The Signs of Fall

Fall doesn’t officially start till tomorrow, but a look around the neighborhood suggests it’s already here.

Case in point.

A fall thing to do is run to the bodega to pick up milk and a $3.99 can of soup and accidentally come home with a large pumpkin. You know how it goes.

Seasonal beer. It doesn’t matter if you’d prefer a classic pils. You’re an American. Do the right thing.

Garlands of fall at the 99 cent store.

The Chocolate Room understands the reason for the season.

Candy Corn: is it good? I don’t know. I never know. But it is here.

Are you hiding from the flu?

Decorative gourds can mean only one thing: it’s decorative gourd season.

Also: decorative corn season.

Jack-O’-Paper-Lantern.

Local apples. Local apple pie. Local apple sauce. Local apples with peanut butter.

Pumpkin Spice everything from now until Holiday Blend.

Strip-trees.

Harvest time.

Fattening up for winter.

You scared, crow?

Not your kindergartner’s pumpkin.

Once they whip out the faux-fur trim, there’s no pretending otherwise: it’s fall.