Sunday Bike Ride

On Sunday it was so beautiful so we went on a long bike ride around Central Park. The leaves changing were so pretty and the weather was in the mid 60s. We stopped at the end to take a few pictures of the colorful leaves but we realized the only place we stopped had the least amount of changed leaves. Oh well it was still an awesome relaxing day. To end the night we watched the Yankees game with some friends. I knew it was going to be a Phillies vs. Yankees World Series. The man in my house sure is a happy boy.

Applewood Orchards

Today we headed an hour north of the city to take in a little fall farm fun. It was raining off and on all day but we didn't let the freezing rain stop us and since the weather was so bad there was hardly anyone there. We went with my cousin Stephen, his girlfriend Sylvia, and their daughter Elaina. We picked apples in the apple orchard, did wine tastings at the winery, pet animals, rode on a tractor, and had lunch at Syder Barn Tavern in the country town. What you would call a typical city day. Elaina was cute because she was amazed at how many trees there were and all the colors of the leaves, because besides Central Park there aren't really many big parks in the city and before that she lived in Florida and they only have palm trees. It was really a great day and we have a lot of apples. Maybe next year it won't be so wet.

These were the apple picking rules, which we did break a few but no one kicked us out

The night before we enjoyed an evening out at our favorite sports bar ESPN Zone to watch the Yankees game. They won but it was a really long 14 inning game that went to 1:00am. Why are baseball games so long sometimes? Brian is very excited because there is a god chance that his two favorite teams will be in the World Series: Yankees vs. Phillies maybe? We will be cheering them both on.

A fun tip

I haven't had anything exciting to blog about in a while but yesterday I was watching the Rachel Ray show before I went to work and there was a fashion expert on with a great tip I thought I would share. He was talking about skinny and tight jeans and how if you wash them they will become too tight and not fit right anymore. His solution was to spot wash them if you have a stain but to just kill germs and odor roll them up and put in a baggie and freeze them for 48 hrs. The cold temperature will kill any bacteria an odor and the fit of the jean will not be compromised. He said you can also do this with sweaters and other garments that are not wash machine friendly. I found this to be a very interesting tip that I had never ever heard before. I might use it to see if it works the next time my skinny jeans need to be washed.