Sorry folks, but I've been wildly busy. I just landed a gig writing for startcooking.com that has been taking up a bit of my time...aside from my real full-time gig, that is. So, I'm thinking about tofu recipes and coming up with ideas on how to jazz up hot chocolate. It's a really great site, actually. So I was instantly attracted to the work even though I really don't have the time to write any more than I already am.
Anyhoo, Halloween came and went and wouldn't you know that not a single kid came to our house! No one sent this new resident the We-Schlep-Our-Kids-To-Other-Neighborhoods memo. It finally dawned on me and I grabbed my Transformer clad 4-year old and we headed over to the brightly lit Cureton subdivision which was mobbed with so many kids that half the homes we went to told us they had run out of candy! Meanwhile, that left me with gobs of tootsie rolls to eat from my own bowl. Ah well, now we know the trick or treating drill for next year.
But for the 30 minutes we were searching for candy on our block, I finally met some new neighbors I hadn't seen before simply because the homes are so far apart and heavily wooded that we can hardly see each other. I did find out from my neighbor directly across the street that he's putting up his house for sale in January to his long-time second home in Florida. So, if you're interested in buying a house with a front porch on about 2 acres of land in the Marvin school district for around the $450k range, give me a shout and maybe you can run over to my neighbor before he hooks up with a realtor. It's amazing what you learn when you just talk to folks.
The weather has gotten nippy in the mornings here, but the sun warms things up on the back deck by mid-afternoon. We're having a splendid fall here in Charlotte, but we're still in need of more rain since we're still in a bad drought. The leaves have been slow to change color with all the lack of rain.
I've gotta head back to NY in a few weeks for a wedding, and then to Philly for a biz trip. I haven't had a good cheesesteak in years, so I'm looking forward to it. In the middle of all that, my father-in-law is coming to Charlotte for Thanksgiving, and he's already telling us he may move here.
Looks like we've got another one coming down!
Tuesday
Been Busy, Busy!
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Thank you for your wonderful blog. My boyfriend and I are looking for a place to call home. We're currently in Raleigh, but it's not home to us. He's from Chicago, and I'm from L.A. so it's nice to hear a transplant's perspective. So two questions... What about public transportation? and Is there any good Mexican food?
ReplyDeleteHi bkeul!
ReplyDeleteThere is an extensive bus service called CATS that has stops all over the city limits, and a light rail just opened a few weeks ago that goes straight to uptown. It only has one leg at the moment, but other sections are being built over the next 10 or so years. People that have ridden it say that it's pretty awesome.
There is plenty of Mexican food around here. There's everything from your pretty authentic fare in neighborhoods where hispanics live (little taquerias), there's full-fledged restaurants (my fave is Zapatas of Ballantyne). There's fancified Mexican like Cantina 131, where every dish has a different twist. And then those chain joints, which I don't particularly care for--but, hey, to each his own!
You won't have ANY trouble finding a whole heap of Mexican around here of all flavors.