Thanksgiving

For our first Thanksgiving together, we decided for a low key day of cooking and eating traditional dishes. We made mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans with fried onions, rolls and, since we are vegetarians, veggie pot pies as our main dish. For dessert, we had Chris's family's pumpkin pie, which came out a bit weird-looking (see below), but great-tasting, and a pecan pie, both covered in generous amounts of freshly-made whipped cream. Most of the produce was purchased at our local farmers market in Fort Greene park. We ate on our new table, which we came across at a sidewalk sale in our neighborhood. The table was only $15, but we did have to walk it the 10 blocks home.

Some holiday appropriate decorations:




























Our lovely feast:

Halloween Weekend

Both Chris and I are big fans of the fall season in the North East. So, this year we took full advantage of the changing leaves by going upstate a bit over Halloween weekend. On Saturday morning we took the train to Sleepy Hollow where we ate croisonts at the Sleepy Hollow graveyard (we figured it was a holiday appropriate outing). After seeing some beautiful gravestones, we headed to Stone Barn Farms. Stone Barn Farms is a working farm/ educational center/ the home to a foodie outpost Blue Hill. Farm animals were seen, delicious food eaten. Next we went up to our bed and breakfast Pig Hill Inn in Cold Springs. Upon checking in we were given freshly made apple pie, which we had by the fire while reading the Times before strolling through the antique shops of the town. Sunday morning a lovely breakfast was brought to our room. After breakfast we spent the day in Beacon NY. Beacon NY is known primarily for its contemporary arts center DIA Beacon, which we went to. We started the day with a lovely 3 mile hike in a state park, which was at the peak of fall foliage. Had lunch at a farmers market by the river. Walking around the main street. The weekend was topped off with the Retro Arcade Museum. We played arcade games as old as from 1954. Even though it was only a 36 hour trip it was well worth it to get out of town for a couple of fun days. As a side note, because my digital camera has been missing for a couple of months, all photos were taken with Chris's film camera.