curtis hixon park Archives

The Pie’s First Slumber Party

December 4, 2011 by Kristin

Last night, my uncle dropped The Pie off for her first slumber party at my place, which she quickly renamed “The Princess Castle”. We went out for Mexican dinner, Christmas light hunting, and then back to The Princess Castle to watch Elmo Saves Christmas. Someone is ready for Santa to be here!

She woke up bright and early, ready to be entertained and asking for pancakes.

Buckwheat pancakes with pure maple syrup and thawed frozen berries was exactly what The Pie had in mind. She was so excited to dig in!

After she cleaned her plate, we changed out of our pa-jams and headed to Curtis Hixon Park. Sunny and low 70s made for perfect park weather.

We ran around for what felt like hours until it was time to get the little munchkin back to her mom and dad.

Until next time Rylee Pie!

It’s Been A While

November 28, 2011 by Kristin

I haven’t been to yoga in the park in a loooooong time! Between smoking hot summer weather and the fear of further damaging my car accident neck, I had built up quite the aversion to this former favorite.

To say I was rusty was an understatement. The first downward dog of my practice was… hard. By the time I started enjoying myself, it was time for our final chaturanga. But even if it was only for a small moment, I did enjoy myself, which means I’ll surely bring yoga in the park back into my Sunday routine!

After yoga I stopped at Greenwise to pick up some sushi, which didn’t look good. I ended up getting vegetable soup, rice, and peas from the salad bar. Vegetable soup that I thought had noodles in it (don’t those white things look like noodles?!). Nope. White string beans. So disappointed.

Rock The Cinco In The Park

May 6, 2011 by foodfash

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.