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The Birthday Tourist

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After an amazing birthday weekend spanning from wild, wild to super quality time, I was all sorts of overs: overloaded, overwhelmed, overjoyed.  I really couldn’t picture spending the last hours of my birthday doing anything other than…  Appreciating?  Holy mush pot!

I auto-piloted my way to The National’s Alligator album and began my touristy trek through downtown.  The child-sized Boston tee sealed my touristy getup.

In between snapshots, I had a brief moment of panic.  “Is Bamboozle even open for dinner on Mondays??”  A decent amount of cars, flashing christmas lights, and a sidewalk diner indicated yes!

Of my gazillion Bamboozle experiences, this was the first camera accompanied visit.  I couldn’t wait to take pictures of the real thing – the inspiration behind this feast and this feast.

I ordered my staples, read the latest TBT, and was on my way.

An odd birthday ending, it was.  But I enjoyed the solo celebration nonetheless.

Bring it 28!

Rock The Cinco In The Park

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Rock The Park is an event in downtown Tampa where local bands play amongst a crowd of picnicking people on the first Thursday of every month.  When the May Facebook invite hit my inbox and the date read May 5th, I verified I had nothing else planned and quickly clicked Attending.

It wasn’t until the first of May that I realized that I had committed to an event on May 5th and that May 5th is Cinco de Mayo.

It took about two seconds before the sheer joy of not having to sardine my wristbanded way through an overly crowded Mexican restaurant set in.  Fresh air, music, FoodFash food basket, good company?  Heaven.

We settled in, kicked our flops off, and took it all in.

I stuffed a pita with homemade hummus, carrot salad with almonds, and mini cucumbers.  The rest of the gang walked across the street to get Pizza Fusion takeout, which was a huge reminder that a date between Pizza Fusion and KV is long overdue.

I was entertained by the little ones  that were entertained by…

Sombreros and stashes all around.

One could say Cinco de Mayo 2011 was muy, muy bueno!

 

Snackity Snack, In Pictures

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Breakfast: Key Lime Soy Yogurt, Ground Flax & Blackberries

Lunch: Spinach, Refried Bean & Nacho “Cheese” on Brown Rice Tortillas

Snackage: Homemade Coconut Oil Chocolate

Dinner Part I: Tofu Croutons

Dinner Part II: Mango, Mini (locally grown) Cukes, Pita & Homemade Hummus

I didn’t realize how many newly discovered favorite things I consumed today until uploading pictures, but here goes, starting with breakfast…

I thought the only place I could find Key Lime WholeSoy Yogurt was LA, but I found it at Rollin’ Oats over the weekend – total score!

I happened to read a Hungry Hungry Hippie post discussing Vegan Gourmet Nacho “Cheese” and was drawn to the familiar packaging at Whole Foods last night.  I agree with the not great appearance and pretty good flavor, but I disagree on the meltability.  Mine melted.  She sliced, I finely shredded, that could be the difference.  Either way, I love her blog and you should check it out!

TOFU CROUTONS!!!  I modified the tofu crouton recipe from the Rollin’ Oats website for the lush dinner salad I planned on making tonight.  But there was a big oops, a big one.  They were so stinking good I ate all the croutons, so an entire package of tofu, before the lettuce even made it out of the fridge.  See?  Oops!  I’ll post the modified crouton recipe tomorrow.

And then I scrambled together a few random snacks because, let’s face it, a block o’ tofu is not an acceptable dinner.  The locally grown, mini cucumbers were even tastier than I had anticipated.  I assumed correct that they’d be firm and lack seeds, but they had a slight sweetness to them that caught me by surprise.

What a day!