{"id":21574,"date":"2018-09-24T12:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T17:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=21574"},"modified":"2018-09-22T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T21:33:52","slug":"dwyns-den-its-pumpkin-spice-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2018\/09\/24\/dwyns-den-its-pumpkin-spice-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwyn’s Den: It’s Pumpkin Spice Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s finally approaching that time of year again. The leaves will soon turn bright fall colors, the Halloween candy has hit the shelves, comfy sweaters have been adding back into wardrobes and everything smells, tastes and is themed like pumpkins and cinnamon sticks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Pumpkin spice season is my favorite time of year. In Ohio, the fall weather almost never actually comes till well into October, but, I can always count on pumpkin spice season coming right around mid to late September. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0As stereotypical as it might sound, as soon as Starbucks releases their pumpkin spice latte, it\u2019s on. The fall sweaters, comfy socks and autumn scented candles come out for the season and I immediately begin wearing baggy sweaters and leggings (I don\u2019t care if Ohio still thinks it\u2019s summer, it\u2019s cold at school anyway).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I love this time of year because there is so much to do, and the humidity begins to drop, so going outside and not sweating your eyebrows off is finally possible. Haunted houses start opening up, corn mazes, and the King\u2019s Island Haunt at the end of next month.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There is also tons of other fall things to do, like apple picking and bonfires, hayrides, s\u2019mores and of course apple cider. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Windmill farms do hayrides this time of year that take you through a pumpkin patch and allow you to pick out your own pumpkin to take home. It\u2019s a great family place, but also still fun once your older. There are several apple orchards in the area where you can go and pick bags full of apples and drink cider made from the farm\u2019s apples.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0Plus all the great holidays! Halloween is right around the corner and as soon as October hits it\u2019s like everything turns into ghost and goblins and stores dedicate whole shelves to giant bags of assorted candy. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Not to mention the best part of September, pumpkin spice everywhere. I must admit that a few years back I wouldn\u2019t go anywhere near something pumpkin spice flavored, but there is a reason it\u2019s a fall cliche, it\u2019s pretty good. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Spiced pumpkin breads and pies, pumpkin spice lattes and flavored coffees, pumpkin spice ice cream and scones, the list goes on. And it all tastes like happy little bites and\/or sips of fall wonder. Plus it\u2019s a reminder of what\u2019s to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Overall this time of year just feels cozy to me. Pumpkin spice season is more than the selfies of you and your squad with you Starbucks lattes, to me it\u2019s the fun memories behind going and getting that latte. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The weather is started to cool down, so going with your friends and getting a warm drink and wrapping up in comfy scarves is a fun thing to do. Along with apple picking and hayrides and pumpkin patches and any other tradition you may have, it\u2019s all about embracing the fall spirit in your own way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Cerridwyn Kuykendall<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Managing Editor<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s finally approaching that time of year again. The leaves will soon turn bright fall colors, the Halloween candy has hit the shelves, comfy sweaters have been adding back into wardrobes and everything smells, tastes and is themed like pumpkins and cinnamon sticks. \u00a0 \u00a0Pumpkin spice season is my favorite time of year. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10416,"featured_media":21642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2108,2109,3],"tags":[2227,2007,2425,2413,1488,1490],"class_list":["post-21574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-opinion","category-tartan-news","tag-autumn","tag-cerridwyn-kuykendall","tag-coffee","tag-dwyns-den","tag-fall","tag-pumpkin-spice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/art-blur-cappuccino-302899.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-5BY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21574"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21644,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21574\/revisions\/21644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}