When I left for vacation it was Summer. Now that Im back New England is balls-deep into Fall, which is my favorite season. I enjoy the crispness of the air when its cool in the morning and evening, but still kind of warm during the day. Fair season is always fun. Im heading to the Big E this weekend, which is like a state fair for all of New England. Every white (read: basic) girl I know enjoys it for the boots and pumpkin spice lattes. Thats probably my biggest peeve about the Fall. Unless its in pie, the pumpkin flavoring of everything is disgusting- especially in beer. Focus: What do you love (or hate) about the Fall? Any traditions you take part in now that Summer is in the rear-view and the holidays are on the horizon? Alt Focus: Pumpkins. What a stupid fruit.
Focus: I love the return of leggings and leather boots. My traditions are getting smashed at Oktoberfests and trying to be afield for all the hunting openers- my absolute favorite thing is being able to get back in the woods with my dog again and enjoying the crisp weather and changing scenery before snow covers it all. I could do without almost every conversation in this office between guys turning to football. Alt focus: My neighbors grew dozens of pumpkins in their backyard this year, like the vines covered most of the yard. It was crazy. I hope they do it again. Pumpkin pie is the best, but pumpkin beers are a turn off about 99% of the time.
I, too, love it for the boo- oh, wait, you wrote boots. Focus: Love - Football. All levels. w00t!, cooler temperatures, and not having to cut the grass. Hate - raking leaves.
Focus: Finally being able to go outside and work on my never ending yard projects because it's not 97 in the shade, the cool, crisp air, being able to have a fire in the fireplace, the changing of the leaves, the fragrance of burning leaves, the end to daylight savings time, Halloween, and the approach of Christmas. Traditions include cruising up the Blue Ridge Parkway, going to a haunted house for my anniversary and apple picking. Alt Focus: Yes. Except for Pumpkin pie and Pumpkin spice scented candles, it is a useless fruit.
Stew and soups cooked all day in huge cast iron pot over a fire. Chicken stew, oyster stew, crab soup... Killer deals on boats. People want to unload them before winter. Going to look at a 23 foot trailer sailor this weekend for 900.
Oyster roasts, Beaufort Stew, football, the fact that fall here means high 70s low 80s until November.
Fuck fall. Means rapidly shortening of days, grey/dark skies all the time, even more rain, even colder weather.
I hate: It is too cold to golf but too hot to ski, women wear more clothes, days are shorter (working during the entirety of daylight hours is terrible), college football homers, and the end of MLB. I Love: Gambling and the NFL. Endless Shrimp at Red Lobster. It is a give and take. Alt Focus: The only thing pumpkins are good for is cutting dirty pictures into them, then lighting them up on Halloween.
I hate Fall. Because there is no fall. We're getting a cold wave. It will be 85 in the day. What's worse, is that I will see people in hoodies when it hits 75 at night with 70% humidity. Shove your apple picking and hayrides and pumpkin spice up your peehole. I want to live that basic bitch life for at least one season. Fuck all of you fall havin' bitches. I'm tired of my balls sticking to my thigh. I hate pumpkin pie. Sick of it. Bring on the pumpkin cake, pumpkin cannoli, pumpkin donuts. Love me some pumpkin beer. Smuttynose, Southern Tier, Dogffish Head make some killer ones. I do a pumpkin oatmeal with molasses and nutmeg for breakfast; killer stuff. Fall is also Oktoberfest season. I always hit up the German pub for a few liters of the good stuff and some weisswurst and knackwurst. Then hit up the German club for more of the same; these guys also have a schnapps booth. I might not get to do any of this since I will be in Italy the whole month. Which is fine. I will survive somehow.
So are just going to act like a bunch of basic white girls and gush over how much we love fall? Okay. I'm excited that squash are back in season. I have an awesome squash soup recipe. It's awesome because it involves bacon, as it should. And soon, chestnuts will be in season, and oh my fuck do I love me some chestnuts roasted over charcoal. Also, it's cold enough for drinking dark beer to be in season again. I love me some stout.
Fall is my favorite time of the year. Fire's, changing leaves, the crisp clear mornings, my birthday, I can bust out the spiced scented candles, THANKSGIVING (come one now you haters), I could go on and on. I was at the store last week picking up some Halloween lights for my porch, I rounded the corner into the next isle and it was Christmas shit already. Crazy. I love pumpkin pie. Hate pumpkin flavor in anything but that. Sidenote: So Starbucks has this new toasted graham flavor. Anyone tried it?
I don't drink it much. I just saw they had it when I was getting my refresher the other day. Hate all you want but every single female is glad cute boot and coat weather is returning. We plan for this shit. Seriously.
I love how the fall leaves explode in color in one last futile gasp for life and relevancy, followed by the inevitable slide to colder, greyer and darker days, while everything around us dies or goes dormant. Life is fleeting and futile, and fall is a stark reminder of that. We would all do well to remember it.
Regardless of what anyone says, men look forward to womenfolks wearing jeans and fuck me-boots. That European style of the short dress and knee-high leather boots might as well be Viagra. Some of you are joyless. That's coming from a chronically depressed malcontent. Have some pumpkin spice cocaine. And if that doesn't exist, we're on to a goldmine, gentleman, a gold mine.
That reminds me: my favorite Fall beverage is black coffee. That's also my favorite Spring, Summer and Winter beverage, too. The only thing I ever get at Starbucks is black coffee. (Although, I have ordered it black with a black eye.)
Focus: Chilly mornings, football, boots, layers, chili, soups, pumpkin muffins and coffee, sitting around a fire pit, the Fair, the fact that we're not sweating our balls off walking from the car to door. This is my favorite time of the year. It's the sweet spot between summer and nonstop holiday fun with family and inlaws. But especially the boots and clothes. I'm with shegirl. Haters hate away. I love pulling that shit out and having any excuse for a cute vest or jacket that serves absolutely no purpose other than fashion.
I love fall, but it always goes by way too fast for me. Or at least it used to when my kid was smaller. It's gotten more laid back as she gets older and there are fewer activities. September is getting used to my daughter's new school routines and soccer schedule. October was always busy planning my daughter's birthday and Halloween, but not anymore. We do enjoy going to the Halloween store and picking out some new decorations. Pumpkin patch is no longer a big expensive event, now we just go to the small farm down the road and pick out a couple. I always get a giant pot of mums. Sometimes we try to squeeze in a trip to the apple orchard, but it is an hour away and hard to schedule around soccer games. I consistently for years have liked pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice lattes, and pumpkin scented stuff. Occasionally trying a new recipe like pumpkin ravioli or whatever. The past few years with the pumpkin craze booming has just earned a big eye roll for me. I prefer to obsess over Doctor Who, not pumpkins.
Not true. Turkey, cranberries and stuffing are all great but most people do not partake year round, only on "the day".