Oopsy

I realize I haven't been blogging so much about my life lately, but more about general goings on, so I apologize about that for those of you who read my blog to read about me and not about well, real estate. It's just that I've been a little crabby lately (I think S and K can now imitate my grumbling perfectly), but I'm feeling much better (no thanks to the Sox) so I'll post some pics tonight, but for now, here's an update!

Last week a friend of mine from NY moved here, which is awesome! I took her to the mexican joint La Cabana - the place is awesome, just see laist.com - and then invited her and a bunch of my friends to a party S and I hosted Friday night. We were so pleased that everyone we invited showed up! We had a blind tasting of five different pumpkin ales (complete with brown bag to conceal what I was pouring) and here's how they ranked:

1. Kennebunkport Pumpkin Ale - crowd favorite
2. Shipyard - good, but might be too overpowering to drink more than one
3. Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale - this is pumpkin flavored?
4. Jack's Pumpkin Spice (made by anheiseur busch) - tastes like bananas
5. Buffalo Bill's pumpkin ale - Yuck. It has a sour taste.

Z didn't like any of them and opted to drink non-pumpkin ales Red Nectar and Black Dog for the rest of the night. While we were having the tasting, S was busy cooking his four completely homemade pizzas (margarita, bbq chicken, proscuitto and veggies, and mushroom pesto). He was disappointed they weren't as thin as he wanted, but they were very tasty, and everyone was impressed that he made them from scratch. There's still a few slices left, so I might nab two for lunch tomorrow.

After much eating and drinking, we all started to slow down a bit, setting the stage for...pumpkin painting! Everyone got their own pumpkin and we had both glitter glue pens and paint pens so all our friends went at it designing little pumpkin faces. We had prizes for the winners. B&M got a pair of gargoyles, D&S got a beaker full of skull-shaped candy, and Z got a skull pez dispenser.

The rest of the weekend was equally awesome. Saturday was pretty lazy. S and I went to the yarn store (holiday knitting has almost begun), discovered the rockabilly store Brat, then went back to watch the Cal game during which I mostly napped and played DS, until the Sox game started and I watched them choke against the Indians until I was sufficiently crabby and fell asleep. Nice guys. Nice. Sunday S and I went to see the Red Wings crush the Los Angeles Kings 4-1. I pulled a half-Puddy move and wore my jersey. Next time I'm totally going to think about painting my face.