Fall Yum

Since it's Fall already I thought I'd make some home-made apple butter!

I found a great farm stand at the market on Tuesday that sells sweet apples. If you want to make it look for Granny Smith or Gravenstein apples.

Peel the apples and cut into small cubes

Put cubed apples in pot and add about 1/4-1/2 cup of water. You don't want the apples to be covered in water but you want enough for the apples to steam. Cook on medium to high.

Once the apples are soft, add a couple of drops of vanilla and cinnamon. Mash until soft.

Taste. If you need to, add more vanilla and cinnamon.

Put apple butter in mason jar and refrigerate to cool.

Best served on bread or pork.

Happy Fall!

All I want for Christmas is a....LITE BRITE! Help me find one please!

Date weekend!

Friday night Joe and I went to Carmel by the Sea at night to walk around while sipping hot apple cider. We strolled the streets window shopping, viewing artists and people watching. We stumbled across the Cypress Inn (pic in previous post). The hotel had a beautiful courtyard lined with white Xmas lights. Saturday we went back to Carmel and ate lunch at LUCA, an italian deli.

After Carmel we went to the Gem and Mineral festival in Monterey. It was interesting, informative and fun. We then went to Beverly's (a cheaper version of Michael's) and tried on some halloween hats (see pic).

We then walked into town and got some Thai. It was delicious. After dinner we walked to the movie theater and watched Money Ball. It is a must see. Jonah Hill did a great job!

Sunday we did absolutely nothing except watch TV and eat KFC. Ha!

Monday I surprised Joe by decorating our home with birthday presents and balloons. We never got to celebrate his bday on the West Coast so we had a lil birthday party.

On another note, I signed Joe and I up for another 5k in November. This time it's the Big Sur Half Marathon event. We are starting to train and since we are going to Florida in two weeks we are definitely hitting the gym hard. Hope all is well.

Cypress Inn at Carmel.
Our new bike
We don't have a microwave so we keep things old school :)
Fairytale Pumpkins
Amazing metal artist, Christophe Poly.

This is Aunt Leslie's ring..can't wait to get more
Tie Dyed Cupcakes I made for Joe's job

First Hat I made!
at our local bakery:)
Made this magazine bowl. It holds our keys and change.
Betsy!! She was in town a couple of months ago and we met up for lunch. Not sure if I posted this picture already but if I did it's ok cause I adore her :)

The best creation ever....fries with gravy and cheese
POK
New England love
I love this photo

NP


NY NY
My dream home in NP

Randoms

This house is on top of the mountains in Big Sur...People in glass houses.
Rocking our Tee's
Fields of Flowers by the Monterey Landfill. Can you believe that? I forgot the name of the flowers

To-Do List

We have only a few months left and there is so much to accomplish before we depart

1. Make a picture book on Pacific Grove

2. Finish out photography classes

3. Snowboard at Tahoe

4. See Yosemite

5. Camp at Big Sur one last time

6. Enjoy morning coffee at Asilomar Beach

7. Pick apples in Watsonville and make Apple Butter

8. Run in Pacific Grove's 5k

9. Check out San Jose (Japanese Gardens, my cousin Andrew's hotel "The Dolce Mansion", Los Gatos, eat some good sushi)

10. Go Vintage shopping in San Fran

11. Alcatraz

12. Find the hidden waterfalls in Big Sur

13. visit Paso Robles, milk a goat, buy some good wine at 15% C

14. Photograph Lighthouse Ave at night

15. Go to PG football game

16. Eat good Calamari in Moss Landing

......more to come...any suggestions?!?