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Now I could get down with jalapeño jelly and a peanut butter burger. I love jalapeño jelly!
Alia- Hope you get to check out that town. If you are going to stay in that town during October, you may have to make reservations well in advance, and definitely try to check it out when they have their Halloween parade.Jeffery- It definitely must be a Washington thing. It's weird but, with the peanut butter on the burger, it kind of takes a bit of the heat out of the jalapeños but you still get that jalapeño flavor in there. Oh and I don't recommend lettuce or tomato on that type of burger cause it's too much on there that can take the other flavors away. Also, just curious Jeffery, have you ever had the opportunity to attend Crypticon in the SeaTac area yet?
Felina- Jalapeño Jelly is the bomb! I think it's just like Frank's Hot Sauce...you can put that shit on everything :0)
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I've never heard of the Crypticon. What is that?
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Indeed. Jalapenos are probably my co-favorite with habaneros. But jalapenos are great for snacking on too, so maybe they beat out habaneros? I'm going to be grilling some jalapenos tonight with a tri-tip.
@Steven: I imagine it gets packed! I would love to see that Halloween parade :D
Jeffrey- Crypticon is a horror/sci-fi/fantasy/ convention at the Doubletree Hotel across from the airport up in SeaTac. Here's a link. However, this year's has past, they do it around the same time every year, and it's awesome! They have celebrities, authors, artists, vendors, classes, panels, and show movies. They also bring in the Anubus Hearse Club. I highly recommend it. It's so much fun and it's got a kind of relaxed, just hanging out with fans kind of feel. Event the celebrities we've met there seem to be so relaxed and sincerely love chatting with their fans. https://crypticonseattle.com/
Alia- Also check the Halloween Town site to keep up on what or who each year is bringing to their party. We've met a few celebrities at that event as well.
@Steven: I kind of want to live in a Halloween town now hahaha
Alia- Jack Sparrow lives there too and he's friends with the Pumpkin King :0)
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Cool. Thank you, Steven. I'll take a look!
alia wrote: "@Steven: I kind of want to live in a Halloween town now hahaha"Our house is basically Halloween Town. We would enjoy visiting a place like that.
Steven wrote: "Washington State, not far from Portland, Oregon, South of Seattle, East of Goonies town Astoria, Oregon, and just down the road a bit from Mount Saint Helens. Oh, and we have one of my favorite pla..."ooh I live pretty close to you then. I'm on the Oregon side of the state border, but I'm pretty close to Portland, Seattle, and Astoria :)
@Steven: yey! drinking parties! hahaha@Ian: Now I want to know about your house! hahahaha Cant help it, love Halloween :D
Ian, you would love that town! It's rich in some spooky history too, and that big beautiful Jack-o-lantern in the center of the court house square is a site to behold. Quite a few years back, my family and I were zombies in their Zombie Run Marathon and their parade. The place is just special and fun.Shawna, going by your location, and being in a book group, you must have visited a Powells Books by now? Being a fan of titles that are in this group, you may also enjoy Crypticon. We also have a fantastic drive-in movie/Halloween themed attraction at the Clark County Fair Grounds, in October, on this site of the border you may want to check out.
Alia, My house, when the lawn isn't way too tall, as it is now (zombies could be hiding in it and I wouldn't know until they bit me), does get decked out for Halloween and we have a dead guy crawling out of a grave on our property all year round :0) I do know of some amazing decorated houses in the Portland to Seattle area and can send you a list. The two I can tell you to check out, without a doubt are Davis Graveyard and Pumpkin Acres. There are some amazing haunt houses out there.
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Sally wrote: "@Steven I really want to come hang with y'all at Halloween!"I live near the famous Sleepy Hollow and have been in the actual church the story talks about and heard The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on Halloween. The area has an amazing pumpkin festival.
I have Halloween-envy :D It figures being in this group that Halloween and Día de Muertos are my favorite holidays.
That sounds awesome @Steven :D But the thing about your lawn... you cant fool me, it suits you for when you are being a zombie :P
I looked some photos of both places and look so fun!
