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This was The Beacon Friday night at the Lake Nona Town Center. It was designed by the talented @jefre_artist. So cool! We sat and watched it for a while. It was different from the last time I saw it. The Beacon is just white during the day but at night it lights up with different projections on it.

I went to a @yelporlando event at @boxiparklakenona tonight. Boxi Park is a shipping container entertainment complex in Lake Nona. Boxi Park has a variety of different food/drink options, a dog park, a playground, volleyball court and a stage area. It's a great place if your friends/family/partner can't decide what to eat. . There is a free parking garage nearby at Lake Nona Town Center across the street. We had drinks from La Cajita, tacos from Canonita Street Taqueria and ice cream at Before it Melts. The ice cream is black vanilla soft serve in the Black Out sundae. Note: Yelp Orlando and Boxi Park hosted us but my opinions are my own.

The Mayor Tree is an impressive 200-year-old live oak tree and it's part of The City of Orlando significant tree map. It's my favorite large tree in Orlando. 🌳 The tree is a popular wedding ceremony spot. It looks like it belongs in a movie. It's located by the parking lot for @mennellomuseum.

The @mennellomuseum sculpture garden is free to view outside the museum. It's perfect for a photo shoot, walk or picnic.This is one of my favorite pieces of art in Orlando. This is "Waltzing Matilda" by @aliceaycock. What does it look like to you? A tornado, paper or a flower?

I've had @dandelioncafe 🌼 on my vegetarian 🌱 restaurants to try list for a while. The restaurant is 100% plant based, GMO free, organic, uses locally sourced ingredients when possible and has healthy options. The cafe also hosts regular events. . I got the popular "giddy up" dish. It's vegetarian chili with chips. You can have it in a bowl or a wrap. I got the bowl with a grain base. It was a large portion and it filled me up. I almost couldn't finish it. I got the ginger peach black house tea that had free refills. I sat outside to eat since it was a nice day. I will be back to try some other items on the menu.

Deep in the heart of Winter Park on SR 436 in a non-descript shopping plaza.......... lies my favorite new store. @abbyrosevintage is half floral vintage and half macabre. Abby Rose Vintage is the sweet floral side with antiques, diamond costume jewelry, vintage clothes and lace doilies. 🌸 . Then go to the dark side with the spooky oddities @prometheusesoterica located at the back of the store. So many macabre details! 🦴💀🕷️ I took my time to look at everything. There were real skeletons, an ouija board rug, taxidermy animals, Goth clothing, crystal balls, prosthetic legs, ventriloquist dummies, spooky themed coffee and a fake finger necklace. Some items I really liked but other items creeped me out. I thought "hell no would I have that in my house!" 😳 on some items. I hope to attend their Witches and Wizards Market event in March.

I visited @loggerheaddistillery in Sanford, FL on Saturday. You can sample the alcohol here in the retail store. They were sold out of the apple pie moonshine I wanted. But they had regular moonshine, vodka and sweet tea vodka available. I'll have to return when they have the apple pie moonshine again. I did buy a bottle of vodka. . I've been wanting to check out some local distilleries. My favorite local gin is from @staugustinedistillery since it has an orange flavor. Next on my list to try are @wpdistillingco in Winter Park, FL and @sugarworksdistillery in New Smyrna Beach, FL.

We picked our own citrus 🍊 and strawberries 🍓 on Thursday at Pappy's Patch U-pick Strawberries (field B) in Oviedo. See their Facebook page for hours. The farm is only open seasonally. . They had lemons, pink grapefruit, tangerines and honeybell oranges. We picked honeybell oranges and pink grapefruit. It smells so good in the citrus groves! . Citrus picking tips: I grew up with our own orange and grapefruit trees in our backyard in South FL. We used to pick and then juice them. If the citrus comes off easily then it's ripe. The ones on the ground are gross. I recommend wearing bugspray. Also there were bees and ants around just in case anyone is allergic.

I went to 🐊 @gatorland_orlando for the first time recently with my son. He had already been there once on a field trip. There was a FL resident admission discount that made it around $25 total for the two of us. Check their website for deals. The parking is free. However, some of the activities inside Gatorland cost extra such as photos, zip-lining or feeding the animals but I didn't pay for any of them. . It's an old FL attraction that is similar to the zoo. We saw gators, deer, racoons, snakes, spiders, emu, goats and tortoises. We didn't watch any of the shows though. It was amazing to get so close to the gators and to see so many of them. There were baby gators, albino gators and leucistic gators. (AKA white gators.) I was most excited to see the white gators. . We saved the gator themed splash pad with the water guns and water buckets for the end. I brought my son's swim clothes, a towel and a plastic bag for the wet clothes. There were changing stalls and seating for the parents near the splash pad. My son enjoyed it and we had a fun day. . My only con was that there was not that much vegetarian food choices. But I was able to get by on kid type food like mac-n-cheese, PB&J and the snacks I brought.

I had the vegetarian Mother Nature Burger (black bean burger) at Krusty Burger 🍔🍟 in Springfield: Home of the Simpson's @universalorlando. It was good. The other vegetarian choices were the meat haters pizza and a veggie sandwich at Lisa's Teahouse of Horror in the same food court. I was surprised that there were a few vegetarian options in the same food court.

I had to have a Duff beer 🍺 at Moe's Tavern at Springfield: Home of the Simpson's @universalorlando. Here you go, Barney!

I loved this moment of Bumblebee breaking it down near the Transformer ride @universalorlando. I could have watched this all day.

We visited Fort Christmas Historical Park recently. It's a great cooler weather activity since it's all outside. It was my first time there. The fort is a 1837 replica and museum. Fort Christmas is free, educational and great for kids. It also has pioneer ranch homes, a playground, open park areas 🌲 and three pavilions you can rent for parties. . They have school tour programs too. My son visited Fort Christmas on a summer camp field trip. He learned how to churn butter 🧈, make a candle 🕯️and feed the chickens 🐔.

We picked strawberries 🍓 today at Pappy's Patch U-pick Strawberries in Oviedo. See their Facebook page for daily hours. The patch is seasonal only. The patch closes if it rains or if they are picked out. It's a great activity for kids and I've been taking my son here since he was little. Wear shoes you don't mind getting dirty.

This is frozen butterbeer from The Hopping Pot at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley @universalorlando. I like the frozen butterbeer version better than the regular one. My sister was my hand model in this photo. ⚡🧹

We went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley @universalorlando recently. We took our time and explored everything. It's cool how the entrance to Diagon Alley is hidden and I loved the dark magic in Knockturn Alley. This video is from the pre-ride experience of Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringott's ride. ⚡🧹

You know they had to include the Oviedo chickens. LOL 🐔🐓. This new mural in Oviedo was unveiled last night. Artist: @xmossart Xavier Moss Location: Oviedo on the Park near the cantina, playground and bathrooms

I had to try the Butterbeer ice cream at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor inside The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley @universalorlando. Delicious! All of us got one. It was not too sweet. ⚡🧹

This is a must see at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley @universalorlando. The dragon growls and rumbles before breathing fire 🔥 every 10-15 minutes. I missed it the first time since I was inside buying ice cream so I just stood staring at it with my camera ready until it happened again. It breathes fire really quick for like three seconds. . This is the Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon that Harry, Hermione and Ron rode to escape Gringott's bank in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie. ⚡🧹

⚡Expecto Patronum⚡ We went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley @universalorlando to celebrate my birthday. My favorite part was the hidden knockturn alley. The dark alleyway led to a dark magic store, a magical door, singing shrunken heads, a dancing skeleton 💀 and moving spiders 🕷️. We went through knockturn alley three times and found new details each time.

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