FOOD AND DRINK
When the weather starts to get colder everyone loves to make, bake, or eat some pumpkin treats. New recipes are becoming more popular containing new fall flavors and spices. Iced chai cookies with espresso glaze have been all over social media, with people calling it the “perfect fall treat”. If you want the recipe, https://handletheheat.com/chai-sugar-cookies/ has simple and easy instructions to make these amazing cookies. You can never go wrong with the pumpkin blondie, pumpkin pie, or even the simple sugar cookie.
If you’re not very good in the kitchen, Starbucks, Dunkin, and Hampton coffee have updated their fall menus to celebrate the start of the season. The drinks range from a simple pumpkin coffee, iced chai, brown sugar shaken espresso, or even a pumpkin creme cold brew. Junior Kailyn Cunniff says, “I love an iced chai, especially with a shot of espresso. It’s one of my favorite drinks for the fall.”
Enjoying a nice sweet fall drink is such a fun little way to treat yourself and enjoy the little things that feel like fall. If you don’t like coffee or baked treats, Halloween candy is a go-to. Ranging from candy corn to Reese’s, halloween candy is the best part of the season. Junior Nikki Lee says, “Candy corn has to be my favorite fall treat.” According to cvs news Reese’s peanut butter cups rank number one as the most popular halloween candy, while candy corn is ranked at number eight. Being able to enjoy the special season flavors and treats only amplifies the excitement and love for the fall season; pumpkin spice alone makes people call autumn their favorite.
FOOTBALL GAMES
Football games are the mark of the start of the season. Whether it be our team or the NFL games, it gives every football fan something to look forward to. Football games on Friday give every high schooler something to get excited to support their school team. Junior, Donye Hope says, “I look forward to the football game every Friday. It’s so fun to be with my friends and cheering as a school for our team.” Monday night football viewers are breaking records with 26.6 million people tuning in to catch the game, ESPN’s 2023 Monday night football season debut was a record breaker, and Taylor Swift dating Travis Kelce is giving football a new fanbase. Whether it be attending your home football game or watching your favorite team on the TV, there is nothing more fall than football season.
FESTIVITIES
Throughout Long Island, there are many choices of activities to enjoy the fall season. For a spooky adventure, Gateway Haunted House is a great option. The attraction costs $40-50 for people 14 and older. This is a good choice for anyone who enjoys a good scare. The haunted house includes several decorated but horrifying rooms, with actors dressed as scary halloween characters. Halloween house LI is located in Broadway Commons in Hicksville and is a good option for people who love to get spooked and those who don’t! This house offers the whole halloween experience just for 30 dollars per adult. For more information on haunted houses visit Samantha Zimmer’s article. If haunted houses aren’t for you, try Hank’s Pumpkin Farm, a perfect fall family activity. It offers a large play section for little kids, apple picking, pumpkin picking, tasty fall foods, and a hay ride around the farm for the whole family to enjoy. Apple picking, it also has a tasty reward. Bring your family and friends to enjoy a day on the apple farm at 50 Horsemill Lane, Watermill, to pick your own apples from the trees. There are over twenty apple varieties to choose from, through the months of September and October.
FASHION
As temperature starts dropping and the layers start to build, here is what is popular in fall fashion. The color of the season is a dark red, red nails, red long sleeves, dark red anything is what is popular as of this season. Not only is red gaining popularity this fall but bows are the new trend. People have been trying new ways to incorporate bows into their outfits, hair, or accessories. Girls have tied bows with simple lace or ribbon onto their bags, key chains, shirts, ugg boots, and even hairstyles with intricate bows. Various styles have been seen with bows tying the hair together. Ugg boots have been in and out of popularity since the 2000s, but this fall they are back in the limelight. A simple, yet comfortable, boot that can tie any outfit together while being cute, durable, and a great investment. Slicked back hair styles are gaining huge amounts of popularity right now, people consider it a “clean and sleek look”. The hairstyle gained popularity due to how easy and cute it is. Your hair can be slicked into a ponytail, braid, bun, and other different styles. The versatility of the easy slickback is what helped the hairstyle become all the rage. The style is perfect whether you want to go out to dinner or to the gym. A sleek look fits everyone. Last but not least, knitwear. A simple knitted sweater (no matter the color) is the perfect comfy layer that embodies fall. New patterns, colors, and materials have upped the sweater game and provide such an easy top to throw on no matter if it’s with jeans or leggings. Have fun exploring fall fashion.
FILM
I don’t know about you, but a quiet night watching fall movies with friends sounds like a perfect night. You can never go wrong with the classic movies like, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Hocus Pocus, Girl vs Monster, and so many more childhood movies. As of 2023, new Halloween movies have come out. Totally Killer, a new movie that is an hour and 46 minutes, is a story about a 17-year-old girl named Jamie, travels back in time to stop an old hometown killer and is determined to save the victims before the killings start. This movie’s pacing is everything. It is 4 out of 5 stars and it was a great scary but also comical movie.
No One Will Save You, a new movie that is an hour and 33 minutes long about a girl that lives alone until an Alien comes along and you see her battle and protect herself. This movie was not a fan favorite and people thought it was longer than it could have been. It was only rated 2.5 stars out of 5.
Talk To Me, produced by A24 theaters, was a fast-paced thriller about a group of friends that can conjure spirits from an embalmed hand; it is all fun and games until things start to go wrong. It was scary but not too terrifying, and was rated a 4 out of 5.
Scream VI, a two hour and 22 minute movie, part of the Scream Series. If you have never watched the Scream series, it is a must watch. It is about an infamous masked killer that terrorizes a town and has a great plot twist at the end. The series became so popular that multiple prequel movies were made, with some of the original cast still premiering in the movies. Scream VI, is about the survivors of the Ghostface killings get a fresh start in New York City, but their past seems to follow them. This movie is rated 3 out of 5 stars.
Use our guide to get out and make the most of fall’s two short months. We will be decking the halls before you know it!