@Papaphilly: Sleepy Hollow on Halloween must be something else too :O
Wow! Sleepy Hollow sounds like a fun place too. With a name and history like that, I'm not surprised they try to market on that too. My wife and I were big fans of the show that was out a while back...that they canceled :0(Alia, yep gotta have a lawn that makes sense in a zombie apocalypse. My wife had quite the conversation with Robert Kirkman at a comic signing a few years back, about all the mowed lawns in the Walking Dead...apparently he's not happy about that part either :0)
@Steven: hahahaha, that is very true, maybe we are supposed to think that after some brain bites, they mow the lawn like an automated thing to chill out.
@Steven - are you talking about the one where Ichabod comes to the future? I also really liked that series.
Felina wrote: "@Steven - are you talking about the one where Ichabod comes to the future? I also really liked that series."That show was cool. I watched 1 or 2 seasons.
Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Felina wrote: "@Steven - are you talking about the one where Ichabod comes to the future? I also really liked that series."That show was cool. I watched 1 or 2 seasons."
So did I. I didn't watch the entire series, I'm not sure if the show got a proper ending or not.
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That is awesome! Sounds fun! :)
Karla wrote: "I live in Montevideo, MN. It is a double river valley where the Minnesota river and the Chippewa river converge, population of app. 5100. I moved here in 2018. I live directly across from the Chipp..."I snooped some photos and it looks gorgeous! What an amazing place to read :O
Felina, yes that was the one I was talking about. We were so sad when they canceled it.
Massachusetts here
Sally wrote: "Vickie wrote: "I'm trying to remember, Sally, is that the big horse town?"Oh yeah, very big on horses around here! They have their own traffic lights!"
I lived down in Lancaster for a while, and I remember being amazed that they had tying posts at Walmart / grocery stores / etc.
It's such a beautiful, laid-back area - I definitely miss it. Covered bridges and Amish farms 5 minutes in one direction - malls and shopping centers in the other. Such a different world from anywhere else I have been.
Karla wrote: ":) It really is. The sound of the river is so relaxing. It's amazing when all the newborn creatures are arriving...."What a delight! Such a special place :D
And I agree with the bugs! I am such a wuss with them. It is scorpion season around here, yikes!
Denis (deez_bookish_adventures) wrote: "Massachusetts here"Howdy neighbor! (also from Mass)
Felina wrote: "Pass on scorpions."yeah, you move a plant and they are ready to say hi :S
I'm from Kent in the south east of England. I am guessing there are not many Brits in here.
Gareth wrote: "I'm from Kent in the south east of England. I am guessing there are not many Brits in here."I'm in another group (book club) as well called The Sword and Laser. It has a podcast & many members in the UK & other countries. I'm from California.
Felina wrote: "Tom and Veronica are from CA, right?"Yes, L.A & S.F. We met Tom at an L.A. S&L meetup before covid.
I hope they start them up again.
I met them both at Nertacular which was a Frogpants thing. They stopped doing it which was a huge bummer.
How cool the places where you live, each one with its special things, I am from Spain, from a town in Catalonia.
Born and raised in Northern California ☀️
Gareth wrote: "I'm from Kent in the south east of England. I am guessing there are not many Brits in here."I live in the Shetland Islands (Scotland) which still counts as the UK, although we feel pretty separate most of the time.
Hi Gareth!
Lizzie wrote: "Essex, UK"hi Lizzie. was about to send you a friend request, but you beat me to it!
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Hello! New here. I'm from a rural town, about an hour outside of Houston, TX, Hempstead. Monaville, if you happen to know the area, which I'm sure you don't. But it's quiet and I like it that way.
@kristie I’m from SETX originally so I have an idea lol
Kristy wrote: "Hello! New here. I'm from a rural town, about an hour outside of Houston, TX, Hempstead. Monaville, if you happen to know the area, which I'm sure you don't. But it's quiet and I like it that way."I actually know the area a bit. You are only a few miles from Katy. I spent time there after Hurricane Harvey.
https://spiritofhalloweentown.com/
Ian, that sounds like it was an interesting store. I am sure I would have enjoyed it. When I lived in Van..."
Looks really fun! Someday maybe! :)