october is sweater weather...and oysters and pizza weather.

It's already October! My favorite time of the year!

No, it isn't my favorite time because of PSL (pumpkin spice latte). I actually run away from anything artificially pumpkin spice-d...even PS scented hand soap. YUCK!

October is beautiful on the East Coast. The foliage is beautiful and it's perfect sweater weather! It's time for stews and soups. It's exciting to go to Target and see all the Halloween costumes. The kids are all back in school. The work day still ends when it is light outside because it's still day light savings time.

October is also the start of oyster season in southern Maryland.
This past weekend, we drove two hours south to the river house to celebrate my future brother-in-law's birthday.

On the way to the river, we stopped at the St. Mary's Oyster Festival.
An entire weekend festival of everything oysters-From fried oysters to grilled oysters, oyster po boys, to oyster soup, oyster shooters to oyster t-shirts!

I LOVE OYSTERS. NOM NOM NOM.

A full river house with my future in laws, future siblings in law, future second cousins from california, and future dogs in law- It was a nice and cozy weekend.

a river that looks like an ocean. 

Having a Neapolitan future father-in-law means homemade brick oven pizzas.

Sunsets are beautiful here.

The weather is chilly but family and pizza makes it warm.

i see you, pizza.

-mai

Mishka's commentary:

I love October too! Finally the weather cools down and I can strut my fur coat!