Showing posts with label instagram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label instagram. Show all posts

Saturday, November 2, 2013

October Instagram

How is it November already? HOW?! 2013 is almost over! October (apparently) came and went in a whirlwind of food and travel. Here's what it looked like.

The very FIRST week of October I spotted Christmas decorations for sale already in Target. Even though it doesn't mean what it used to (since I don't work in retail anymore), it still gave me a shiver of exhaustion.


I would however, totally buy that Santa. Too adorable.


I had a BIG career challenge this month, my bosses went out of town and left me and the Sous Chef of Biscuit Love to run a wedding event in the boonies. I was super worried the whole time whether I was doing a good job, but everything went wonderfully and the ceremony was gorgeous!


I got really wrapped up in school projects this month, here we were practicing fruit and vegetable carving. Clearly this is my calling.


We have a catering project for school that's due in November, it involves planning menus, cooking food, and table decoration. As a blogger, I fixated on the visual aspect of the project and sort of got carried away with my prop shopping.




Still totally usable and kitchen safe, right?


Recipe testing for our catering project it went pretty well until I somehow melted the top to a ink pen in my oven (wtf?!). That made me feel really professional!


My brother turned 22 on October the 9th, he requested muffins instead of a cake this year (?). I included some Lego block candles because they were his favorite once upon a time...


We tried out quite a few new restaurants this month. We went to Burger Republic in Lenoxx Village to have dinner with my boyfriend's parents.


Fondue Tots 


Banana Split Milkshake

The  "Eat The Farm" and Bacon Mac and Cheese


Later in the month we tired out a Greek Lunch place called Kouzina Cafe,  I had the falafel gyro, it was sooo good but HUGE!


I also tried out a brand new food truck in town Churro Queens! 





Things have been slowing down a bit on the truck lately now that we're getting into the fall and winter, but we've been to a lot of fun events.


Attack of the Scarecrows at the Franklin Farmer's Market. All the vendors displayed themed scarecrows. This one was ours, modeled after our head chef and  notorious cookbook hoarder, Karl.


Square dancing with Yazoo brewery at Bells Bend Farms. This event was SO much fun, every one had such a good time, and the music was awesome too! The only bad part was that the temperature suddenly dropped down to 40 degrees while we were out there! I was really glad I was working so close to an oven and a fryer. Cold or not though those people keep on drinking and dancing.


Halloween was a bit of a bust this year, with Tornado speed winds and thunderstorms all night. Lucky for me my running club has a costume night  that day before the storm hit so at least I got to dress like a goober in public ( which as I'm sure you're aware, is one of my favorite pastimes). I went as Fionna from Adventure Time.



Only people with kids of a certain age even really knew who I was supposed to be, but I didn't care!

And that was the month of October!

If you want to follow me on Instagram I'm madame_magar

Saturday, August 31, 2013

August Instagram - Food Truck Life

I got an instagram account last month with an on the road photo blogging project in mind.  Now I don't quite have the iphone situation all figured out yet, but here's a look at life so far.

The first two weeks of August were pretty slow, the truck was off the road while my bosses took a way overdue vacation, so I had more time on my hands for the finer things in life.




Outside things were pretty exciting. We got a new Doctor!


I was freaking out! Were you freaking out?!


 And there was a blue moon. Also exciting - though of course it looked just the same.


My boyfriend and I started watching/binge watched/completely caught up on Breaking Bad, and in the madness I found myself suspicious of every chicken place ever...


(Wait, we don't count, right? I'm gonna say we don't count...)


Then of course came Tomato Art Fest.


By mid August it was time to work again.

 5am - time to make the biscuits. I made 400 that day.


Using the street art to remind me where I parked downtown!


All lined up at Live On The Green




 At Riff's Food Truck Jam. It's every Friday night and sooo much fun! There's beer, and bands, and free parking; it's Nashville's best kept secret!




Chef Karl's (super secret off menu) fried okra. It will blow your mind!


Perks of the business; you get to try food from all the other food trucks! Smoked pork tacos, yes yes YES!


And that was the month of August!

You can find me on instagram at Madame_magar