BAKING/COOKING

I made the Milk Bar pumpkin salted caramel pie and it turned out wonderfully! Incredible rich, but good. Also made this easy bacon pasta that was more than satisfying.

CRAVING

All things cranberry. The best homemade cranberry sauce of all time: a cup of white sugar, a cup of apple juice, a bag of fresh cranberries and the zest of an orange.

DRINKING

This oat maple brown sugar creamer is great in iced coffee.

EATING

We did Thanksgiving a week early, so leftover sandwiches were back and better than ever.

EXPERIENCING

The joys of October. Weather has finally shifted to chilly, the leaves are on their way out and the pumpkins have been bought. Look at this incredible soap my friend bought me!

LISTENING

A week later, this is still me at the moment:

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LOVING

The Blue Jays.

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SHOPPING

I have my eyes on so many things: this NYPL ornament, this too-expensive Aritzia sweater in brown, this Roots vest in hazelnut brown and these mouse ornaments. And I know I don’t need another pair of brown boots, but these are gorgeous.

WATCHING

I saw the first couple of Paranormal Activities for the first time and they were pretty fun. Also watched the Summerween episode of Gravity Falls with the kids and it was unexpectedly great!

WEARING

Living in this new Zara sweater.

You can read Fall Fridays Volume 1 over here and I’m doing an autumn highlights reel on Instagram.

“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

— John Burroughs

The absolute best time of the year has officially begun, the start of the three equally best seasons. Here are a few of the things I’d love to do this fall.

Go to Downey’s for our annual visit.
Make turkey poutine with Thanksgiving leftovers.
Make apple fritters or an apple fritter cake.
Learn the Phantasm theme on piano.
Eat the steak at L’Artusi (I only ever get pasta here but look at that beast, below).

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I didn’t want to go overboard with my list this year because I don’t want to feel overwhelmed, I just want to enjoy the season as much as possible without having a laundry list of things that must be done. Of course there are some other things that I’m planning, but those are surprises for later on. Some other small things that I do each autumn? I’ll break out the warmer comforter for the bed soon. Costume planning is well underway. I’ll unpack and display all of our autumn/Halloween stuff this week. I’m definitely going to make these leftover stuffing muffins. Of course I’ll get Milk Bar’s Thanksgiving croissant when it’s available in November. Oh, and I definitely want to make this leftover sandwich again.

As always, I encourage you to come up with an autumn list of your own, you’re not that busy.

Fall Fridays Vol. 2

Autumn List 2021