October Adventures

October 20, 2014• General

Alan and I dedicated the month of October to having adventures. When we first decided on it, we thought we’d plan everything out in advance, but, as it turns out, we haven’t made many plans at all. It’s been glorious. First, we practiced our selfie-game.

We picked pumpkins with this little baby who is equal parts torso and legs. Baby proportions are the cutest.

I went on my first hayride!

We sat on straw bales in the back of a truck, bouncing through pumpkin patches and a sunflower field. It did not disappoint.

I continued my search for the best banana bread recipe and had high hopes for this one. It was okay (maybe it was me? It was probably me.) If you have a good recipe, I’d love to try it!

Alan and I recreated one of our first dates at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was 90 degrees! Eating hot clam chowder in the sweltering heat made me laugh.

I kept asking Alan which one he would pick if I had to be an octopus or a jelly fish. He picked jellyfish, which I found quite amenable.

Sometimes he knows exactly what crazy question I’m going to ask before I ask it and asks me first. This is one of our favorite pastimes.

A ramen festival came to town with most vendors billed from Japan. This tonkotsu ramen from Hakata Hide Chan supposedly hails from Fukuoka. (I say supposedly because there’s also a Hide Chan in New York, and I can’t figure out if they’re the same.) But it was delicious, nonetheless. So creamy, milky and porky.