So apparently I don't know where Steele Indian School Park is located. That's where the Phoenix Gay Pride Parade and Festival is happening. I should have checked directions before heading out.
Upon not finding the park I decided then to head to the Arizona Book Festival. The first thing I noticed when I got there was that many people had Target Branded tush cushions. So apparently this event is co-sponsored by Target and SRP and of course they had the biggest tents. With its branded give-aways, Target made the biggest splash. Whether you were at the Target area or not you knew Target was present. Everywhere you looked someone was carrying one or more Target Branded tush cushions.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Morning...
It's a gorgeous day on Phoenix. Clear skies with a little bit of cool wind. Perfect for the cup of coffee. All outdoor events today will enjoy a just marvelous day.
I wasn't expecting to wake up as early as I did. I went to sleep around midnight. I normally get up at around 4am, but that's when I go to bed at my normal time. Since I was out yesterday at the Maricopa County Fair. I missed my normal bedtime. So I expected to wake up at around 7am, however my roommate and his friends stayed up all night so from time to time I was awakened by their loud noise and I ended getting up at around 5:30ish am. I took a long shower to wake up. Since I was up might as well do some things I wanted to do.
Off I went a few minutes before 8am to the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. It's a quaint little market that springs up on Saturdays 8am - 1pm. There are vendors of local produce, mostly family owned farms. A few arts and crafts vendors, a hand made soap vendor, one farm fresh eggs vendor, and various fruit, vegetable, and herb vendors. It was my first time going. I got some gorgeous on-the-vine tomatoes and some very luscious looking green tomatoes, and some peppers that I will be stuffing with cheese, yum. I almost purchased a pepper and tomatoe plant, but I knew it wouldn't survive my care. I have managed to grow basil, cilantro, parsley, dill, marjoram, chives, and thyme on my kitchen window sill. In actuality my dill, thyme, and chives aren't doing so good. So before into fruits and vegetables, I should get a handle of growing my favorite herbs first. My best looking herb right now is basil. Its aroma is delicious in the kitchen. One vendor was selling tamales and breakfast burritos. They even had vegan burritos. Awesome!! I'm not vegetarian mush less vegan and I might never be, so I got a chorizo burrito with spicy hot salsa. It was delicious.
After the market I went to Starbucks for a regular coffee to have with the burrito Picked up some espresso beans covered in dark chocolate. I love them. I'm going to keep them at work in the event I need a pick me up on any given morning.
Hope everyone has a great morning!!!
I wasn't expecting to wake up as early as I did. I went to sleep around midnight. I normally get up at around 4am, but that's when I go to bed at my normal time. Since I was out yesterday at the Maricopa County Fair. I missed my normal bedtime. So I expected to wake up at around 7am, however my roommate and his friends stayed up all night so from time to time I was awakened by their loud noise and I ended getting up at around 5:30ish am. I took a long shower to wake up. Since I was up might as well do some things I wanted to do.
Off I went a few minutes before 8am to the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. It's a quaint little market that springs up on Saturdays 8am - 1pm. There are vendors of local produce, mostly family owned farms. A few arts and crafts vendors, a hand made soap vendor, one farm fresh eggs vendor, and various fruit, vegetable, and herb vendors. It was my first time going. I got some gorgeous on-the-vine tomatoes and some very luscious looking green tomatoes, and some peppers that I will be stuffing with cheese, yum. I almost purchased a pepper and tomatoe plant, but I knew it wouldn't survive my care. I have managed to grow basil, cilantro, parsley, dill, marjoram, chives, and thyme on my kitchen window sill. In actuality my dill, thyme, and chives aren't doing so good. So before into fruits and vegetables, I should get a handle of growing my favorite herbs first. My best looking herb right now is basil. Its aroma is delicious in the kitchen. One vendor was selling tamales and breakfast burritos. They even had vegan burritos. Awesome!! I'm not vegetarian mush less vegan and I might never be, so I got a chorizo burrito with spicy hot salsa. It was delicious.
