A Few Captured Moments: We tasted the best of Tampa Bay and it was good!

Saturday night Matt and I went on a date night to Taste the Best of Tampa Bay which was held at the Straz Center as a fundraiser each year. This is a family picture the babysitter took of us before we left. I'm 24 weeks now and feeling very large and I wonder what in the world I'm going to look like come the end of August.

The tickets Matt's firm provided allowed us to get in an hour earlier than general admission so we had first picks of the freshest food without any hassle of waiting in line. Of course our second time around was a little more crowded but we knew then what was worth waiting for and our stomachs had a little time to make room for more!

I had never been to an event like this and if we have the opportunity to go back there are a few things I would do differently. I would have paced myself a little better and done smaller samples first to make sure I had room to try all of the goodies. I had never had mussels before then but I was able to sample some great roasted ones from The Columbia. I also filled up on local lasagna and burritos.....those I would skip next year and eat more of the things I don't get very often. It was a great experience and a wonderful idea for a date night. There was live music on 5 different stages, the weather was gorgeous and we truly had a very unique and special time together. I hope somehow we can go back next year.

The tables either overlooked fountains, UT, or boats going by in the Bay. I just loved the color scheme.

There were vendors lined up indoors at out, over 50 local restaurants were represented and you could get anything from fondue from the Melting Pot to sushi from Kona Grill. I liked going from appetizer/meal foods to desserts and back again.