Halloween

I have to admit, this year was a bit of a fail in the halloween department for the Gupton's. It was a wonderful weekend of social gatherings for us, but it wasn't really remarkable as far as costumes, decorations, or candy goes. Some of our friends hosted a party Friday night to share some of the beer that they had been working hard to brew over the past couple of months.  It was a fun, very laid-back, outdoor get together complete with beer, brats, a bonfire, and of course smores. Some of our other good friends who have just moved back from London joined in the festivities, so it was fun to mix groups of friends. August was a champ most of the time, but let us know when we'd outstayed our welcome.

When Sunday rolled around, we loaded up and headed down to San Antonio to visit our good friends Kevin and Val. Despite that we consider them to be some of our dearest friends, and that they only live an hour away, we manage to only see them once a year. Pathetic I know. None the less, they were ready to meet August and we were ready for a small dose of Alamo town. They live in a great place in the King Williams District just south of downtown. From their apartment, they can walk, ride a bike, or take the trolley to some of the coolest places in town. We ended up spending the majority of our visit at The Friendly Spot Ice House. It was very family/dog friendly with a wide Belgian beer selection and the tiniest street tacos we've ever seen!

By the time we got home at dusk on Sunday, we were tired and a bit uninspired to do anything festive. August wouldn't keep his lion hat on for more than two seconds, and given the fact that I had single-handedly devoured 2 lbs of peanut butter cups over a 10 day period, we didn't need to take advantage of our neighbor's candy. Besides, we figure this is the only year that we will be able to get away with the apathy, so we soaked it up and watched 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' instead.

at least the dogs acquired some loot