Local Love: Dandee Donut Factory

With it being National Donut Day, I had to share my favorite place to get donuts - The Dandee Donut Factory in Pompano Beach.  It's not far from my house, it's open 24 hours a day, and their donuts are delicious!

  

We're talking old school donut perfection!

Photos by Kelly Coulson Photograpy.

BC Cafe

My favorite food truck has gone brick and mortar and today is the official grand opening of BC Cafe the swanky not-on-wheels brother of BC Tacos!

 

Kelly and I were lucky enough to be able to attend the friends and family night and get a little sneak preview of the menu. Of course the menu included some the trucks famous tacos but it also included burgers, salads, sliders and more.

 

I had the mushroom swiss burger, and when you first get it you're looking at it you're like hey where's my mushroom and swiss? but then you take a bite and you find it all stuffed inside the patty - it was so good! Kelly stuck with her taco favorites but did venture out by ordering one of the pulled pork sliders - that thing may be small but it packs a punch!

 

So if you are ever out in west Broward and looking for a bite to eat, hit up BC Cafe located at 4801 S. University Drive in Davie.

 

Oh, and all you BC Tacos lovers out there, don't worry, the truck will still be bringing you the best tacos around!

Friday Night Happy Hour at Kapow

the drink menu | me (new bangs & all) | Kelly | my margarita & some yummies

the kitchen | steamed buns | fountain out front | the view from the top of the parking garage

 

Last Friday night Kelly & I enjoyed happy hour at one of our favorite local restaurants - Kapow at Mizner Park in Boca.  You really can't beat their happy hour pricing for their small plates.  We split 5 different dishes for only $16!  The cost of our drink on the other hand. . . but totally worth it.  Seriously, they make the best margarita I have ever had, EVER!  

 

I'm going to have to do a much better write up of Kapow one of these days, they totally deserve it.

Florida Artisans

I did most of my Christmas shooping this year at art & craft shows in Ft. Lauderdale & in Gainesville, while I can't show you what I bought (yet), I can share a few of my favorite Florida artisans -

1. Sweet Caroline Creations
2. Once Upon A Crayon
3. Calamarie
4. Tessa McSorley
5. Sweet Caroline Confections
6. How To Use Art
7. Creative Therapy
8. Bow Wow Couture

Come On Out Tonight! Local Event

Today is my friend Kelly's birthday and she is having pretty much the coolest get together ever! Ever Wednesday night is the Cypress Creek Food Truck Round Up in Fort Lauderdale, well the awesome Brett of B.C.Tacos gathered all of Kelly's favorite local food trucks to come on out for her birthday and everyone is invited! If you come out make sure to say "hey" and enjoy a night of extra yumminess!

Local Love: Feverish Ice Cream

Okay, so Feverish Ice Cream isn't so much a local spot, as it is mobile carts, but they are local and I do love them.

photo borrowed from FeverishMiami's Flickr stream

I've seen the Feverish carts around at a ton of local events, but I've always just eaten or on my way to lunch, so you know, had some other excuse not to pick up one of their gourmet popsicles, but this past weekend I ran out of excuses. I had one of their Chocolate Banana Sea Salt pops and I fell in love. I hate, hate, hate when people say "omg", but OMG! it was beyond yummy. I also had a bite of my friend's Peanut Butter & Jelly pop and another friend's Pineapple - SO GOOD!

If you are at an event in South Florida and you spot one the the Feverish Ice Cream carts you better buy yourself a popsicle, they are more then worth their $3ish price tag.

What's Going On?

There are some super fun indie craft shows / marketplace / art shows things happening in South Florida over the next month or so. I'm going to do my best to be there, and if you're in the area you should too!

Sunday, April 3rd - Downtown Open Market in Boca Raton

Saturday, April 9th - Odd Duck Show in Davie

Sunday, April 17th - Spring Fling Bazar in Fort Lauderdale

Saturday, May 7th - Art Rock in West Palm Beach

Local Love: Devil's Millhopper Geolocial State Park in Gainesville

Okay, so it was totally my idea to go check out Devil's Millhopper while we were in Gainesville. My thinking was that it would be awesome to hike down into a 120 foot deep sink hole. . . the whole "I'm terrified of heights" thing never occurred to me, you know, cause we were going to be going down, not up. . . but on step number 5 out of 200 or so panic followed by vertigo set in. So, while I made it to the bottom, the photos I took majorly suck and don't at all capture the beauty of this place.

note" this is not what I had originally planned to share as the "local love" post, but the website for the restaurant that I wanted to share was down.

Local Love: Muddy Waters in Deerfield Beach

Anywhere else a pirate themed bar would be considered low rent, but this isn't anywhere else. . . this is South Florida baby! And we don't joke about pirates.

Seriously though, don't let J Byrd's Muddy Waters' decor fool you into thinking you are at some tacky bar with cheap beer and crappy food. A few miles from the beach this is where the locals go to get away from the tourists (though they've been around so long that they're no longer a real "local secret").

I've never eaten anything there that I didn't enjoy, the seafood is some of the freshest around (that says a lot seeing that it's South Florida that we're talking about), and their 48oz Partritas. . . let's just say there may have been a time or two in my younger days that I woke up on the beach and didn't remember how I got there. . .

My personal Muddy Waters favorites are the Ruby's Peck Escargot and the Trio of Mudd's Own Fish Tacos. . . YUM!

I borrowed the photos from their website. I tried to take my own, but after two Nutty Monkeys they came out like this -

2011 Intentions

I've tried the New Year resolution thing publicly for the past few years. . . and I've totally failed at it. So this year there will be no actual resolutions, just intentions. . . As in, this year I intend to post more about all the places and things I love locally (heck, I've even whipped up a little "local love" graphic to go along with those posts) -

I also intend to post more about changes going on in my house (that's really where this blog started, so I would like to get back to that a little). . .

And I intend on have fun. . . lots and lots of fun!

So there you have it folks, those are my Intentions for 2011!