Comments on: The leaves are falling — here’s how we did on the Fall Fun List https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/11/the-leaves-are-falling-heres-how-we-did-on-the-fall-fun-list/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/11/the-leaves-are-falling-heres-how-we-did-on-the-fall-fun-list/#comment-282316 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:52:17 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18257#comment-282316 In reply to BethC..

@Beth C- wow, great job on the list! It’s great to be an apple connoisseur and find places to get the perfect types (and at the right time!). Enjoy Disney!

]]> By: Kamala https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/11/the-leaves-are-falling-heres-how-we-did-on-the-fall-fun-list/#comment-282314 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:46:27 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18257#comment-282314 ]]> In reply to BethC..

That’s wonderful đź‘Ť

]]> By: Kamala https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/11/the-leaves-are-falling-heres-how-we-did-on-the-fall-fun-list/#comment-282313 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:44:18 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18257#comment-282313 ]]> Very happy to know about your concert experience, congratulations. Great job on the fall fun list too đź‘Ť

]]> By: Mary Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/11/the-leaves-are-falling-heres-how-we-did-on-the-fall-fun-list/#comment-282297 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:15:05 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18257#comment-282297 I’m so glad you could have the experience of a world premiere with the composer there to enjoy it. I had a similar experience three weeks ago at the chapel where you were married. Organist Alcee Chris played four short trio sonatas by his colleague at Wesleyan University, Neely Bruce. During our brief respite from masks during the intermission I was able to tell Mr. Bruce how delighted I was to hear his music and to know he was there to hear the world premiere. The joy of live performances after months away from them!

]]> By: BethC. https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/11/the-leaves-are-falling-heres-how-we-did-on-the-fall-fun-list/#comment-282238 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:46:44 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18257#comment-282238 My original list updated with success/failure:
1. Get to the Jersey Shore for a solo beach day one more time. Done!
2. Do more trail walks in local parks. Did one, and wish that I had done more.
3. Head to Florida for 5 weeks if husband is medically cleared. Done! We are in Florida now.
4. If we go to Florida, I am thinking of staying near (but not at) Disney for 3 nights and doing Disney things that do not involve theme park entry. While I love Disney, we would be there at the start of the 50th-anniversary celebration, which is predicted to draw huge crowds. No thanks. Doing this tonight and in the next 3 days. Here’s the plan: Monday-Frontera Grill at Disney Springs for lunch, then do takeout dinner from Kona Cafe at the Polynesian, watch the Electric water parade and then get Dole Whip at the Polynesian food court. Tuesday: Fantasia Mini Golf, ride the amphibicars that go into the water at Disney Springs, “linner” at Boathouse restaurant at Disney Springs. Wednesday: Alien mini golf at Universal and lunch or dinner at the Cowful Sushi bar at Universal City walk We’ll also veg at our hotel pool or walk around Celebration, FL. where our hotel is located.
5. Bake something with the lingering canned pumpkin in the pantry. Not yet. Will try to get to this when we get back from Florida.
6. Buy fall mums. Done! Found some pretty tricolor ones at the farm stand that our CSA runs.
7. Continue wading through my TBR stack on the nightstand. Recent progress has been made-reading large tomes makes a difference! I read, “The Time In Between” and “A Little Life.” The former was a really great historical fiction saga about a woman living in Spain and Morocco during the Spanish Civil War and WWII. The latter was a very beautifully written book about the lifelong friendship among 4 friends who met in college. I loved it, but it is very dark. Now reading “In the Unlikely Event” by children’s book author Judy Blume. Still working on my list. Currently reading “The Paris Wife,” which is about the relationship between Hemingway and his first wife Hadley.
8. Conjure up uses for the acorn, butternut, spaghetti and delicata squashes that we managed to grow on our deck this summer. Working through the squash.
9. Visit my mom out of state for a delayed 93rd birthday visit. Done!
10. Locate my all time favorite apples (Macoun) to either buy locally at a grocery store or pick myself. They are more of a New England apple, so it may be challenging to find them in South Jersey. Done! Picked a peck at Terhune Orchards in Princeton, NJ. Also found Stayman apples, which I also like.

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