Frederick Fun Day

A wee bit north of Baltimore, lies the town of Frederick Maryland.  It's a small little town that has a cute little Main street with shops, restaurants and as I learned today, a really pretty little river walk.  For you foodies out there, Frederick is where Bryan Voltaggio has his restaurant, VOLT (a restaurant that I've eaten in and loved, but a restaurant that wasn't eaten in today)  As it turns out, Mondays are pretty quiet for small town America - in that, most cute shops are closed, which is unfortunate.

However, the town itself has some really great sites if you're a fan of the picture taking and wandering. And as it turns out, a chilly October morning, can quickly turn warm and beautiful and become the perfect day to wander and breathe fresh air with some lovely company.  Also, Frederick is home to the Curious Iguana - a proper bookshop that reminded me of England.  Score!

I feel I'd be a much happier person if every Monday could be spent exploring rather than working.  Where's that cause to vote for in this year's election?  Let's get on that, people! : )

A Note on the pictures: If you are of the iPhone picture taking persuasion, I can't recommend Pic Tap Go enough.  This super cheap app makes every photo looks about 150% more fabulous.  All of these photos were edited using that app.  Also, it would seem that I've gotten so used to scrapbooking that I now take every photo I shoot vertically.  Not a single gorgeous landscape picture to be had #PhotoFail...

Super Saturday

Even though it's frigid out there, it's still possible to have an awesome Saturday spent eating yummy food, shopping for spring goodies (even though it's WAY too cold to wear them now!) and hanging out with my favorite momma!  Happy Day!

A Full Foodie Day

The day started with a yummy breakfast at the Paper Moon and continued on from there.  I've talked about the Paper Moon before.  It's currently on my list of favorite places in Baltimore and I've only ever been there one other time.  I ordered the same breakfast again (Spring Egg) and it was just as delicious.  What makes this place great is not the food (but the food is to die for), it's the environment.  It's like a hermit's attic, full of chatzchkes and knick-knacks galore and I'm certain it would only work in Baltimore.

After breakfast it was on to Hagerstown for some outlet shopping then on to Frederick for yummy meal number 2.  I've been dying to try Cuban for a while ever since I decided to be adventurous.  All I can say is Cuban food was well worth the wait.  We had lunch/dinner (linner? dunch?) at Sabor de Cuba, a newly opened restaurant in downtown Frederick.  The space was quaint and comfortable, the servers were helpful and the food was out of this world!  We decided on empanadas as an appetizer, one chicken and one beef.  I thought the beef was delicious until I had the chicken.  It had so much flavor that I easily could have polished off a plate by myself.  For my meal, I had a pork sandwich with onions and mayo on a toasted baguette with a side a maduros (sweet plaintains).  I was worried the sandwich would be boring but I shouldn't have been.  I'm guessing they slow-roasted the pork and I can't even begin to guess what spices they used.  All I know is that it hit the spot and by the end of the meal I was a happy girl!  (If you're in the mood for a weird combo, add the maduros to the sandwich: something about the salty and sweet totally made it work!)  After a meal like that, I should have been done, but you have to have dessert, right?  So we walked it off by doing a bit of shopping then headed for a cupcake.  Now I'm stuffed and happy and ready for bed after a wonderful day to start the week!

*Author's note: You'll notice that there are no photos of the actual food.  I'm a terrible food blogger that apparently cannot remember to take actual pictures of said food.  I guess I'm usually too busy digging in to notice the camera that has been placed in front of me to jog my memory!  I will do my darndest to start remembering to take more foodie pics, if for no other reason than foodie pics are my favorites to see of other photographers!