Driving and Dining

1. Live Each Day Like It’s Your Last If you are reading this in 2012 (or, even better, 2013) than the world did not end as predicted. Still, there are definitely benefits to everyone if each day is treated like the precious gift it actually is. Let’s all say “I love you” more often this [...]

Even free events can add up to big money when you add in transportation, snacks, meals, beverages, souvenirs, and more. A.C. Haury’s’ tips for Saving Money at the Ball Park can be applied to any other event. She suggests buying tickets (when applicable) at a discount ticket site or box office and also taking public [...]

Souvlaki I enjoy Greek food, so I’ve been to quite a few Greek restaurants in my time. I also order souvlaki, calamari, and greek salad from restaurants that deliver Greek Food. However, I have to say that the best souvlaki I’ve ever had is the souvlaki sold from a Greek food truck or concession stand. [...]

Driving and Dining was nominated to participate in the TripBase 7 links meme. A big thank you to Traci over at Go Big or Go Home for the nomination! Here are 7 links to previous posts here at drivinganddining.com – a sort of ‘best of’ list that is a great way for new visitors to [...]

Giant Apple, Oranges, and Strawberries What is it about fruit that inspires people to make gigantic versions? Sure, at its core this type of attraction is smart marketing- but it is also valuable as folk art. The decision to build a giant-sized replica of fruit is much bolder than painting a billboard, and I personally [...]

Concession Obsession: Fresh Fruit Could it be? Could Driving and Driving be writing about food that is… healthy? Yes, it’s true, today we are looking at the freshest, most healthy concession food of all – fresh fruit bought at a fruit stand by the side of the road. Even foolish fruit phobics who are stubbornly [...]

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, [...]

Happy Cherry Popsicle Day! August 26 is Cherry Popsicle Day, so it’s the perfect time to write about one of my concession obsessions… popsicles! If you can buy it from a trailer, a cart, or a concession counter – I am probably writing (and drooling) about it here at drivinganddining.com. Some of my guilty pleasures [...]

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 [...]

Nederland, Colorado If you’re in Colorado in early March, you should stop by Nederland. It’s about half an hour away from Boulder and between March 5 – 7 they are celebrating “Frozen Dead Guy Days”. Frozen Dead Guy Days is a festival held in honor of Grandpa Bredo – a dead man who has been [...]