Five on Friday {Happy Halloween}

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Hello Friday! I cannot believe that it is already the end of October! With the rainy weather and the rise of COVID cases in the schools, my son’s middle school Halloween Bash was canceled. The kids still have Halloween plans for the weekend that I hope will still work out. Here are five from this week:

1. Sports – My daughter’s field hockey team made it to sectionals. They won their game last Friday afternoon in overtime but lost in the quarterfinals against the first seeded team. My son’s last modified soccer game got canceled this week due to the rainy weather. I love watching the kids play their sports, but I’m not going to lie, I’m looking forward to a more relaxed upcoming activity schedule!

2. Reading – This week I finished reading Brunch and Other Obligations by Suzanne Nugent. This was just an okay read for me about female friendship. I just downloaded 4 books from Netgalley onto my kindle and have several books out from the library. There are too many books and not enough reading time!

3. Cooking – This week’s dinners included BLTs with Morningstar Farms Bacon, Chipotle Cauliflower Pitas and these Hoisin Tofu Noodles.

4. Watching – Friday night my husband and I watched Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. I’ve also started watching the limited Netflix series Maid. Both are good but pretty depressing!

5. Eating – Saturday my husband and I had a lunch date at Badageoni Georgian cuisine in Mt. Kisco. This was our first time visiting and our first time having Georgian cuisine. The food was delicious and included this adjaruli, a traditional open-faced cheese boat.

6. Jack o’lanterns – Saturday night we carved jack o’lanterns. I think my husband did an amazing job on his Baby Yoda!

7. HVRW – Hudson Valley Restaurant Week takes place November 1 – 14. We were invited to the kick-off party held Monday at Tilly Foster’s Farm. My husband went, representing NY Foodie Family and got to sample local beer, spirits and food products from local farms and businesses. We like the milk from Ronnybrook Farm Dairy and my husband loved the eggnog he sampled. They just started producing it for the holiday season!

8. Dinner with my parents – My mom had knee replacement surgery last week. She’s slowly recovering so we brought Chinese takeout over Sunday for a visit and to give my dad a night off from cooking. I stopped at Homestyle Desserts and picked up some pastries for dessert. These were soooo good!

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