falling for fall

Last night I packed about 7/8 of my closet. K's dad is coming into town tonight from WA and I need to make myself scarce (our apartment can barely contain two people, let alone two + a parent), so I am moving in with my parents for the week! While K & his crazy dad are hiking the long trail, I will be relaxing by the woodstove with a glass (or two) of red and an old furry friend... ...and then it's back to Beantown to live it up with my lovely lady friends for the weekend!

Needless to say, the majority of my closet is now in a suitcase and this is what I'm wearing:

Tonight, in honor of the fact that K and I will not be seeing each other for a whole week, we went on a hot date to The Reservoir here in town. I have been obsessing over this fabulous grill & tap room since we went a couple of weeks ago and I glimpsed culinary nirvana in the form of maple sweet potato fries, a curry veggie burger with peanut sauce and Woodchuck Pear Cider. I am not exaggerating when I say, forget wafers and wine! If ever transubstantiation were to occur, it would be a direct result of this savory alchemy. Okay, perhaps I lean toward exaggeration--but seriously, those sweet potato fries are heavenly. They were just as incredible the second time around: