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Halloween - October 11, 2014

Yep. Tonight it starts. The Sharks. The ice. My team. The hunt for The Cup. Is this the year? Will everyone stay healthy? Will it be an easy ride to the playoffs or will we have to scrape and claw our way there? Will we even make it to the playoffs? How will the new captain work out? Is this the year?  Will there be regulars around my seat that know the game? Will I find some tall guy in the seat in front of me who leans forward? Is this the year? Who will the workhorse goalie be?  Will I find a ton of newbies in my area that don't know about waiting for a break in play? Just how expensive is beer going to be? Is this the year? Who will get traded before the season is over? What new infraction will the referees incessantly call this season? The Sharks. My team. Tonight it starts. Another Sharks hockey season. Another quest for The Cup. Is this the year? The last couple of years, while the regular season has been fun....well, last years post season was a bit of a horror show.

As for the t-shirt, I found it at the Sharks store at The Tank for $25. Normally I wouldn't go near anything that had "Los Tiburones" on it, but I did think the skull was pretty cool.

Lace the skates. Drop The Puck. Game On!

Hockey - Sharks/Kings Game 7

Hockey - Sharks/Kings Game 4

Hockey - Sharks/Kings Game 3

Hockey - Sharks/Kings Game 2

Realize there was a delay in this post. Typepad had a denial of service attack and this post from my iphone sort of got stuck somewhere.

Hockey - Sharks/Kings Game 1

Halloween Taste Test - Seattle Chocolate

No matter where I go during the year, I'm always on the lookout for things to taste test for Halloween. I smiled when I came across this little Seattle Chocolates candy bar as I know how much Mr. L likes his chocolate bars and something with a bit of sea salt and toffee was right up his alley.

We really enjoyed this chocolate bar. So much so that I wished I had picked up more than one. The fact that it comes with a cute Halloween wrapper even better (I love the wrapper says "This product contains sea salt, but not "dead" sea salt"!). The Seattle Chocolates website also shows the candy bar is available in a Bloody Orange version. I'd love to find that one.

I know that I bought this up in the Napa wine country but I don't know where or how much I paid for it. You can find them online at the Seattle Chocolates website for $3.50. They also sell Christmas versions which I'm going to try to find for gifts.

I do know that if I could, I would buy these chocolates and give them out for Halloween. Well, after I ate about ten or so. And Mr. L had his fill. And we'd buy a hundred of them even if we only got a handful of kids to come to the door. Just in case.

Hockey - The Quest Begins

So. It starts. Another Sharks hockey season. Another quest for The Cup. The last couple of years I haven't been able to pay as much attention to the game as I normally do, so I'm looking forward to this coming season.

And though it's not officially part of the Halloween countdown, I couldn't resist showing you my little Sharks hockey zombie. Because of course I own one. I'm just hoping the boys don't look like this by the end of the season.

These hockey zombies measure 8.5 inches tall, are 100 percent resin and cost about $20. You can find them here (at one time I think all major sports teams and some college teams were available).

Go Sharks!

Hockey - Sharks/Kings Game 2

Hockey - Sharks/Canucks Game 4