Explorer’s Day

Today is Explorer’s Day, which is better known as Columbus Day outside of Animal Crossing. Isabelle was at the event plaza handing out sailboat models.

Isabelle: Hello, Mayor! Today is Explorer's Day here in town!There was also a face-cutout standee for Explorer’s Day. I got to sail with Kapp’n. I appear to be holding a map, so I must be the navigator. Let’s see, the blue part here is obviously the land…

Sticking my face through the Explorer's Day face cutout standee.I took the sailboat model to my house to take a look at it.

The sailboat model.Outside, Dizzy tried to move away again! He told me he was going to leave on October 17th, but I couldn’t see that happening.

Dizzy: I know it's sudden, but I'm leaving on the 17th of this month!When I downloaded the hot plate last night, all of my stores were closed for the night. So that’s why I didn’t give any additional information about it–but I will now. First of all, it can be ordered from the catalog for 1,680 bells.

Hot plate: 1,680 bells.Tristan from Big City informed me that the hot plate could also be customized into other foods.

Cyrus: The food on the grill? That can be redone, no problem.Cyrus can turn that egg into a pancake, an omelet, or even pizza!

Options: Pancake - Omelet - Pizza - Never mind.So…of course I ordered a pizza!

Hot plate customized with pizza.Mama mia! It looks good! I don’t always order food from an upholstering alpaca…but when I do, I prefer pizza.

Hot Plate DLC

Pete met me outside of my house when I started up the game today, and he handed me a letter from Nintendo. Now through October 24th, a hot plate is available at Nintendo Zone locations.

From 10/11 to 10/24, the hot plate is available via Nintendo Zone.Between Happy Home Designer and Splatoon, I haven’t been spending quite as much time with New Leaf. And Aurora has noticed that fact. She even thought I went on vacation!

Aurora: It's been so long since we last spoke that I thought maybe you took a vacation.Molly told me she thought up a new nickname for me: J-guy. It’s alright, but it’s certainly better than “pookie,” which is what she had been calling me.

Molly: Ummm... How about J-guy?I tried catching a bug, but it escaped by leaping over a cliff. I thought I looked a bit odd when swinging my net over the cliff.

Swinging my net over the cliff.Over by town hall, Peck was sucking up to me. He said the mayor’s beautiful town ordinance made it easier to jog around town, since there are no weeds to look at.

Peck: Thanks to our brilliant mayor's ordinance, it's a bit easier and more pleasant to jog in this town.I went up to the Dream Suite to update my dream town. Jillian from Nevrland was my most recent dream visitor.

I then headed to the post office to pick up the new Nintendo Zone DLC. Phyllis handed me the hot plate and burned my hand.

Phyllis: OK, all right. Here's the hot plate!Since the Emporium was closed, I put the hot plate in my house to take a look at it. An egg is frying on it, and you can turn the sizzling sound on or off.

An egg frying on the hot plate.

October Friday Night Forest

Rolf told me that he wanted to move out of town on October 14th, but I wouldn’t let him go. You’re stuck here, tiger!

Rolf: It's about time I moved on! I'll be leaving on the 14th of this month!At 10:00 tonight, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. T. Zelda came over to visit, and she was dressed as a witch. She was already trick-or-treating!

T Zelda: Trick or treat, Jeff!I didn’t have any treats to give her. So I performed a trick.

A Jeff of unusual size (after eating a famous mushroom).I then put on my green pumpkin head and became Jeff-o’-Lantern.

Me wearing a green pumpkin head.TZ expressed sympathy that Tom (the cat) moved out of my town since she last visited. But Tom’s picture said it best: There’s no use crying over spilled milk.

Quote on Tom's pic: There's no use crying over spilled milk.TZ and I discussed the Splatfest, which begins tonight. We’re both on Team Cars. Nintendo seems to be hosting Splatfests every three weeks, so that means there may be another one on Halloween. We wondered what the theme could be for that one.

Jeff: Witches vs. Jeff-o'-lantern.In my other room, I noticed that I had Gala’s picture over my fireplace. I joked that I’m cooking bacon.

Jeff: Cooking bacon.Outside, TZ noticed that Pashmina was wearing her Pokeball pattern.

Pashmina wearing TZ's Pokeball pattern.We ended up using emotions between two of my dead trees. I was proud of my dead trees.

Using the pride emotion by my dead trees.We went to the Roost for some coffee, and then drank it on my metal bench.

Drinking coffee with TZ on the metal bench.By 11:00, TZ headed on home. Since no one else showed interest in joining in, I went ahead and ended the session as the hourly chimes were going off.

Luna told me my recent dream visitors were Bryce from Virginia (yesterday) and Nic from Swampy’s (today). Thanks for visiting, and have a good weekend everyone!