September: take grandma out for pizza and a beer

September is a month that stimulates our passions. It tantalizes us at the outset by not picking up the pace and throwing off its days of dreadful heat. Some of the hottest days I remember seemingly have come about in our ninth month—usually for a football game.

That is why September is such a teaser. It ushers in football season and that gives it high rank with most everybody.

Nothing like football…