After the market I went to Starbucks for a regular coffee to have with the burrito Picked up some espresso beans covered in dark chocolate. I love them. I'm going to keep them at work in the event I need a pick me up on any given morning.
Hope everyone has a great morning!!!
Friday, April 13, 2007
Maricopa County Fair
Just came back from the Maricopa County Fair. I went with Aaron and his some of his friends. Everything was overpriced from parking to rides to food. Of course that is to be expected of any fair right. I had a good time though. I 'm not a rides person(I'll vomit very easily) so I only got on the Ferris Wheel(i got nauseas on the first couple of rounds). I also won a prize at shooting darts through balloons. Well, can't really say won cause I did pay $20 to play, but it was fun nonetheless..Tomorrow is full of events and am not sure that I'll get to go to them all. First there's the Phoenix Gay Pride Parade and Festival. It starts at 11am. Then there's also the Arizona Book Festival. That starts at 10am. I also have been wanting to go to the Downtown Phoenix Public Market that is only open on Saturdays from 8am - 1pm. So if I wake early enough I would go to the market, then the book fair, then the parade and festival. However I highly doubt that I will be waking up early enough on my day off. So instead I may end up going to the parade, then the market, then the book festival, and lastly the gay pride festival. I may not go to that last one. You pay for parking, to get into the festival, and then anything in there will be overpriced(although this is expected of on any event i.e. baseball stadium, state fair, street fairs), plus there will be people drinking and smoking... not my thing. I am very unlike most gay guys. Well of to sleep, y'all have a good one.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Cookout...
Had a cookout today with my roommates. I purchased the items, onions, chicken, lemons, cool whip, etc. I got the items to be grilled ready in different containers. My cousin prepared the grill and grilled the food. I tried cooking the tortillas on the grill but I got distracted and next thing I know they were on fire. Aaron made dessert, cool whip and Jello pies, YUM! Then watched Little Miss Sunshine while eating. Now I am just washing dishes and putting the leftovers away. Pic is of dessert. :)
Friday, April 06, 2007
Uneekays and Nana's Sassy Salsa!
As you know last Friday I went to the Tempe Festical of the Arts with my roommates. There were hundreds of artists. The website says:
More than 400 fine artists and crafts persons display and sell their original work amid a street festival atmosphere throughout Tempe’s Mill Avenue District.
There were also an area that offered original recipe creations such as salsas, jams, herbal arts, handmade soaps, soup mixes and other such stuff. I love salsas. I always like trying new salsas with different flavors. I especially like the spicy ones. As soon as I saw the salsa section I wanted to rush through since I was planning on not buying any this time as I still have a couple jars of salsa from Summers Fruit Barn which is where I like going to get my locally made salsas. I do get salsas from Whole Foods, Target, and Fry's, but I prefer to support the locally made ones.
Anyways, as soon as we started down the path of the salsas, the first vendor offered us to try their salsas. They asked me if i would like to try spicy or sweet. Of course I went for the spicy. So I got a sample from the one called Uneekays Pepper Sauce. What a punch!!! It was VERY hot! I loved it. Then I got to try the one called Tamarind Chutney. It was really good, but not spicy. So in the end I got both of them. If you get a chance you should try this stuff. Their name is Uneekays, and they list themselves as authentic Caribbean chutneys and spices.
We continued down the salsa area and Nana from Nana's Sassy Salsa invited us to try her salsa. I tried the Habanero. At first taste you get the full flavor of the tomatoes and spices in the salsa, and then suddenly and without warning your mouth gets a punch of HOT from the habanero peppers. Oh my how delightful that felt. I had to get it. Her salsas are made and bottled locally in Chandler, Arizona. Check out her products at her website: Nana's Sassy Salsa
More than 400 fine artists and crafts persons display and sell their original work amid a street festival atmosphere throughout Tempe’s Mill Avenue District.
There were also an area that offered original recipe creations such as salsas, jams, herbal arts, handmade soaps, soup mixes and other such stuff. I love salsas. I always like trying new salsas with different flavors. I especially like the spicy ones. As soon as I saw the salsa section I wanted to rush through since I was planning on not buying any this time as I still have a couple jars of salsa from Summers Fruit Barn which is where I like going to get my locally made salsas. I do get salsas from Whole Foods, Target, and Fry's, but I prefer to support the locally made ones.
