(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) 2015 was the first time I heard about Sarasota County’s selection of Orphan Train for its “One Book, One Community” effort, sponsored by the Library system and the Historical Resources department (you might have a similar program in…
Field Trip Fridays
Field Trip Friday – New Orleans
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) My trip to one of the most iconic places on Earth — New Orleans — was pretty darn great. I was attending Plenty Retreat, a conference geared to writers and food industry professionals focused on sustainability, and decided to…
Field Trip Friday – Suncoast BBQ (and Chili) Bash
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) I love chili, so when my friend Bill called and asked if I’d like to be a judge for the chili contest at the 2018 Suncoast BBQ & Bluegrass Bash in Venice, I said ‘YES!’ This fun event…
Field Trip Friday – Tampa’s Buddhist Temple
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) My hubby and I took a drive to Tampa with our dog Libby, who simply adores car rides. We headed to a place that’s only open on Sunday mornings so, while this doesn’t officially qualify as a “Field…
Field Trip Friday – Florida Native Plant Nursery
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) I’ve lived in southwest Florida for more than 25 years, and home gardening has eluded me most of that time. But recently I’ve started vegetable gardening and learning about the types of plants that thrive in our sometimes…
Field Trip Friday – Blue Community Conference
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!). If you haven’t yet visited Pine Avenue on Anna Maria Island, please add it to your list of must-see spots in Florida. It’s a lovely business district with 2-story, historic-looking buildings designed to honor the area’s history, and…
Field Trip Friday – New England Cranberry Bog
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!). On my recent visit to Massachusetts, I simply had to visit a cranberry bog because it’s annual harvest time, and it’s a quintessential event in New England. My long-time pal Heather and I took a trip to A.D….
Field Trip Friday – Mazzaro Italian Market
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!). I grew up in the Boston area, with easy access to great Italian food, especially in that infamous place called the North End, Boston’s “Little Italy.” So when a friend asked me last year if I knew about…
Field Trip Friday – 4 Bees Herb Farm
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!). It’s a treat to get away from the “busy-ness” of our everyday lives, isn’t it? That’s exactly what I was thinking as I drove with my friend Robin on Fruitville Road, heading east from Sarasota, Florida. As we…
Field Trip Friday – Culverhouse Community Garden
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!). Merriam-Webster defines a community as “a unified body of individuals,” and a garden as “a plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables are cultivated.” Pretty simplistic definitions of each, but when you blend the two, as…
Field Trip Friday – Mustang Flea Market
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!). UPDATE: Sadly, effective June 30, 2020, Mustang Flea Market and Wagon Wheel Flea Market are closed, after 55 years. . .) ___ After 27 years in Florida, I still find interesting places. This time it was the Wagon…
Field Trip Friday – Smoked Mullet Festival
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!). Florida offers so many big attractions, as well as, small backroads events that sometimes it’s hard to keep up. Figuring out what we’ll do each weekend is a fun project in our house because my husband and…