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| Photo from Roosevelt 2.0s facebook page |
Let me take you on a tour....
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| Overhead Photo from Roosevelt 2.0s facebook page of the weekly Twlight Market |
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| Take on July 16th by me outside of the Roosevelt 2.0 transformed weekly into a evening farmers market- mostly indoors |
Uriah’s Urban Farm has installed a living wall inside the space. This is so amazing to see! The produce being grown is distributed to select restaurants for them to use in their kitchens. A very unique system, these living walls are delivered as live plants to the restaurant and cut fresh as needed.
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| Another view of the living wall -this shot was taken from inside a of Tampa Upcycle inside of the market. |
So, as mentioned earlier, the purpose for our visit yesterday is that every Tuesday from 5pm to 10 pm the space hosts the Twilight Market, Ybor’s first evening market featuring local and organic produce, ready-to-eat foods, live art, beer, wine, smoothies and live music.
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| Photo from Roosevelt 2.0s facebook page |
Below are some of the great people and products that we shopped last night at the market:
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| Here is a vendor selling homemade gluten free foods, many of them made fresh on premises - you can see the living wall space mentioned above on the right hand side of this shot too. |
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| A local soap merchant selling his sweet and savory bath bars |
Delicious baked goods and fudge hit your right when you walk in the door- yummy!
Artwork hits all of the walls, fabrics, textures, smells, sounds..... it is a fun connected space.
I had No idea there was such a thing as a tropical pumpkin.... much less any pumpkins that grow in Florida..... I received a nice education on these great pumpkins from a nearby farm -all organic and freshly picked! There were a few produce stands at the market and I purchased some fantastic organic local and sweet rainbow carrots for only 1.99 a pound!
I bought some pretty awesome homemade herbal tea mix from Toni Magnusson-Cooper who owns Sereniteas Soothers out of Plant City(cute huh!). Check out her website here. My blend was picked from her garden and was called Healthy Heart Hibiscus Herbal Brew. It contains all natural ingredients like hibiscus flowers, red raspberry leaves, rose hips, orange peel, cinnamon chips, anise seed, hawthorn berries and chamomile... she was right- as I sip on it today it tastes like a raspberry zinger with lots of great heart healthy benefits. If you haven't checked out my blog post all about some AMAZING teas that I came to enjoy recently, check it out here.
Here we had some homemade freshly baked artisan breads and a very fun spice and sauce vendor.-Errol Bishop..... Hey Mon Sauces reeled us in with tempting samples of his great Caribbean cooking magic. We bought some Curry Spice mix (that I was thrilled to see has zero sodium). HE also has a café right here in Tampa so check out his website!
Here is some incredible local artistry as well - pretty amazing, this first one was painted right on the wall of the Roosevelt 2.0
As we left with a full bag and a smile, we ran into some great local musicians drumming and picking and playing tambourine outside drawing in the local crowds.
Why we make a homemade potato and leek soup out of some of them! Photo Above I took yesterday while making some savory soup for someone special as a RAOK. If you don't know what a RAOK is- be sure to click on my link about that my friend Susan Hausler shared with me, so very very cool! And after that, Check out this great recipe from a neat blog called The Boozy Bakeshop! It makes an excellent Potato and Leek Soup!
Enjoy some for yourself.....
And then tie some up with love and give it away....
Like what you see? Want to share some LOVE?..........
I had No idea there was such a thing as a tropical pumpkin.... much less any pumpkins that grow in Florida..... I received a nice education on these great pumpkins from a nearby farm -all organic and freshly picked! There were a few produce stands at the market and I purchased some fantastic organic local and sweet rainbow carrots for only 1.99 a pound!
Here is some incredible local artistry as well - pretty amazing, this first one was painted right on the wall of the Roosevelt 2.0
As we left with a full bag and a smile, we ran into some great local musicians drumming and picking and playing tambourine outside drawing in the local crowds.
Our fun local purchases from last night are pictured below -of course these finds were in addition to the nice glass of wine we enjoyed while walking around- from their smoothie, wine and beer bar at the café.
And then what do we DO we with our take home goodies??
Why we make a homemade potato and leek soup out of some of them! Photo Above I took yesterday while making some savory soup for someone special as a RAOK. If you don't know what a RAOK is- be sure to click on my link about that my friend Susan Hausler shared with me, so very very cool! And after that, Check out this great recipe from a neat blog called The Boozy Bakeshop! It makes an excellent Potato and Leek Soup!
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| Fresh leeks |
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| Sweet rainbow carrots and onions |
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| Add in some home vegetable broth and herbs and simmer it down - you can puree it a little at the end if you want some extra creaminess. So yummy! |
Enjoy some for yourself.....
And then tie some up with love and give it away....
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| For my ill neighbor - to make her get "souper" better real soon! |
Comment below about where your favorite local market is - maybe someone will leave a good tip about one you did not know about yet either!
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That's such a great idea to have an evening market. Love it! Were the pumpkins Seminole Pumpkins? That's what I'm training to climb up the Jacaranda tree in my front yard right now. I'm hoping for a fall harvest of these native squash.
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe she did say Seminole Tropical pumpkins, so neat.....I was awed! :)
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