MDIFT Show

Yesterday, I was invited to the Maryland Institute of Food Technology Show that was happening tonight. I figured that it would be a good career move, so I shifted my restaurant schedule and made sure to go. It was definitely interesting. Aside from the open bar and free munchies for the last hour of the show, there was plenty of interesting stuff to see. I got to try a lot of different flavors and dips, and I even won a door prize! Of all the things there were to choose, I chose an iPod Shuffle. Overall, I'm glad I went.

Soldering Attempt #1

Well, I made my first attempt at soldering a charm today. With the help of a soldering kit that Wanda bought for me, and a blog post on Clever Karen (which acted as a "pep talk"), I finally sat down to create. Here is my resulting charm:

I think I might need to use more solder, and I want to figure out how to even out the edges, but overall, I'm quite pleased.

Fun With Pumpkins

Tonight, Mel, Adrienne and I carved the second pumpkin that Mel had brought in the other day. It was great. Between waiting on tables, we traced the design and cut it out. In the end, to finish the eyes, we broke out the power tools.

See what you can do when you improvise?

Fall Dessert Day

This afternoon, at Huber, we had Fall Dessert Day. People brought in a fun assortment of desserts to celebrate the season. I brought in two items - a Brownie Pumpkin Cheesecake and Soft Ginger-Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter Frosting. They both turned out really well.

Halloween Preparations

I had fun at work tonight. We helped with preparations for the Tidewater's Halloween party on Saturday. Bret, Mike and I carved a pumpkin that Mel brought in. I think it turned out really well.

Then, I made radish and olive eyeballs with Mel and Julia. They turned out well, too. Later, Mel and Julia moved on to making Jell-O shooters. It was a good time.

Ravens vs. Bills

Today's game was pretty exciting. The Ravens defeated the Buffalo Bills in overtime 34-37. I'm glad to see that the Bills put up a good fight, for Frank's sake. I work with Frank at the Tidewater, and he's a Bills fan. He totally expected the Bills to lose, but it was really close.
For our pregame show, we performed Thriller. What's different about this show is that we even did the dance. You can watch the pregame show at this link on Facebook. For halftime, we formed an XXXV on the field, a tribute to the Ravens' SuperBowl team (it's the 10th anniversary this year). I was in the first X.

Halloween Tag Swap

The tags for Wanda's Halloween Tag Swap arrived in the mail today. I loved my tags, even though they weren't as fancy as everyone else's.

Thanks to Wanda for hosting this fun swap!