Fall in love with fall

Fall / autumn is my favorite season, and as of Tuesday, a.k.a. the autumnal equinox, it is officially that time of year.

I like the transitioning weather: It's still sunny, but not too hot. The air is cool and even brisk, but it's not yet freezing. I also like outfits, layering articles of clothing on top of each other. Plus, any excuse to wear a scarf is all right with me! Also, nature is especially beautiful during this time of year; I like the colorful leaves!

Fall is very much the theme for an event that I'm co-organizing called Pancake Breakfast. It's an outreach event / fundraiser in which for one Sunday (in this case, Oct. 25), a dormitory becomes like a restaurant, and the residents of the dormitory cook, serve, and entertain hundreds of people all morning. In the past, there can be 300 or 400 people who walk through the doors of this building -- crazy. This will definitely be the biggest event I've ever planned in my young life so far.

There's a lot of preparation and work involved, I've noticed, in putting together this sort of thing. At this point, among other things, I'm finishing off the flier. In the future, I'll design the actual menus that will be on the tables and the programs that guests will receive. As things become finalized, I'll post these paper goods at this blog. The flier definitely fits the fall theme with its multi-colored leaves. From what we've gotten so far for the decorations, leaves and other fall-related colors (red, orange, yellow, brown) will play important roles.

It's pretty overwhelming just thinking that this event will be here in about one month. I hope I'll still like fall when all this done.

(Photo by suneko)