{"id":2915,"date":"2016-10-31T09:54:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T16:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2016-10-31T09:54:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T16:54:43","slug":"spooktacular-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/spooktacular-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooktacular 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose that was a fun weekend, despite an unusual amount of rainfall. \u00a0The worst part about wet\u00a0weather here is listening to everybody you talk to say, &#8220;Well we really need the rain.&#8221; \u00a0Every&#8230; \u00a0Single&#8230; \u00a0Person. \u00a0And, I guess at the end of the day it&#8217;s true, but I don&#8217;t know why the ten rainy days a year always have to fall on the weekend. \u00a0Plenty of time for rain when I&#8217;m stuck in my cubical all day. \u00a0It&#8217;s not like it really ruined my weekend anyway I suppose. \u00a0I kicked things off Friday at the house. \u00a0I couldn&#8217;t get anybody to play with me, so I just sat on the patio by myself and watched the baseball game. \u00a0Perfect Fall weather; \u00a0Had the heater fired up and the patio cover kept things dry, it was really a pretty nice night out.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was the big Halloween Spooktacular at our neighborhood clubhouse. \u00a0Yes, things have to come to this. \u00a0Donette is on the social committee, so she spent a sizable amount of her day over there setting up. \u00a0The event started around 6:00, and you could tell right off it was going to get kind of crowded. \u00a0Indeed, I think they said by the end of the night nearly 500 people had showed up. \u00a0Way too many really; \u00a0I think next year they are going to pare things back a bit. \u00a0But, luckily the rain held off and it turned out to be\u00a0a lot of fun. \u00a0Crazy costumes and sugar-crazed kids&#8230; \u00a0Good scene to observe from a safe distance.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday we slept in a bit, then our friends Michael and Alaina had the bright idea to go out wine tasting. \u00a0It really <em>was<\/em> a bright idea as it turned out; \u00a0The rain had apparently scared everybody off and we had all the tasting rooms to ourselves. \u00a0We ending up hitting four spots, and then heading back to their house for grilling and Sopranos reruns. \u00a0Fine day of entertainment. \u00a0Tonight we&#8217;re having a few people over to hand out candy, we&#8217;ll see how that turns out. \u00a0Looks like it might rain again, leaving us in the house snacking on 10 pounds of chocolates.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2915 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/spooktacular-2016\/centivo\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/centivo-150x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/centivo-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/centivo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/centivo.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2919'>\n\t\t\t\tOur first stop on Sunday, Centivo in Fairplay.  The vines are all dying back for the Fall\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/spooktacular-2016\/marge-and-homer\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/marge-and-homer-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/marge-and-homer-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/marge-and-homer-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/marge-and-homer-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/marge-and-homer-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/marge-and-homer.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2920'>\n\t\t\t\tMarge &#038; Homer off to the party.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/spooktacular-2016\/grilling\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/grilling-150x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/grilling-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/grilling-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/grilling.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2921'>\n\t\t\t\tFestive grill over at Michael&#8217;s house\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose that was a fun weekend, despite an unusual amount of rainfall. \u00a0The worst part about wet\u00a0weather here is listening to everybody you talk to say, &#8220;Well we really need the rain.&#8221; \u00a0Every&#8230; \u00a0Single&#8230; \u00a0Person. \u00a0And, I guess at the end of the day it&#8217;s true, but I don&#8217;t know why the ten rainy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}