all that's past is prologue...

We just got back from a really fun Cemetery Scavenger Hunt from Talk Death  (@talkdeathdaily). I don't think we won any prizes, because uploading the pictures was really slow and we only got 6 uploaded by the deadline (we only had 45 minutes) but we had a ton of fun wandering through Oakland Cemetery! We found: a columbarium someone whose first name is a month a non-US flag doves poppies a pet ivy leaves a nickname a quote a broken column a Celtic knot calla lilies someone born in a leap year a bench a grave with more than 3 colors a tree real moss on a gravestone Before yoga, Patrick and I headed to Raspberry Island to see the alebrijes before they were taken down today (I'm a bad CSTAR member, we funded the project and they have been up for months, but we just had not made it there.) I'm so glad we got there for the last day!

We were so inspired by all of the stoops in Brooklyn and their fantastic Halloween decorations that Patrick got inspired and did some decorative boards on our own steps. And inside, I put our Halloween village up on the front bookshelf. Tonight, my friend Colin held "Boos and Booze," where he had a fantastic spread and then we watched "Psycho" in the FilmNorth theater. His drinks were especially creative! Though clearly none of this goes to the extent that places in New York did.

For Minnesota's fall break off of school, we ended up going to New York for college visits and could not have had a better time! We went out for two reasons — to visit colleges and to have some good family and friend time, and were successful at both. I'll leave the colleges for later, and focus on the friends and experiences. We arrived VERY late Tuesday, almost 1am before we got to our friend Dawn's place in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, where we were staying. Usually we stay in a different part of Brooklyn with our friend Julie, but this time we shook it ups  little, and we're glad we did, it was lovely! After a warm welcome of homemade banana bread and tea we settled in for the night. The next day we had some delicious bagels for breakfast and enjoyed some Court Street shopping. We walked around Cobble Hill and fell in love with the area. Beatrix loved the iconic Trader Joe's and the designer stores! We then headed out to the Drew tour. After that we headed to the othe...