Who Says There Is Nothing To Do in Tallahassee?

Tallahassee Grapevine’s Weekend – April 8-10^th

Who says there is nothing to do in Tallahassee? I have lived in other cities and had extensive stays at other’s still and I say, Tallahassee has the same or better.  We have a mall, we have movie theaters, bowling alleys, pool halls, etc. But we are also close to beaches and rivers and nature trails.

There was a lot going on this past weekend: Tallahassee Film Festival, Po Boys Crawfish Festival, Peace in the Park, The Jazz & Blues Festival, Earth Jam, Worm Gruntin’ Festival, Pops in the Park and a lot of new films, and the Baroque Art exhibit at the Brogan.  You would be hard pressed to convince me “there’s nothing to do.”

TallahasseeGrapevine.com owners are in their 30s and have an 11 month old baby.  So Friday night they stayed in.  I rented a dvd, “I Love You Philip Morris” and my wife opted out of joining me to watch it. Probably a wise decision as the movie was not so bad I turned it off, but I can’t say I would recommend it.  It was a cross between “Brokeback Mountain” and “Fun With Dick & Jane” with a little “Man on the Moon” thrown in for good measure.

Then bedtime because I knew Saturday was going to be a long day.  We got up early to attend the Pioneer Breakfast at the Tallahassee Museum.   It was great.  All you can eat sausage (mild or spicy), scrambled eggs, pancakes, grits, coffee, milk or orange juice…  all served at a historical farmhouse.  Then while waiting for the bands to begin for the Jazz & Blues Festival – we took the baby for a walk around the nature trail and exhibits.  There is a vulture there that comes right up to the cage hoping for a snack. When you keep walking, it follows you. If you speed up, he speeds up. I swear it thinks it is a dog.

The bald eagles were beautiful. The otter was playful and adorable. The alligator was huge, the bear was asleep, the foxes were active, the panther was hiding and all in all, we had a great time.  Inside a building were 2 baby alligators. Now those were pretty darn cool.

There was also an ongoing exhibit about The Blues in Florida which was very interesting. By the time we got back to the stage, the first band was performing and did an excellent job.  We listened as we let the baby play on the playground.

Later on, we decided to go to Peace in the Park in Midtown because we knew people with booths there.  Jim Crozier was playing when we arrived and we made our way around from booth to booth – seeing friends we knew, and meeting new people.  We let our baby play at the water table and sandbox at the Tiny Steps Learning Center booth and he decided he was hot so he poured a bucket of water over his own head without even flinching.

Next, we decided to go to the Animal Shelter and visit the dogs and cats up for adoption.  The Animal Shelter pets are a regular feature on TallahasseeGrapevine.com and something near and dear to our heart as we own 2 rescued dogs.

Our 11 month old loved the cats. It’s a shame he can’t have one because our 11 year old is allergic and there were some sweet cats there that needed a home.  Of course, we love meeting the dogs. My favorite site is seeing young couples trying to decide which pet to bring home. They take dogs one by one out to the yard or one of the side rooms and play and visit and try to decide which would fit best with their lifestyle.  I love seeing “I’m Adopted” signs on the cages.  There is always a couple dogs there that I wish I could take home if I did not have 2 big dogs already.

Now this was a great fun day with beautiful weather.  The only thing that would make it better is a good dinner.  So we went to the grocery store and got the ingredients for Chicken Pirlau – chicken breast, bacon, crushed tomato, green bell pepper, onion, brown rice and broth.  It came out delicious and there is enough there for days worth of leftovers.

There was so much going on that we could not even find time to do it all.  Tune in again to learn about our favorite places to bring the kids over summer break.

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