and had some delicious soup, yummy bread, and freshly harvest honey.  Then we made greeting cards for a few hours.  I love stationary, but have resisted stamp-art crafting up to this point.  But I really needed some thank you notes, and haven't been able to find any I liked, so it was pretty nice making my own.  And I loved using the embosser.  It reminded me of when I used to do el-wire projects.  I like making little things.  What I really miss is making bassoon reeds, but until the day I have my own bassoon, there is absolutely no point in making those.  Perhaps I'll try and get some of these neglected sewing projects done instead.

Back home, I brutalized the pumpkin and put it in the oven, where it is now roasting and filling the house with a delicious aroma.

Tomorrow night I will make:
Curried Pumpkin Soup
Curried Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin Scones

All new recipes I've been sent this month.

Now, I will relax and enjoy my Pumpkin Ale.

photo: pants vs. floor