Ruby's

Ruby's Taqueria, Sunnyvale, California

Try the vampiros: they will make you happy.

Pumpkin time

Finally, a practical use for pumpkin guts:

Pumpkin carving contest. Elon, North Carolina

Companion, Wilder Ranch Bike/Run

I biked down the canyon to Companion Bake Shop this morning for a maple-bacon biscuit and a latté. Then I headed up the Route 1 bike trail to Wilder ranch and up the Englesman Loop Trail. There's some nice single-track trail that heads off toward Wilder Creek and Cave Gulch and back to UC Santa Cruz. Great way to start off November.

Trail in Cave Gulch. Wilder Ranch, Santa Cruz.