(Disclosure: Parts of my trip to Columbia is being sponsored by TBW Group, however, all thoughts, opinions, and photos are my own.)
Have you been to the Annual Heritage Festival and Craft Show at Nifong Park in Columbia, Missouri? If not you should go! The event has FREE admission and is loaded with family fun.
Add this to your bucket list of free things to do in Columbia, Missouri.
Historical Treasures
Pan for Gold
Learn to work with Wood
Walk on Stilts
Watch Woodcarvers
Learn to Weave
Need a new Broom? They tell me they are Flight Tested
Learn how wise you will be, how many kids you will have, or your future with fun traditional games!
With three kids, breakfast and cocktails are far and few between, but when I get a chance to have a big girl meal, I want a place as hip and fab as Broadway Brewery.
I visited Broadway Brewery the last day I was in town during my road trip to Roots N Blues N BBQ, and this was the perfect way to finish off a fun weekend.
Those tomatoes were to DIE for!
The Food -
I was dining out for brunch, now normally I am not a huge brunch kind of gal, but being that I was headed out of the city I indulged. I ordered the Working Class Hero, complete a grapefruit cocktail (an alcoholic beverage)...the one thing that I loved the most about my meal is my eggs were Free Range Eggs, it is not everyday you see that advertised on a menu. Yes it was as good as it looks! The Setting -
I never rate a restaurant on their food, they have to completely impress me for their food to even matter to me.....frankly, I despise bad service.
I loved the setting of Broadway Brewery, this was a hip little restaurant in a true college town, with that said, it is a family friendly restaurant in Downtown area of Columbia, but I would most likely not take my kids to eat there. I would save this fab place for dining out with my friends, having cocktails with gal pals, or tasting some fresh brewed beer with someone special. I am selfish that way and refuse to let my kids ruin my
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favorite restaurants. The Beer -
I opted of trying their beer this time, I will return one day soon and have one. The brewery area was beautiful and the beer smelled delicious, I just opted out this round.
(Disclosure: My trip to Columbia, MO has been sponsored by TBW Firm, however, all thoughts and opinions are my own.)
I am departing Columbia, MO today and heading back to my little farm with my crazy turkey.
This was my first big time Blues Festival and I am sold on Blues. Everyone keeps asking me who was my favorite that I saw. I know they are expecting me to say The Black Crowes or Blues Traveler. While they were good, I am SOLD on ZZ Ward and Trombone Shorty.
I think I will just marry Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, so I can listen to him play all the time. Seriously, I do not think I have ever been so drawn into music as I was his. I could not pull myself away from the stage. His music was very upbeat, exciting, and I could really feel his personality coming out in his music. I like that!
I am sure our marriage would be very "short" considering it is only a one sided crush (I have the crush...not him). Therefore, I would then be writing music like ZZ Ward (I wish).
I felt like I had a connection with ZZ Ward, I suspect that is why Blues is so popular. Blues songs really do tell a DEEP story you can connect with. ZZ spoke about how she wrote songs after she her heart was broken. Her song "Last Love Song" literally brought tears to my eyes. I remember not to long ago thinking this would be the last proclaim of love I would have for a certain someone and it was.
So maybe I won't have to marry Trombone Shorty to write music like ZZ Ward, but every girl has to have a dream.
I am a little bummed that I will not have the chance to see Mavis Staples today. I have been listening to her for the past few weeks as I prepared to come to Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival. She seemed to be a classic and prior to my festival experience her music was what I thought of when I thought of blues.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Columbia, MO. I really enjoyed the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival, even the found the Biscuit truck that baked 8000 biscuits in preparation for the festival. I do hope that I get an opportunity to come back in the future now that I have experienced Blues and am falling in love with it.
The Hillbilly Haughty from The Biscuit Truck - it had Bacon, a Fried Green Tomato, and Pimento Cheese on it. YUM!
On of the FUN characters at the Festival
Some of the "outside" seating they had set up!
I never got the chance to dance the with the Mushroom as I had hoped! :(
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