Halloween Walking Tour + Glasglow

 Jackson:

This weekend, my Mom and I went on a halloween walking tour. It actually took place the night of Friday the 13th so it was a perfect time for a scary walking tour around the city. We started off at the Glasgow Cathedral which is the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland. We got to see the cathedral at night as well as the Glasgow Necropolis (meaning "city of the dead") behind the cathedral up on the hill. 

Glasgow Cathedral

Glasgow Necropolis

We walked down high street which is the oldest street in Glasgow. We learned about former prisons and public executions that took place in Glasgow, apparently they were quite popular at the time. We learned about a certain public hanging where over 80,000 people attended! We heard past stories of vicious murderers and learned that many street names in Glasgow were named after slave owners. 

We ended the tour at the high court in Glasgow. 

The next night, all of us went to Glasglow with Levi's friend Cameron. It took place at the Glasgow botanic gardens so we picked up Cameron on our walk there. When we got into the gardens after waiting in line, we began our walk through the Glasglow experience. There were a ton of colorful lights and speakers set up all around and it looked really cool. Near the beginning of the walk there were a ton of small torches stuck into the ground and a huge moon hanging from a tree.

Next we saw a ton of pumpkins that were carved by different schools around Glasgow. There were some huge pumpkins also. There were a ton of skinny lights above and all over the park, and spirals of circular lights that we got to walk through.

We continued until we reached a place where we could roast some marshmallows around some fire pits they had all together.  Which they called s'mores, but there were no graham crackers in site.

We continued and ended up under a tent and in a field there was this spaceship looking craft with smoke coming out of it. Around the edge of the field and path were a lot of automated lights that would shine all over the place and it looked really crazy.  You can see these lights from our Flat and all over the city, which was cause for alarm when it started and people didn't know what was up.  

Glasglow ended with a view of the Glasshouses with a ton of hearts covering the lawn.

It was such a fun week and was awesome to get out of the house and do something social!  

kitty crocker's week in review

What would a week be without having another burned banana bread to discuss?  Seriously, this oven, I can't imagine it is user error?!?!  🤷‍♀️😉 but I am happy to report it was still completely devoured in less than 24 hours.  Jackson was so dear when he said he liked it better that way.  Next time, it will be banana bread muffins, those have to be easier not to burn, right???  I don't know, but I still may have that skill.  I'll certainly keep you posted.    

The week started off with Crazy Sexy Chili ala Kris Carr which is a favourite of mine, but takes forever to make.  I think I have enough for the month now in the freezer.  

Also, Jackson stepped right up to make one of Levi's favourites, shrimp scampi, all by himself as Levi and I did parent teacher conferences on line.  5 minutes per teacher, when is that ever enough time?  But back to Jackson and his amazing chef skills.  It was absolutely fab!

We ended with a surprise and a new favorite dish for Levi and Jackson.  Although Friday's are normally free, I attempted to find something to use up the ground beef we had leftover.  I googled for help and came up with cheesy ground beef quesadillas that now Levi purports as his fav dish.  

I have taken to making a meal plan at the beginning of each week.  I barely even know myself anymore!  My favorite part of cooking now, other than the great food (if I do say so myself), is all of the 'reading' I am doing.  I continue to listen to book after book with all of my time in the kitchen.  Life is good!

Have a delicious week friends,

kc  

ps.  do I have to sharpen my knives all of the time?  I mean is that a thing?  Or do you think they are just cheap knives?  Inquiring minds want to know.......