Is pumpkin the most seasonal flavor?

This is not a rhetorical question. I want to know what you think, dear reader. It seems to me that pumpkin crops up in early October and sticks around before eventually giving way to cinnamon in early December.

Because it's fall and I like to give advice, I'm going to tell you right here and now a good way to know that it's fall in Waco and feel happiness in your heart because of that.

Tonight, after you've eaten dinner, whether it be at home or at one of Waco's delicious dining establishments, treat yourself to pumpkin frozen yogurt on the porch at Oso's Oh So Good Yogurt.

That's all I need to write today. I can't make it any more simple for you people. You want me to give you happiness?

Halloween seems to be a bit of an impromptu holiday.

At least to me as I don't think I've ever planned to go to a Halloween party more than 30 minutes before I was at the actual party. This usually results in a lame costume.

Our friends at Cafe Viejo San Juan did not make the same mistake. In fact, they've been planning their "Boo! In Cafe Viejo San Juan" party since early September.

College was invented for days like Thursday.

It's the middle of the semester, so all the school kids are immersed in their studies, while still keeping a sharp eye on their social calendars and, of course, RG3 and the Baylor football team.

It was a sunny 71 degrees, a little cool in the shade, but the kind of day that makes a person more than happy to walk all the way across campus.

I could get used to dining outside.

The weather has been just right lately. Cool enough for a hoodie in the morning, warm but not hot through the middle of the day and nothing short of inviting in the evening.

The sign on the front door of Sebas Cocina read "Coming Soon" on Tuesday morning.

Cryptic.

WacoFork learned on Monday that the restaurant was leaving downtown to supposedly pursue other opportunities in Dallas. But by Tuesday morning, the only information available was the aforementioned "Coming Soon" sign.

As I sat at my usual watering hole on a slow Sunday night, piddling on my phone as we are wont to do these days, I came across something on Twitter that made perfect sense.

One of those "Yes!" moments.

And so, I arrived at Common Grounds a little before 9 a.m. to be there for the debut of Taqueria El Crucero breakfast burritos served at that location.

All of the things in the picture with this blog are things that we here at WacoFork want you to have. In fact, we're going to give them to you.

You're thinking there's a catch, right? There is, but not a big one.

Once upon a blissful time, I spent a pre-teen afternoon at my grandparents house gorging myself on flavored popcorn, chocolate cupcakes and root beer

I actually gave myself an upset stomach. A snack hangover if you will. Not to worry, though, I recovered in time to play golf with my granddad that evening.

I write that to write this, it has recently come to my attention that I could recreate that afternoon, if I wanted to, right here in town thanks to What About Cupcakes or The Olive Branch and the newly discovered Off The Cob Popcorn (they've been open since May and went into the WacoFork listings this week).

The dining options in downtown Waco dwindled slightly over the weekend as Billy Garrett opted to close Garrett's Casual Fine Dining.

Garrett, who will continue to run Secret Chef, said he made the decision about a week ago and closed Garrett's on Saturday.

The problem, he said, was plain and simple — not enough traffic.