A Scary Night of Fun

Happy (Early) Halloween from Halloween Horror Nights 2009!

We were spooked, we were scared and we survived.

I believe it’s safe to say HHN this year was a success. 🙂

Halloween Horror Nights is a haunted, halloween themed event that Universal puts on every October. I’ve gone almost every year as far as back as I can remember. It’s really fun to see a whole different side to the park and its a nice nice break from the regular theme park protocol. (You can read last year’s adventure here)

The gates opened at 7:00, but we opted to head in a little later and stopped at the wonderful Pizza Fusion for dinner before heading in.

I love this place, I just wish it wasn’t so far away.

Pizza Fusion prides itself on fresh organic ingredients and local suppliers. Even the Red Pale Ale I had last night was brewed locally at the Orlando Brewing Company. In fact the only beers they had on tap were all local!

All of Pizza Fusion’s pizza choices sound delicious. I think each time I come I am going to order something different. Last time I had the Farmer’s Market and this time went with the Founder’s Pie.

I asked for goat cheese instead of the trio cheese mix and added roasted eggplant. I split the large with Derek.

This piece x3.

As always the pizza was great. The multigrain crust was lighter then air, the topping had a little sweetness to them and the chicken tasted fresh and fabulous.

Two Thumbs Up!

On the way into Universal I was hoping to try the seasonal Pumpkin flavor at TCBY and was very disappointing when they didn’t have it. Instead I ordered a small Peanut Butter cone.

The rest of the evening was a great Halloween Horror Nights adventure!

We saw a lot of Haunted Houses…

Got Lucky with short lines…

And I ran into some co-workers from work…

We squeezed every minute we could out of the night and didn’t end up getting home until 2:30am!! I can’t remember the last time I stay up that late.

Despite the late bed time, I still managed to get out of bed at 6:45am for my 10 miler this morning. Yes, I know I’m crazy.

On the way out the door I fueled up with a Mojo Mountain Mix Bar.

Surprisingly my run wasn’t bad at all. With my lack of sleep and later then usual start I was expecting the 10 miles to be torture, but they weren’t at all. I stayed in the shade and finished 10 miles in 1:41.

In fact when I was finished I still felt wide awake and ready to conquer my day. I do fully intend it to me at full force later though. 😉

When I made it back to the apartment all I wanted was a smoothie.

In the blender:

• Ice
• Frozen Berries
• 1/2 packet Amazing Grass
• 1 tablespoon Peanut Butter
• 1 cup Milk
• 1/2 tablespoon Chis Seeds

Perfect!

With the smoothie a blast from my childhood.

Toast sprinkled with Cinnamon and Sugar. Sometimes you just have to eat what you crave. 🙂

I still have a TON to do this weekend, so I better get on it!

Have a great Saturday!!!