Family Evje Travels

On May 13 we had the pleasure of listening to a short, spontaneous show by Audiofeels  in our Polish Church. The band came to California for a contest after they won a different contest in New York. For almost the whole week they enjoyed the beautiful SF Bay Area. After they sang a few songs we chatted a bit and they seemed really relaxed and laid back. This is exactly what San Francisco does to people!

Hi there! Yeah, it's been a while since the last sign of life on this blog. I think maybe almost 5 months or so. Since then many things have changed and most of them for better. Finally, I decided to clean up a bit, take down all the spiders' webs and dust bunnies. I've experienced a very positive event which brought me to a new career. Since December 2012 I've been enjoying my new position at an on-line media company in Silicon Valley. So far it's has exceeded my expectations on many levels. This is the biggest reason why the blog hibernated over the winter. Now, though, I feel the spring has come and it's time to wake up from the virtual sleep. Hope to post some photos soon.

Halloween is coming fast. Girls are getting slutty dresses and boys are impersonating vampires, Frankensteins and star wars heroes. But not only this. Costume ideas are getting more creative with every year. Last year I saw a guy dressed as his own Facebook page, another girl was a Rubik's cube, and someone else was dressed as a cupcake. We wanted to take it easy this year and just relax. One Halloween preparation seemed like a lot of fun, though, so we decided to head to a Pumpkin Patch and find just the perfect pumpkin. Pumpkin carving known as making a Jack o'Lantern is a well known custom in the USofA, but not too many people these days actually carve their own pumpkins. Also not many people know where the custom comes form and what it resembles. Here is what I found in the vast Internet resources. Why Carve Pumpkins aka Jack o'Lantern The story of the Jack o'Lantern comes from Irish folklore. Jack was a crafty farmer who tricked th...