Happy halloween!

I invited three friends over to carve pumpkins. Ten came. Being that I had only bought 2 bottles of wine, we ended up depending more on caramel apples and chocolate for inspiration. Apparently it worked better for everyone else. My pumpkin is the fish (see if you can find it).

Oh, no! Halloween costumes are required?

Okay, it is a bit late But I have a total of three Halloween parties to attend. One is in the city and I am going as the yellow ghost in PacMan, so that is covered. But, I need two more costumes. The ones I was considering are: Lederhosen (slightly feminized), a mime, or pippi longstockings. Being that I actually have two parties, I only really need to eliminate one, and I have most of the stuff for all three costumes, but which one should go?

The parental units

A couple of weeks ago "the parents" came to visit. Being that this was their first time visiting me in Long Island, and I believe their first visit to the non-city portion of Long Island we had to visit the North and South forks (otherwise known as the Hamptons and the wine country). Being that my dad tends to be a shutter bug (and I somehow did not inherit this gene). I don't have any pictures of their visit, but here is a couple that my dad sent me.

One of the many roosters roaming the grounds of the Old Field vineyard (my favorite so far)

Dad and me at the Pelligrini Vineyards.

Where have I been?

Wow! Has it really been that long since I last updated this thing?

I don't think I even have been up to that much... oh wait!, proposals and procrastinating. Here is a picture of what has been taking my time.



Not the lobster, we dissected him about three minutes after this candid photo. The stuff that is causing the lobster's shell to look less than appetizing has been taking all my time. Okay, the lobster too.

Don't worry though, this weekend is home brew Oktoberfest, New York city wine tasting and the Rum Cocktail festival. Even if I don't go to any of these, I will surely have some great pictures of those who did.