What Happened to Fall?!?

So fall was here for a week, and now that dreaded summer heat seems to be back. I really need more than a week of fall, I need three months of fall. I did get to enjoy the weather though. Kristen and I took a weekend trip to West Jefferson, NC and rented a cozy log cabin to celebrate our third anniversary. It was the best weekend I've had in a long time. It's always interesting to me how many couples seem to dread spending time alone, but Kristen and I can think of nothing better than a weekend alone, no phone, internet or TV, just each other. The highlights:

Hooded sweatshirts! That's right, it was cool enough to wear a hooded sweatshirt without sweating through it!

Cafe Breves at Bohemia. Kristen and I have spent a weekend in West Jefferson each of the last three years and we have had a Cafe Breve at least once every day that they've been open. (They're closed on Sunday. This always makes me very sad.) I alternated between pumpkin spice and cinnamon spice and they were both awesome. Of course, how could a beverage with half and half as its base not be awesome?

Organic veggies! Our cabin shared land with an organic farm. Friday night we enjoyed steak and salad consisting of heirloom tomatos and arugula that we picked ourselves that day. Delish!

Speaking of food, Kristen made cheese blintzes with blueberries one morning, and homemade chocolate waffles the next. No one does breakfast like she does.

We did dinner in Blowing Rock on Saturday and it was awesome. I had cornmeal dusted trout with a fresh tomato garlic aioli and Kristen had spinach and mushroom ravioli. We also started out with calamari. My mouth is watering at the moment.

We also drove down lots of dirt roads, breathed in copious amounts of fresh mountain air, enjoyed the hot tub, completed crossword puzzles, took naps for no reason, and just enjoyed the company of each other. I can't wait to go back in only 51 weeks!