Weekend in the Country
Friday, Rebby and I decided to head out to Trax Farms to look at some pumpkins. It was a gorgeous chilly fall day with brilliant sunshine, perfect for driving. We started our day with a rather ill advised breakfast at Pamelas in Oakland...ill advised because it was almost noon when we got there and all the students and employees of Oakland were on their lunch breaks. We waited about 10 minutes to get a seat, about 20 minutes to get coffee and place our order, and then about 45 minutes for the food to come up. My chorizo and eggs was worth the wait though, and rebby's corned beef hash and eggs was pretty good too. We were pretending to be on vacation so it didn't matter so much that we had to wait. I felt bad for the waiter though, as he ended up comping at least three tickets while we sat there for people who had to go back to work before their food came out. I'm sure he had to pay for it.
Anyway, we got on the road and had a lovely drive out to the south south south hills. Trax Farms is about half an hour from downtown, but it feel like you are a million miles away. We went crazy in the farm market...lots of fresh produce, amish butter and eggs and cheese, apple cider cured ham, fresh baked bread, pumpkin butter....yummies. Then we strolled around outside amongst the piles of pumpkins:
They were everywhere. On the actual weekends they have all sorts of fall festival activities out there, but since it was Friday we could just peruse the pumpkins and fall foliage and collections of weird gourds. It was a great day.
On the way back, we stopped into Sassy Sensations, a little erotic boutique oddly located in a strip mall on Library Road in Castle Shannon. The woman working there was super friendly and took great pleasure in showing off her glass erotic art dildoes. They were very pretty and fancy, but in the end I got a relatively cheap purple vibrator which is decorated with rhinestones. (they're under a plastic sheath, don't worry) I also spied the most gorgeous purple suede flogger...it has a belt clip. Swoon. Maybe someday.....
When we got home we watched a little TV and made a delicious farm fresh pasta dinner....whole wheat capellini with sauteed eggplant, garlic, onions, tomatoes, red peppers and chorizo. Topped with grated ricotta salata. Man was it good! Drank the Vampire Cabernet while watching Dracula. A perfect ending to a perfect day!
Saturday we ventured out into the North Country for the Zelienople Country Fall Festival. I have made a photo safari of our day here.
Friday, Rebby and I decided to head out to Trax Farms to look at some pumpkins. It was a gorgeous chilly fall day with brilliant sunshine, perfect for driving. We started our day with a rather ill advised breakfast at Pamelas in Oakland...ill advised because it was almost noon when we got there and all the students and employees of Oakland were on their lunch breaks. We waited about 10 minutes to get a seat, about 20 minutes to get coffee and place our order, and then about 45 minutes for the food to come up. My chorizo and eggs was worth the wait though, and rebby's corned beef hash and eggs was pretty good too. We were pretending to be on vacation so it didn't matter so much that we had to wait. I felt bad for the waiter though, as he ended up comping at least three tickets while we sat there for people who had to go back to work before their food came out. I'm sure he had to pay for it.
Anyway, we got on the road and had a lovely drive out to the south south south hills. Trax Farms is about half an hour from downtown, but it feel like you are a million miles away. We went crazy in the farm market...lots of fresh produce, amish butter and eggs and cheese, apple cider cured ham, fresh baked bread, pumpkin butter....yummies. Then we strolled around outside amongst the piles of pumpkins:
They were everywhere. On the actual weekends they have all sorts of fall festival activities out there, but since it was Friday we could just peruse the pumpkins and fall foliage and collections of weird gourds. It was a great day.
On the way back, we stopped into Sassy Sensations, a little erotic boutique oddly located in a strip mall on Library Road in Castle Shannon. The woman working there was super friendly and took great pleasure in showing off her glass erotic art dildoes. They were very pretty and fancy, but in the end I got a relatively cheap purple vibrator which is decorated with rhinestones. (they're under a plastic sheath, don't worry) I also spied the most gorgeous purple suede flogger...it has a belt clip. Swoon. Maybe someday.....
When we got home we watched a little TV and made a delicious farm fresh pasta dinner....whole wheat capellini with sauteed eggplant, garlic, onions, tomatoes, red peppers and chorizo. Topped with grated ricotta salata. Man was it good! Drank the Vampire Cabernet while watching Dracula. A perfect ending to a perfect day!
Saturday we ventured out into the North Country for the Zelienople Country Fall Festival. I have made a photo safari of our day here.
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