When I was younger, Halloween was my second favorite holiday. We would wear costumes to school, receive Halloween candy and have a party at school. Then we would go trick or treating in the evening. We would come home with bags full of candy. We would also watch scary movies. There are some good classic movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Scream.

Now as an adult and a parent, we can pass those traditions to our children in hopes that they enjoy Halloween as much as we did when we were children. Thank you for reading my blog. 

Nick

I had the opportunity to buy a new tea a while back. I’m always buying different teas, to be honest. Tea is one of my favorite beverages, and I’m always on the lookout for a cool new flavor to enjoy. 

This latest tea is particularly aesthetically appealing, though. I’ve never seen anything else like it.

It’s called “mallow blue”. It’s a floral tea, which is a variety that tends to be very aromatic and not so very flavorful, at least in my experience. Then again, my go-to teas are all black teas, so I am clearly biased towards tea with a strong flavor. That doesn’t mean I’m unwilling to try floral teas, however. Far from it. I just keep to smaller packages of floral teas than I do black teas. This mallow blue really lives up to its name, though. While the flavor is as mild as I expected, the color very much is not. It’s literally blue when you first steep it! I was shocked the first time. If you steep it for a little longer it turns golden, which is comparatively disappointing. But that first pour sure is gorgeous.

I’m going to continue enjoying this mallow blue tea. I only drink it in clear glasses so I can fully appreciate that gorgeous color.

I’ve never seen this tea anywhere else. But if I ever get the chance to visit a Jupiter’s in Sapporo again, I’ll be sure to look for this. And I’ll continue to be adventurous is my tea experimentation. Who knows what color the next gem I find will be.

レトロ（懐古趣味、古い）な雰囲気は好きですか。

最近アデリアという昭和の頃に流行ったプリントグラスの可愛さに

やられています。花柄プリントはそれはそれは素朴でかわいらしく

クリームメロンソーダなど作ったら、写真を撮りたくなりますね。

飲まなくても満足できるかもしれません。

でも、１０代の子たちには、そのデザインが逆に新鮮に感じられるのだろうなと

思います。世代を超えて良いものは受け継がれるはず。

流行はめぐります。

レトロなものには。ものプラス思い出が混じって人それぞれ少しずつニュアンスが

加わり味わいがでてくるので、過去の時さえ無駄にしないのが私は好きです。

レトロな車、ファッション、印刷、ゲーム

時々振り返ってみたいものありませんか。

ちなみに最近、夏の余ったかき氷シロップでメロンソーダを作ってみました。

アデリアグラスがあれば最高なのに・・・

アデリアグラスが・・・

I love Halloween, and one of my favorite memories of Halloween as a child was carving pumpkins with my father.  Since my kids were born, we have ordered pumpkins every year and carved them at home.  It can be a little expensive to order them, but it’s totally worth it.  My daughter is still a bit too young to take part but she loves watching!  This year, my son’s friends from school came over and we carved pumpkins together.  The results were great!  

Another thing I love about pumpkin carving is taking out the seeds and baking them.  They make a really good, crunchy snack.  We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins and eating pumpkin seeds this year!

先日アメリカに行ったとき、ハロウィンウィーク用に「Spirit of Halloween」というハロウィン専門店に行ってきました。実は、ウォールマートに行っても大人用の衣装はなくどうしようかと思っていたところに、ミアに久しぶりに会いました。そのミアが教えてくれた店でした。入り口で写真をパチリ。でもその後この台が壊れてしまいました。知らない顔をして自分の衣装を買いました。来週のみんなの仮装が楽しみです！