I can’t remember when, exactly, I last wore denim with zippers at the ankle, but it has been well over 20 years. I think it was around the time I was dressing as the punk-rocker incarnation of Madonna and lip-syncing to “Material Girl.”
Once I retired the last pair (likely with acid-wash and an upside-down triangle label on the rear), I never thought I’d see the trend again.
Turns out these ones have just enough stretch to fit snuggly on the legs and still accommodate my growing pregnant bump (so I’ve been wearing them all week).
I’ve never seen him so excited about a piece of clothing. It’s a bit warm here for sweatshirts (though the evenings are growing cooler), and still he didn’t want to take the hood off!
Are you into the zipper trend for fall? (I love that they mean getting to wear more brass and metallic embellishments.) Were you around for the first wave of ankle-zips?
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Halloween sneaks up on me every year! Usually, by the time I figure out a costume for Hudson, his size is sold out. (Though it hasn’t stopped him from being really cute of course… in my opinion. First he was a shark. And then a sweet strawberry!) This year, I’m going to be on top of it! Aron even requested an early day this year so that we can all participate in the city’s activities.
In my search, I came across these costumes for babies by The Wishing Elephant. They’re so cute. I can’t believe they all are based on something as simple as a onesie!
So perfect for getting in the spirit, even if you’re just answering the door with a 6-month-old in arms.
In the spirit of Oktoberfests and tailgating parties, and for the sake pregnant women everywhere, Aron and I did our best to judge some commonly found non-alcoholic beers.
The contenders: Kaliber (Ireland, from the brewers of Guinness), St. Pauli (Germany), Clausthaler (Germany), Beck’s (Germany), Buckler (Holland), and O’Douls (U.S., Anheuser-Busch). We had hoped to add Paulaner Hefe-Weizen to the list, as I recall theirs being good, but not a lot of liquor stores stock more than one non-alcoholic option (shocker). However, we did find—for you locals here in Davis—that University of Beer carries non-alcoholic Erdinger Weissbier, another German Hefe-Weizen.
I did a quick Google search for some beer-tasting pointers (Head? Smell? Color? First impression? Mouthfeel? Lingering flavor?), and set up a tasting station for us. I couldn’t keep the taste-test entirely blind (someone had to pour the beers), but I used my best “pregnancy brain” to quickly forget which beer was in which glass. And that worked pretty well! Every beer but the Kaliber had the same light amber color, so all but that one seemed indistinguishable to me once we began.
With that, and with there being narry a head of foam in the bunch, we went straight to smell and starting taking notes:
