The Jacksonville Foodfight

OK This was my first time attending the Jacksonville Food Fight. I had some high expectations as far as food was concerned, and i was excited about how it would be set up and how i was going to feel once inside. When we walked in the music was on the smells were amazing and the people sounded wonderful, everyone seemed to be having a great time. It was great to go upstairs and see all the people and the different stations of foods. I mean there was so much food. There was of course your everyday cool spots like hooters, BJ’s and such you had some very good tapas;things you don’t eat everyday, Little but pack much Punch. You also had meatloaf sandwiches, sandwiches that had pulled pork with a lime dressing with a handmade slaw. I mean there were all kinds of venues. I even tried raw meat. OK but it was not too bad when i put some special green salad withit. Now i am one that likes to try all different kinds of food. I would try something once.  I would love to travel and taste stuff like bulls balls, LOL, and Lambs eyeballs, not to mention live squid, i mean it can’t get much better than that besides adding some meal worms and Crickets and lets not forget the ants lava  and ants that when roasted taste like nuts. What! I would be all over that. None the less they had some of the most beautiful cupcakes there, Chocolate fountains, White Chocolate fountains, rice dishes, I mean everything from A-Z and then some. The spirits were great. However, for me there was one that stood out the most and this was a simple margarita  now with this margarita he made it right there on the spot but he added another  liquor to the mix and that was the best thing i had tasted all night! It wasn’t too strong it was perfect! And guess what i have never like margaritas! but i feel in love with this one.That was a good ass margarita. Now i must admit as far as food nothing really made me say wow that was awesome there was nothing i went back twice to taste. I was very excited when i saw the crab cake factory there because i have never tried them on my outings, so to see them there was great because I had been talking about going there.I was a bit full but i just had to try these crab cakes i just knew my mouth was going to be happy. I was like what in the world is this. It was mushy it was just not appealing i ended up throwing it away and i felt bad because damn this is an event to bring awareness to hunger here in Jacksonville and providing for those that don’t have so i kinda felt bad about throwing it away, but i was so disappointed. However, I’m not going to hold it against them i will just have to go in and have a seat at the Crab Cake Factory and hopefully they will change my opinion. There were 2 floors of food and beverages. I also enjoyed the frozen drinks, they had pina colada and mango it was awesome. I was like the girl in pulp Fiction “I Said Got Damn” The cool thing about them is that you can have this delivered to your event and they will set you up and all you have to do is prove the alcohol. So i look forward to having this at our upcoming event. You will love it. So here are some pictures i took so that you could get a feel for who was there. I wish i could allow you to smell and taste what i did. I look forward to the 20th Annual FoodFight. I had a nice time. This is an event that you wouldn’t want to do alone even tho you can meet others i think it’s so much more fun with a friend but still mix and mingle. So if you didn’t get a ticket you need to make sure to get your tickets for the next one. It’s for a great cause and it also brings awareness to the fact that the food banks are seeing a rise in the amount of people coming to for help to feed themselves or their family and like i say there’s nothing stopping you or i  from begin in that position, and if that were the case you would hope to be able to get help to feed your family. So whenever possible give to the food banks and to others that are trying to help other people. Every little bit helps. So here are some of the pictures from the 19th Annual Jacksonville Foodfight! Log onto the photogallery.

Sail Jacksonville

The family headed out to Sail Jacksonville. Now for those of you that don’t know every year Jacksonville host Sail Jacksonville. Ships from all over including pirate ships dock on the river. There are Pirates walking around interacting with you officers of past i mean some of everything is walking around. It’s so cool to see what foods they ate doing this time how they prepared them things that they used in everyday life that’s so different from what we use now. The kids loved to see the pirates they took pictures with the people they acted the part. Jack Sparrow was even there and if you didn’t know any better you would think it was him. I mean his demeanor as well as the way he carried himself you really wanted to believe that was Jack. We missed the pirate fight. It was hot and a lot of people were out touring the ships. There were plenty of vendors of all sorts. The doggies even showed up. It was so hot that the  kids, adults and doggies alike were getting wet in the fountain, some even came in their swimsuits. I thought it was cool to be able to go down in the ships and really see the living quarters and get an ideal what it would be like on a ship for an extended period of time. It would suck because those damn ships were hot as hell. There was one ship that had ac on in one room, but the rest of those ships were just hot. I stopped getting on them and let the kids ride out with dad with the touring of the ships. They had a bounce house for the kids shaped like a pirate ship.There was this talented team (male & female) that was out the yard with their craft. I have some pictures of their work it was impressive. The kids were able to get up close and dig in the  sand and make sand castles as well free of charge. There were a few activities that you had to pay  There was only one jumping with business. They  had these glass bottles different shapes and sizes and you had to pay to put  colored sand inside. They were nice. I almost built one myself but quickly snapped back. I felt it was too much money. (10.00)  There was a balloon guy out there and of course he was a pirate. He also told pirate Jokes. Like what’s a pirate favorite letter? rrrrrr. I thought that was so funny! My husband was looking at me like i was stupid which made it even more hilarious! The kids were also allowed to go rock climbing and play with water boats remote control style. We had a fun time it was the heat that made us ready to leave. It takes a lot out of you. I must say that i am torn with which do i like more? pirates or vampires. There were some sexy pirates walking around RRRRR both male and female. I was thinking i would do a Pirate..There sexy attire and that look and confidence i love it. Esp when the pirate knows he looks good but not begin arrogant about it but having fun and enjoying folk. It’s hot.They were shooting off cannons and old guns it was cool and like i said the kids love it and Jacksonville has some serious pirate fans, i think i just became one. Here’s some of the pictures. Maybe next year i should explore my pirate side and put my best sexy pirate on. Oh, before i go let me tell you what happen. So like i keep saying the kids were all into it. We had been talking about this for days. Now we get there and the kids are seeing the pirates and there are kids dressed up as well that are a part of the venue. So my youngest 3 years old says look mommy at those pirates (speaking about the little kids he saw) this older person who was with this child comes up out of his mouth with they are not pirates they are people. I’m like no he didn’t. So i said my kids know they are people and weather or not they are pirates or not they have on costumes and the whole point of the event is really about using your imagination so for you to come out your mouth to a 3 year old about that is bullshit esp when you didn’t have the right intentions and tone. Now if you were on your job you would have educated my child in a positive way about what he really was seeing. So if you don’t have anything good to say shut the fuck up and let kids be kids. Don’t take it out on him because your fat ass is hot ass hell. I was pissed off. I hate when i loose my cool because i don’t often do so, but i thought he was wrong for the way he went about it. Maybe he was tired of hearing it i don’t know just be careful talking to mine. Outside of this person people were friendly. My youngest son had some ice cream and not looking where he was going ran into a guy taking pictures and got chocolate ice cream on the man white shorts in the crouch area, he thought that was funny as all day. It did look like something you would see on a tv show he took it all in good spirits. So here are the pictures i must say i had a ball taking pictures at this event. See photo gallery.

Ladies Choice Wednesdays

Ladies Choice Wednesdays was sooo Fun!

When we showed up it wasn’t a big crowd. The people that were there were watching the game. Lakers vs. Houston so i need not say more. Some of the ladies as well were into the game. So of course i ordered a Apple Martini. It was good, a bit strong for me but good. No apple tho, they gave me a cherry. But it was a sweet cherry. And guess what it was a 2 for 1 deal so at this point i was good. I started taking a few pictures and before you know it i was meeting some very nice people. NOW let me say that before i take anyone’s picture i always introduce myself and ask can i do so. But i have come to conclusion that there are a lot of suspect people out. I got a lot more No’s then sure. For me that was a first. lol. It was funny to me and to them as well. I was like are you wanted or what? But none the less it was fun talking to them, and i was able to get a few pictures. As the night continued you could not help but to get your dance on. The music was non stop Hot! I mean from old school to New. You would have been like damn that’s my jam i haven’t heard that song in a long time! and then get up if you were not already and make your booty pop! Yes! The DJ was off the chain and out the yard with his. I lie to you not. The ladies were getting there dance on to the fullest. The guys too, and if they were not the ladies were taking them by hand and leading them on the dance floor. The Night was Great! Great Music, and Cool People. The latter it became the more people showed up. So it was a nice crowd. It was almost perfect. The only thing that was missing was you!! So i look forward to seeing you this and every Wednesday for Ladies Choice at the Ivy Ultra Bar and bring a friend you will have a Blast!

Here are some of the pictures i took. I will have more for you to view the next time around. so keep checking back. And to all the sexy ladies and guys that were at Ladies choice Wednesday “Lets do it Again & see you soon”!

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World of Nations

I should have already posted this. None the less. the family and i attend the World of Nations. It was set up a bit differently this year, but still lively and exciting as ever. There was great food. I tried a fried  pork Pattie which i didn’t really like to much. I also tried some great food in Poland. Their stuff cabbage and sausage was great. Everything i tried in Poland was good. In Africa i had mac-cheese and corn bread and sweet potato pie. yum! I had some wonderful strawberries as well. I didn’t pick up any sugarcane this year, i over looked it. I don’t think i will go next year not because it wasn’t fun but we do it every year and i think i am a bit bored with it. There are great items to buy there, good music and such but i think i am just bored with it. If i do go i will go the first day and then call done. So here are some pictures. Now i had better ones but my husband didn’t know what he was doing and deleted them. So here is what we have.

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The Naval Ship That Docked @ The Jacksonville Landing

This past weekend we checked out the Navy Ship that docked at the Jacksonville Landing. It was a big ship not as big as most but none the less a big ship. They were doing guided tours all day. It was some good information given, it would have been better if you could better understand them. I guess i need to learn Spanish! Here are some pictures of the ship.

