Lobstah, anyone? The first of five terrific days, gorging myself on amazing food, enjoying being with friends I miss so much, and making new ones...

I really enjoyed eating two lobsters that night--with a little help from my friends. 

Gamer. 

About to try my hand at Pictionary... 

The process of making caramel apples begins with collecting them. We picked them ourselves--we ain't too proud. Check out the sticks!

Hard to find a few good apples... They really took a beating after a recent hail storm, so most that we found we had to discard, but it looks like Jason found a decent one. 

Keep it on the 'low, kay?

And we actually got to use them. I was a little nervous...

Transforming the room for our high tea...

Go girl. Her most impressive feat for the high tea, in my opinion, was when she whipped up a batch of the most incredible scones I've ever experienced, from scratch, while I ran upstairs to take just 15 minutes to get ready. Get out her way, ya heard? 

Adding the finishing touch to his bread box, if you will. Those were smoked salmon sandwiches. Yes, it definitely needed a bit of crimson ribbon...

Prepping sandwiches, a hefty responsibility left to only the most capable and nimble of hands. It only took Jason and me, like, 3 hours, tops.

Oh my Gosh--Rilkean this is one for the "Oh No You Di'int!" album.

Just looking at these pictures again makes my mouth water. Everything you see was exquisite.

Yeah, it was as amazing as it looked.

What a spread. A variety of cheeses, meats, and other splendid treats made wine tasting night 

terrific. Beating the guys again at a game afterwards made it perfect.

Jason, snapping pictures of the amazing foliage in the cemetery.

Lowell does it like no other... The trees in a cemetery in Lowell, Mass where my friends and I went looking for Jack Kerouac's grave.

Girls dressed up for Halloween...

The eyelashes  I bought last minute at Walgreens. They were fun to wear once I got used to them, although the girl who did my makeup, Tiffany, glued each eye shut by accident in the process.