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I went recently to the vegan eatery @leguminati inside @hourglasssocialhouse. Leguminati opened in August and shares the building with Foxtail Coffee Co. . I had the OG crunch. It tasted like a taco inside of a crunchy tortilla. So delicious and filling. I ate every last crumb. I had a @ballastpointbrewing Victory at Sea imperial porter beer. I couldn't resist sipping it before I finished taking my photos. So good! I loved the decor and the leguminati themed logo. . I'm trying to check out the different vegetarian restaurants in Orlando. I hope to be inspired by the food and I want to support them.

I checked out @districteatandplay recently inside the @oviedomall. We just went to the arcade area. You put money on a play card then use the card on the arcade games. . There also have escape rooms, a Boutique Bowling area, food and bar areas. They have live shows here too. It looks a great place to have a party.

I found these two hidden gem murals behind @samflaxorlando. It pays to walk around a building sometimes. Artist: Lion @wie1927 Artist: Owl @ric.one

This is the feta cheese special Turkish pastry @bosphorus_turkish_cuisine Lake Nona location. It is a thick dough crust topped with fresh tomatoes, feta cheese and parsley. It is served with field greens, carrots, pickled red cabbage and beets. Everything I've tried here is so good! So many vegetarian options here.

Awesome colors on this #loveorlando mural located @wallsofphohoa @phohoaorlando. The artists are @rhettwithey and @ashleybgraphics. 🍊

I checked out the vegetarian/vegan southern food at @dixie_dharma 🐘 @marketonsouth in the Milk District. I had the Florida fried green tomato sandwich with braised collards as my side. Wow! The sandwich was delicious and crunchy. . The braised collards were amazing and I didn't think I even liked collards. I ate every last bite. I got the Coppertail Brewing Co. night swim porter beer. I'll have to return so I can try the other items on the menu. I also got a half dozen doughnuts from @valhallabakery too.

We took a spooky day trip recently to the @cassadagacamp. The small town of spiritualists, psychics and mediums. Cassadega, FL is about a 45 minute drive located northwest of Orlando by Deltona. The town has a hotel, gift shops, ghost tours, seances and psychic readings. ✋🔮

Take a seat in the devil's chair. I visited Cassadaga, FL last weekend to check out the urban legend of the devil's chair. It's located in the Lake Helen- Cassadaga cemetery. The devil's chair is a brick graveside bench in the Thacher plot. I sat in the devil's chair and a ladybug landed on my shoulder. . Urban legends: 1) If you leave an unopened beer can on the chair overnight - when you return the next morning you will find the can empty but sealed. 2) The devil will appear to anyone bold enough to sit in the chair. 👹 . Note: It is illegal to go to the cemetery at night due to past vandalism. You can only visit during open cemetery hours during the day. . Local brewery @redcypressbrewery has a Devil's Chair beer and inspired me to visit it.

My favorite chocolates are Whetstone Chocolates made in St. Augustine. We stopped by one of the stores when we were in town recently. I got two boxes of the chocolate shell coastal collection - flavors of Florida with valencia orange, key lime, toffee crunch and mint crunch. I love this chocolate so much that I've even ordered it from their website and had it shipped to my house. . I also got a couple of the datil pepper truffles dark chocolate since datil pepper is the unique pepper of St. Augustine. It was a sweet and spicy truffle. 🍫🌶️ We ate our treats on the drive home from St. Augustine.

We brought our dog on our vacation to St. Augustine recently. The Castillo de San Marcos fort in St. Augustine is dog friendly but just on the outside grounds not inside the fort. 🐕 . The fort was completed in 1695. It is the oldest and largest masonry fort in the continental United States. It was attacked several times and besieged twice. The fort stood up against multiple attacks of cannonball. You can still see the holes. It is made of coquina - a soft limestone made of shells. 🐚 I love this fort. I have to visit it every time I visit St. Augustine. . For the ghost tour fans out there - the fort might be haunted. It was featured on the Travel Channel's Ghost Hunters TV show. The ghost stories involve love triangles, soldiers and when the fort was used as a military prison. . See my website for the article I wrote on how to have a dog friendly weekend getaway to St. Augustine. Link in my bio.

This is the Lost Princess Cone. It is lemon Dole Whip, edible glitter and edible flowers. It is found at Storybook Treats in Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom.

My mom visited last week and she wanted to try @valkyriedoughnuts. We got a half dozen. There were so many different flavors since my last visit here! We ended up cutting up some of the doughnuts in half at home so we could each try different flavors. The doughnuts didn't last long at home and were eaten within hours. . My favorite flavors that we got: - Passion hibiscus 🌺 strawberry 🍓 was amazing. I said "Wow! This is so good" while eating it. - Orange creamsicle 🍊 tasted just like the ice cream - Blueberry cheesecake 🎂 tasted like cake

The Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine has colorful and white peafowls. The males are the colorful peacocks with the long tail and the females are peahens. The females don't have the long tales and are less colorful. . The male peacocks fan out their feathers and move around as part of a courtship ritual to attract a mate. I feel like the male is thinking "Hey ladies! Ladies! Look here. Look at all of this!" 🦚

I went recently to Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine. It is dog friendly so we brought our dog. You can buy peanuts to feed the peacocks 🦚. You can drink water from the famous fountain of youth spring. 💦💧⛲ . There is also a planetarium show, cannon shootings and historical demonstrations. We spent 3 hours here. I've been to St Augustine many times but never been here before. My son's favorite was the archeological dig mining since he found lots of shark teeth there. . We went to 3 fountains that day: the Fountain of Youth, Fountain of Juice across the street (for coffee and a smoothie) and our dog had water at the Fountain of Pooch dog water stations. My son was singing a silly song "It's the fountain of juiiiiiiiiice." Haha 🥤

Magnolia street is quite possibly the prettiest street I've seen. The street is lined with a tree canopy near The Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine. We stopped and parked at the Fountain of Juice to take photos of the street before going into the Fountain of Youth. 🌳

LUZIA - A waking dream of Mexico is a traveling Cirque du Soleil show. LUZIA is in Orlando under the Big Top at the Florida Mall from March 7- April 21, 2019. LUZIA takes you to an imaginary Mexico, like in a waking dream where light quenches the spirit and rain soothes the soul. I'm a Cirque du Soleil fan. I've seen these other two shows: La Nouba in Orlando and O by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.

We stayed in St. Augustine at a beach B&B for the weekend. I went down to the beach to watch the sunrise at 7:33am on Saturday. The sun came out for a little bit and then went behind the clouds. 🌅⛅ ☀️

New mural alert in Oviedo: It's the 3rd dog mural in a row on the side of the building by the artist @worksofstark

I went to @congorivereast mini golf course on East Colonial Drive recently. We had a blast! We were there for almost two hours playing 18 holes. It was a fun family activity. I liked it when the ball would disappear in the hole then appear in the next section. We just played for fun and didn't keep score. I am a competitive person but I was OK with mini golf since I'm so bad at it. I remember getting so frustrated playing mini golf as a kid. I would have to hit the ball so many times that I would just pick the ball up and put it in the hole. Tip: Take an extra ball if you bring your kids. My son got upset when he almost lost his ball but we were able to find it. Also, this is all outside so it might be too hot to do in the summer. ⛳ 🏌️

I found another treasure trove of pretty murals @phohoaorlando. I walked all around the building to see all of them. @wallsofphohoa Artists: 1) @shumakerart and @ry.semp 2) "Astro girl" by @eduardosmet 3) @dannyrock148

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