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Riverside Arts Market

This weekend i was able to make it to the Riverside Arts Market. I was very impressed with some of the Art Work. If you are looking for some wonderful unique art work for you home this is the place to check out. I mean the art work was so cool, exciting and vivid. There were also very unique things on display as well.  Parking wasn’t bad at all, it didn’t take us long to find a parking space. The people were very nice including vendors. Now i always make mention of this because all to often i go to a place and the people misrepresent the event with there attitude, or how they come off and here it was chill. You felt at home. There were so many different things to look at and try, from all natural sunscreen, to unique hot dogs. The Riverside Arts Market has something for everyone. There was live music in like 3 different locations. The view under the bridge of the River was Great!. If you wanted to relax and just people watch it was the perfect spot or if you just wanted to have a bit while sitting there it was all good. There were more than enough vendors to satisfy any craving you had from pizza, funnel cake, bar-b-Que and then some. My boys had pizza and i tried the Blue Crab Bisque it was good i just wish it had more crab. The food prices were not high, everything i feel was affordable. There was a guy there who allowed himself to be wrapped up in like 3 chains not to mention he was in a straight jacket on top of that and within 4 mins he was able to get him self free. The kids loved it. He had a crowd around seeing if he could do. It was great. The fresh fruits and veg looked and smelled great. I loved everything about the Market and i look forward to going back next Saturday. I will say if you haven’t been yet please make it your business to check it out soon because it’s not going to be around long. Now when you come please make sure you bring some money, because there are so many things worth buying from clothes to jewels, shoes you name it you will find it there. Now i wasn’t able to stay long because  my son was a bit under the weather but check out the pictures. See you this Saturday.

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Wing and Rock Fest 2009

 

This years Wing and Rock Fest was slammin! The Bands off the Chain! 96.9 Threw out T-shirts and other prizes. I truely look forward to the 2nd Annual Wing and Rock Fest.

 

 

 

 

 The kids had a great time bouncing and playing with each other.

 

 

 

 

The kids and adults alike enjoyed this slide. I wish i could have gotten more pics but my camera die. (sucks)

 

 

 

 

This is the crew of Hurricane Grille. Let me say i came out looking for the hottest wings and Lord knows they stepped up to the plate. I asked for their Hottest wings and Lord knows i got it and then some! I met a very nice family and offered them one of my Hot wings and we both had runny noses, Numb mouths, and watery eyes and mouths that stay blazed for a while. Damn! those wings were hot. Hurricane Grille without a doubt won hands down for the Hottest Damn Wings in Jacksonville. Now if you know another wing hot spot that may be just as hot if not hotter let me know! I am always up for a challenge. Congrats Hurrican Grille!

I need not tell you who these lovely ladies are. The Hooter Girls. What is a Wing Fest without Hooters, and as always their wings were Great!

 

 

 

Again my camera went out on me and i wasn’t able to take all of the pics i wanted but here are the rest for your viewing pleasure. Again. This was a fun event. Cold beer, Cool people, Great music and wings what more could you ask for? So if you didn’t make it out. Shame. None the less i hope you will be able to attend next year.

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Event Wrap Up: Yappy Hour

Let me start off by saying I had a fabulous time at Yappy Hour. The people were great and the dogs even greater. There were so many dogs it was bananas. Anyone that is an animal lover would have loved this event, kids and adults alike. Yappy Hour brought to mind Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman. In this book towards the end of the story all these dogs are going fast in there cars, and the question is what are they going to do? Where are those dogs going? A dog party a big dog party! Big dogs, little dogs, red dogs, blue dogs, yellow dogs, green dogs , black dogs, and white dogs are all at a dog party! What a dog party! And that’s what it was at the Jacksonville Landing.
	I met some pretty cool people and their pets. Carole and Kibbi were one of the first I had the pleasure of meeting at this awesome event. Carole works with the Akita Rescue Society of Florida and she has 3 of these big beautiful dogs in her home. Check out Kibbi! This pic really does not do Kibby any justice. Kibby is huge!
	This is Ziggy! Ziggy brought along with him Elizabeth. Ziggy was not to sure about me taking his photo at first but he later decided to let me get a pic. Thanks Ziggy!
	Patrick and his dad Adam were also seen at Yappy Hour with their two doggies Bailey and Dakota. I think Patrick might be the next dog whisper.
	This is Lucky and Tonya! He is so Cute! Later on that day I almost stepped on him. Good thing I didn’t.
	This is C.L Enuton and she was there with Augie and Xia. She is the author of a real cool book named “Angels in a Fur Coat”. The book is about doggies having to earn their coats in heaven and then they come down to find the perfect owner. I think it will give you a different perspective on dog ownership. To learn more about this great book, you can check out her web site and her cute videos at Gooberella.com.
	This is Woody he brought with him Jason. Woody was one of the first to get wet at the Fountain. It was a bit hot out.
	There were also a few dogs out looking for owners from the human society. I wish I could have adopted one. If you know of someone that is looking for a dog, tell them to come check out these pics and then head on out to the human society or animal shelter to adopt their the new BFF!
	This is Mimi and Casey. Thanks for the pic.
	Check out this Great Dane! Today was his 2nd Birthday. He had 2 other Greats with him. They were awesome to watch.
	The helper doggies were out as well. Here is a pic of Donna with her 3 helper doggies Clifford, Rookie and Huey.
Here are some more cool pics. I have a ton of pictures for you to view. So log back on tomorrow to view more pics from Yappy Hour at the Jacksonville Landing.

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