Amid the usual new house endeavors, Melody and I got a chance to relax and get involved with the community. Melody was excited to take me to the Sacramento Ballet’s offering of The Great Gatsby, which featured beautiful choreography and live music well deserving of our donations. The short production ended before our Teleme More grilled cheese and Summer Truffle Mac from the Rind could put us in a food coma. We didn’t get a chance to try their extensive cheese collection, but we’ll be back to feed Melody’s fascination with noisome washed rind cheeses. Melody and I also took turns volunteering for the Paul Hom Asian Clinic, and met up with friends to taste some of Sac town’s BBQ. Halloween 2014 featured our first time ever distributing candy to Elsa and Ninja Turtle tots and teenagers with pillow cases. We thought we’d be popular with our premium candy, but apparently our one-piece-apiece policy earned several pouts. Still, we may keep the porch light on next year instead of reverting to our previous tradition of cowering in the dark.