Halloween is just around the corner, and this week’s video features tips on how to carve a festive pumpkin. Design and lifestyle expert Bruce Littlefield shares step by step tips on the best way to carve the top, using stencils and more.
After you’ve scooped out the flesh and seeds of your pumpkin, why not try one of these recipes? There’s more to pumpkin than just pie!
No time to prepare your own? Take a look at this list of artisan pumpkin treats we loved.
And if carving a pumpkin isn’t your preferred way to celebrate the holiday, you can always enjoy a good pumpkin ale like Buffalo Bill’s, one of our favorites.
The ALEX water bottle comes apart for easy
cleaning—or to fill with Halloween or Christmas
candy as a gift. Photo by River Soma | THE
NIBBLE.
There’s something truly new in water bottles: ALEX. The patent pending technology is a leakproof silicone seal in the middle of the bottle that allows you to take the bottle apart for a thorough cleaning.
With their small mouth openings, most reusable water bottles require special cleaning tablets; bottle brushes aren’t that effective. Bottles can build up unhealthy bacteria and odors.
Now there are no more worries about what lurks in that reusable bottle. You can wash ALEX in the sink or pop it into the dishwasher.
Since you can clean ALEX thoroughly, you also can use it to carry iced coffee, juice or other cold drinks and powdered drinks. (Hot drinks aren’t recommended because the bottle isn’t insulated.)
ALEX is made of premium grade stainless steel and is 100% BPA Free.
And here’s another benefit: For traveling, you can unscrew the center and nest the bottom half into the top half.
ALEX stands for “Always Live Extraordinarily.” Figuratively, ALEX stands for making sustainability simple. Fifty percent of the steel is recycled and the strap is made from recycled water bottles.
Help keep those 38 million annual unrecycled water bottles out of the landfill and waterways. ALEX is available in two sizes—20 ounces and 32 ounces—and three colors: black, white and stainless steel (silver). The black and white versions have a choice of contrasting-color silicone bands.
