HOUSTON, WE HAVE PROGRESS

Update! Update!

We have leaves changing, we have leaves falling, we have AUTUMN UP IN THE EAST COAST.

You know those PERFECT four days right as the summer transitions to fall?  The days where you don't quite need a jacket and the grass is still soft and green, but the trees are peppered with bits of red and orange and gold?  And you know how those perfect four days never last longer than four days?  Out here it's lasted the entire month of October.

As keen as I am on this - and believe me, I AM KEEN - I've craved the crunching leaves.  I'm ready to break out my leather jackets.  And the time, my friends, has finally come.

Definitive proof to follow:










Also, my neighbors two doors up are really festive.



Like, really.

Shenandoah

Winding Virginia roads and Darius Rucker's "Wagon Wheel."

The perfect autumnal Sunday.

You're not forgotten, scarf balls.

So here's the thing about October in the District.
It feels a little bit like cheating.

Early in the month I unwadded my scarves, fretting about the certain frost soon to come.  But then pleasant day followed pleasant day, and I continue to wear gray v-necks unshrouded in any additional layers.  My scarves have become re-wadded in that space between my bed and the wall and all in all I feel like October deserves a medal.

During my visit to Utah mid-September, leaves were already starting to change. Out here we're mid-October and the green is holding steady.






Other October Opdates  Updates
(couldn't do it even for the sake of alliteration)



+ Arlington for the evening



+ my favorite riverside view.   evenings feature excessively aggressive ducks and/or yachts.





+ I can't believe it's taken me so long to eat at one of José Andres's restaurants. Who am I kidding. Of course I can believe it. Because 2 ounces of food will cost you an elbow and a knee.  BUT.  JALEO??!  WORTH IT.  I am sold on tapas.

Keep on keepin on, October baby!