Pirate Parrrr-ty

Yesterday was my older brother's birthday and we decided to have a small dinner party with him. He just turned 29 but he is pretty obsessed with pirates (and I'm not talking about people scanning things off the internet). My boyfriend made him a nice treasure chest birthday cake which hit the hot list on tickled yesterday which is awesome!tickled link

Veggie Version

My family happens to make delicious food...which I usually don't eat. I happen to be a pescetarian so I usually make a vegetarian version of what ever they are eating.

One night they made BBQ pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw. I made myself a delicious BBQ black bean sandwich with sauerkraut (I don't like coleslaw).

Another night they had a taco fest. I made a wonderful grilled onion, chickpea, and corn with veggie Worcestershire sauce topped with cabbage. So good!

Fallin' in Love with Fall!

Physalis alkekengi- I am picking up one of these this season for sure!

Everything about Fall cries out to me; from the savory comfort foods, all things pumpkin flavored, to being able to wear sooo many layers of cotton and not melt (I love my boots, scarfs, and jackets), to the changing colors in the trees, and of course, Halloween! I have already found a list of things I want to make this fall!

From one of my favorite blogs abeautifulmess.com ( http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2013/09/pumpkin-cheesecake.html ), I really want to make this delicious pumpkin cheese cakes with ginger snap crusts.

From the lovely modcloth.com (http://www.modcloth.com/shop/scarves/outfox-the-eye-scarf), I really want to make my own spin on this cute fox scarf idea.

Coming up soon is my dear friend Amilyn's Halloween party and I need to get my costume prepared. I have been wanting to make a Sherlock Holmes costume for years. If anyone has a nice pattern or an idea for my jack-o I would be much appreciated.