Anyways, as soon as we started down the path of the salsas, the first vendor offered us to try their salsas. They asked me if i would like to try spicy or sweet. Of course I went for the spicy. So I got a sample from the one called Uneekays Pepper Sauce. What a punch!!! It was VERY hot! I loved it. Then I got to try the one called Tamarind Chutney. It was really good, but not spicy. So in the end I got both of them. If you get a chance you should try this stuff. Their name is Uneekays, and they list themselves as authentic Caribbean chutneys and spices.
We continued down the salsa area and Nana from Nana's Sassy Salsa invited us to try her salsa. I tried the Habanero. At first taste you get the full flavor of the tomatoes and spices in the salsa, and then suddenly and without warning your mouth gets a punch of HOT from the habanero peppers. Oh my how delightful that felt. I had to get it. Her salsas are made and bottled locally in Chandler, Arizona. Check out her products at her website: Nana's Sassy Salsa
Sunday, April 01, 2007
April fooled by Google
So I went to the google website and today they have a link:
New! Get FREE breakthrough broadband with Google TiSP (BETA).
so I was all interested in it as it sounded truly groundbreaking. Free broadband Internet through my toilet, weird but neat at the same time. I read the FAQ and the instructions on how it works. Then when I get to the next page there is an error page that says the below:
Google Error
Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server. There are so many reasons that this might have happened we can scarcely bring ourselves to type them all out. You might have typed the URL incorrectly, for instance. Or (less likely but certainly plausible) we might have coded the URL incorrectly. Or (far less plausible, but theoretically possible, depending on which ill-defined Grand Unifying Theory of physics one subscribes to), some random fluctuation in the space-time continuum might have produced a shatteringly brief but nonetheless real electromagnetic discombobulation which caused this error page to appear. Or (and truth be told, this is by far the most likely scenario) you might have reached a page that we meant to create but didn't get around to it, since this year's April Fool's joke got hacked together at the last minute, more or less the same way this one did. And this one. And this one, and this one, and this one...
So yeah, I got April fooled by Google... :) had a good laugh about it too :) You all have a good Day!!!
New! Get FREE breakthrough broadband with Google TiSP (BETA).
so I was all interested in it as it sounded truly groundbreaking. Free broadband Internet through my toilet, weird but neat at the same time. I read the FAQ and the instructions on how it works. Then when I get to the next page there is an error page that says the below:
Google Error
Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server. There are so many reasons that this might have happened we can scarcely bring ourselves to type them all out. You might have typed the URL incorrectly, for instance. Or (less likely but certainly plausible) we might have coded the URL incorrectly. Or (far less plausible, but theoretically possible, depending on which ill-defined Grand Unifying Theory of physics one subscribes to), some random fluctuation in the space-time continuum might have produced a shatteringly brief but nonetheless real electromagnetic discombobulation which caused this error page to appear. Or (and truth be told, this is by far the most likely scenario) you might have reached a page that we meant to create but didn't get around to it, since this year's April Fool's joke got hacked together at the last minute, more or less the same way this one did. And this one. And this one, and this one, and this one...
So yeah, I got April fooled by Google... :) had a good laugh about it too :) You all have a good Day!!!
Caress Exotic Oil Infusions Cream Oil Body Wash, Japanese
I went to K-Mart last week and saw this new body wash "exotic" Body Wash by Caress. It's delicious. There are several types on this exotic line, Japanese, Moroccan, etc.
The Japanese is the one I have been using. It has a lovely neutral scent that is not overpowering. A tiny bit on a mesh poof or mesh sponge lathers amazingly well and leaves your skin silky smooth and soft.
The Japanese is the one I have been using. It has a lovely neutral scent that is not overpowering. A tiny bit on a mesh poof or mesh sponge lathers amazingly well and leaves your skin silky smooth and soft.
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