Driving and Dining

I ♥ Hot Chocolate Today, an ode to hot chocolate – a sweet treat popular around the world and available everywhere: from fancy restaurants to vending machines, concession stands to the comfort of your own home. Hot Chocolate History Xocolatl The Spanish Conquistador Cortez of Mexico had a goblet of hot chocolate every day – [...]

Market On Your Calendar: Christmas Markets Near You ‘Tis the season, and Christmas markets are setting up all over the world. They exist predominantly in Germany and the UK, but there are markets in many other countries (France, Estonia, Austria, Italy, Poland). Germany The oldest Christmas market is in Dresden, Germany – it has been [...]

It’s Apple Season It’s apple season and my husband and our two daughters headed out to our local apple festival. Next year, we will arrive early because we got there an hour before the end and they had sold out of apples! They also didn’t have any apple pie left. Sigh. On a happier note, [...]

August 19th is Potato Day Just when I’ve finished celebrating Sneak Some Zucchini On Your Neighbor’s Porch day (August 8), I realized that Potato Day is right around the corner on August 19th. I had a lot of fun celebrating SSZOYNP (see above) day this year because it was my first year with a vegetable [...]

Happy Ice Cream Month! That’s right, it’s ice cream month – a great way to really kick into summertime! Ice cream is the official mascot of summer holiday, after all! Ice cream is welcome at any summer event: the beach, a picnic, the playground, a roadtrip, and the back yard! Unfortunately, it’s not easy to [...]

Concession Obsession: Farmer’s Markets This year I am trying to grow my very own vegetables in our backyard for the first time. I’m growing a little bit of everything this year – sort of an experiment. If things go well, I will expand the space next year and grow some serious amounts. Right now I [...]

It’s a Hot Dog Hootenanny! For your next hot dog concession business, maybe try one of these. This tattoo is featured at tattooblog.org. Types of Hot Dogs Veggie Carnivores can buy this cheeky tshirt at zazzle. However, if you like veggie dogs there are a lot of options out there, and some of them taste [...]

Concession Obsession May is National Hamburger Month – the perfect time to feature what is, in my opinion, one of the best foods to buy from a concession stand! According to whatscookingamerica.net, the hamburger patty dates back to the time of Genghis Khan. Apparently ground meat that could be eaten with one hand was the [...]

Amusement Park Resources Online Recently I’ve come across some interesting sites related to amusement parks and amusement park rides. I’d rather be wandering down a fairway past the concession stands, bratwurst in one hand and lemonade in the other, with a Ferris wheel and a roller coaster in the distance. However, it’s too early in [...]