November 1, 2015

Tanya's Daily Scoop
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Happy November!!

It's the day after Halloween. It's November 1st. It's a new month. It's only 25 days until Thanksgiving. And it's World Vegan Day!

After a fun filled and festive Halloween (see all of the pics below), we aren't gonna stop there - we are celebrating World Vegan Day by heading out to the SoCal VegFest!

This festival has been on our calendars for months, and we can't wait to see what's in store!

After the VegFest, a few of us will be going to see the highly acclaimed film adaptation of the originally self published book 'The Martian' staring Matt Damon. Dave B just finished reading the book this morning and has been looking forward to seeing the movie. It should be a good one!

And our last scheduled event of the day will be to watch game 5 of the MLB World Series.
The Royals are leading the Mets in the series 3-1 and if the Mets don't fight a little harder and pull out a win, then this will be the last game of the series and the Kansas City Royals will be the new World Series Champions.

I'm a die hard Yankees fan, but I am rooting for New York pull through and take the next 3 games!

Now a short recap all about yesterday:
I was happy to finally get my nails done, and as you can tell from the picture, I went for a very different look this time around!
It took a while for me to be happy with the shape and color - as this was not my usual girl doing my nails and I am VERY picky and my fingernails (and a bunch of other things).
But I sat in that chair for over 2 hours while other customers came and went, because until I was happy, I wasn't done and I wasn't gonna leave!

After working up an appetite and after taking Dominic to class, we met my mom and Cosette at Freesoul Caffe...where Mike Ness (vegetarian) lead singer and guitarist for the band Social Distortion was also enjoying a lovely brunch.

Before getting to the restaurant Jet had sent me a message that she had changed plans and was no longer going to the pumpkin patch we had all decided on. Instead she was taking Chaplin to the old stand-by in Yorba Linda.

I was not super thrilled that the plans had changed, but wanting to go for Chaplin, we went along with the adjustment and met them after lunch. 

Chaplin had a delightful time and we all enjoyed watching her have so much fun! 
But holy moly did it get HOT! 
WTH - it was Halloween, the freakin' 31st of October and I was burnin' up!
So after Chaplin ran out of tickets, I was quite happy to head straight for the A/C!

Luckily once the sun had began to go down, so had the temperatures and I was happy on again!

​There was only one thing left to do...

We were short a few members of our usual parading party (Liz, Skip, and Khanny).
But the night was a success!
The streets were bounding with families roaming the streets in costume, music playing, and candy eating.
It was the absolute most festive that I've seen it!
Everyone had a great time and quite throughly enjoyed themselves!

Praise was given by the community for how wonderful the night was, what a great turn out, and complemented on how well mannered and polite the kids and teens were.
Overall it was fantastic!

I hope that you also had a most successful Halloween and that you can take the time to recognize World Vegan Day.

Until we meet again (tomorrow),
​-T

Elisa's Daily Scoop
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New Month, New Trips

​Hey there and hello!
Can you believe that it’s already November?!

​I have to tell you, I’m pretty much in shock how quickly this Autumn is flying by. It’s been filled with lots of great happenings and there are lots more to come this month.

I’m totally psyched about my trip to Boston in less than two weeks!  This month also has some great shows on the calendar for both here in New York on Broadway and in Boston.  

Lastly, lest we forget, I’m planning on doing a few day tours into the New York City borough of The Bronx.

Manhattan is often the borough that gets all the attention - and with good reason - but I’m here to tell you that there are some amazing places to see and things to do outside Manhattan and I’m going to introduce you to a number of them in the Bronx this month!

(credit: useyorkcity.com)

​Well, let’s talk about yesterday…Halloween 2015!  I had a blast celebrating with the girls at Dream Come True Farm!!  The Food Truck Feastival was fantastic!  

Yesterday was also the day of the annual Halloween Horse Parade.  We arrived at the barn bright and early and the girls got crackin’ on finalizing their costumes.  

​Then it was off to do some riding in the outdoor arena (the girls always ride in the indoor arena, but with the festivities of the Feastival, all riding happened outside this weekend).  

I captured both girls doing a phenomenal job cantering.  I was in charge of both filming and still photography.  

Mid afternoon was time for the Halloween Horse Parade.  I managed to do a little vlogging myself!

Halloween Horse Parade

At Iron Chef Food truck (I'm not fat guys - have 4 layers on!)

​Today, we are relaxing at home.  Lord knows I needed a day to just chill.  I’ll be doing alittle pampering today with a very long overdue mani-pedi. A trip to the car wash is way overdue with all the “horsin’ around” the past two weekends.  I also need to catch up on laundry and get the kids ready for a brand new school week.

That’s about it from this cousin!

Here’s to a blessed Sunday!

-E
xoxo

Weekend Re-cap
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Foodie Friday: How to be a Happily Fed Vegan aboard a Cruise Ship!