Erika went trick-or-treating for the first time last night, and so did I (I did not grow up with Hallowen traditions). We went with several parents and their children in Cedar Park. We made a trip around a block, and that took us one hour. We only knocked on the doors of the houses that had their porch light on -- that was 1/3rd to one half of the ( Read more... )

As I said before, the 3-year-old Fairy Princess picked out the pinkest, frilliest costume of all the costumes available at Goodwill. In vain did I try to steer her towards something dark or edgy. She paraded her costume at the Center For Inquiry Halloween party last weekend, and then again on Halloween itself. I did not take her trick-or-treating, ( Read more... )

• 18:47 Dining at Zakia on Parmer with daughter. This place is so new it's not on Brightkite yet. It doesn't have WiFi . #
• 18:50 But I'm picking up a weak WiFi signal at Zakia from ASD next door. The waitresses are friendly, food is good. #
• 21:02 Bought a Halloween costume for daughter at Goodwill. Tried to steer her towards edgy and spidery stuff, ( Read more... )

As one would expect at a faire, there were faire rides and merry-go-rounds. Supposedly they were all homemade? The amazing thing about them was that (I may be wrong on this) none of them ran on electric power. The ones I saw were all pedal-powered. Sure, these merry-go-rounds were nothing like roller-coasters in industrial entertainment parks, but ( Read more... )

Yesterday being Halloween, everybody was supposed to bring sweets to work to share. I wanted to make something a bit unusual, or at least less sweet than typical American desserts, so I made something we often ate at my parents' home in the galaxy far away. It's mini-pancakes made with farmer cheese. Farmer cheese is something I didn't expect to ( Read more... )