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Good evening readers! It’s so good to feel normal other than this bloody cough, I’m so tired of cough drops. BUT I digress, I went on a mini adventure around the corner for a pot because the 2 Wisteria seedlings I planted are getting too big for their plant pants, let’s brew about it!

I’ve been wanting to create a particular mood or setting since it’s my favorite spot to write in and I wanted to extend that in my writing space. I love the idea of a sort of gothic-romantic-witchy-forgotten place, dramatic colors and wildness with a touch of softness and whimsy. For Christmas, I got the gothic, witchy and heavy metal flower seeds I wanted, and with the wisteria getting so big it was time to do the mash up of dark with romance. I felt a vintage looking pot would be just the ticket, but where to go?

Since I moved to Plant City I kept driving by this quaint garden center called BrownLee, a little house sitting back from the main road with tables of beautifully potted plants ( I can hear you saying, Nyssa that’s plants NOT pots, I know) behind an old wooden fence. I thought to myself, there could be pots there, and so, I let the mood take me and off I went. Finally, taking the turn into this little haven snuggled between rows of trees.

There were wood planters boxes, beautifully crafted wooden swings, but no pots. Unsure, of myself I walked the rows, seeing vegetables, fruits, and herbs, no pots to be had. But a gentleman came from the house, whom, happened to be Mr. BrownLee himself. Not only was he knowledgeable but very kind and helpful. Brownlee has been open in this very spot for 14 years, and sadly their lease was up there. It made me very sad to hear it, but what did cheer me up was that they were only relocating, and much closer to me(trouble for my bank account).

Although I didn’t leave with a pot I didn’t go without purchasing a plant, a blueberry in fact, after speaking with Mr. BrownLee, telling him about my current blueberry plants I found out I had 2 non germinating ones aka, mine don’t make blueberries without another type and his have both in one. So, with my new blueberry plant in my arms, I was armed with both knowledge, and a new place to come back to although in a different location but the journey is still on for a larger pot!

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Good evening readers! I hope the first week of 2026 was a good start to your year! Time to put our goals into action, at least I’ve been contemplating what I wanted to set out for the 2026 year. Things I talked about doing last year that I didn’t do, things I started and things I did accomplished. With that being said the Biggest event to kick off the 2026 year, is a cruise, a Jay and Silent Bob Cruise Askew to be exact, let’s brew about it!

Okay, this is a BIG leap into the new year, a cruise?! Last year was The Stanley hotel and THAT was amazing, but this cruise is a little bit different. Would it be cool to meet Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes? YES, ONE HUNDRED PRECENT!!! But the likelihood with X amount of people on board? Chances are slim but I am hopeful. The trip is from February 18th through the 22nd, a round trip to Mexico. I never been to Mexico, I’ve only been outside the U.S. to the Bahamas. I’m excited to see a different country, meet the locals, taste some of the traditional food and see the sights. The trip gives you a full day at Costa Maya, Mexico (there’s a couple excursions that take you to see Mayan Runes that looks really cool!). The boat itself has lots to get into like a photography class with Jason Lee called Snap Happy, Q & A with Kev, Diary of a Man Child with Jason Mewes, and so much more, hell you can even get a tattoo, I’m so excited to go! Here’s a link to the cruise as there’s still cabins available! https://www.jayandsilentbobcruiseaskew.com/

I’ll be posting more as the trip looms closer on what experiences I’ll partake on the boat and what excursion I’ll be getting into. While I’m gearing up for this new adventure, I’m working on something I DIDN’T accomplish last year, making videos on YouTube. I want to make BrewFeeds my livelihood FULL TIME. So, my efforts will be doubling and while I do, I want everyone along with me in this journey, so tap a friend a neighbor, or a family member, let’s grow together this year!

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Good evening readers!!! I hope you’re warm and cozy as we are on the EVE of Christmas Eve, and I’m still feeling like a bag of dicks to be honest. BUT feeling like crap has given me the downtime to read, and since it was a two parter series I was able to devour them quickly, let’s brew about it!

I love a good witch book, and this one was interesting, Heartless Hunter is a story following two characters, Rune Winters (the witch), and Gideon Sharpe (the witch hunter). Witches are being hunted down and executed due to the last witches who had ruled were cruel and unjust. Rune has made it her life long mission to save witches and getting them safely off the island. While Gideon was the one who started the revolution against the evil queen witches just can’t seem to shake loose that may just maybe, not ALL witches are bad. As these two characters collide a budding romance sparks while outside forces brew to tare them apart, an undead witch queen who’s blood thirsty for revenge.

Rebel Witch continues after the end of Heartless Hunter with Rune working with the evil witch Queen, Cressida, who wants to raise an army of witches to over throw the rulers of their island home. However, Rune loathes Cressida, on how she treated Gideon and wants to get away, however Gideon is hot on Rune’s trail wanting to seek vengeance and to clear his name for being a “witch sympathizer.” The duo’s paths collide and yet again, they have to work with one another for their own gains only to realize that maybe loving one another isn’t so terrible.

I feel like the dilogy/ duology is well paced and creative, I love the idea that the witches have to cut themselves to use blood for their magic and that the scars become decorative tattoos. The strain of both the human and witch sides is really well written. I’d give it a 3 out of 5 coffee brews for a good read.

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Good evening, readers! I’ve been MIA for a week, I’ve been under the weather and still working. Weak sauce excuse, I know but I didn’t want to drag myself into writing something half-assed and served cold to you. But I hope everyone is feeling better than me, and are warm and cozy during what I believe is the FASTEST month of the year. I never felt this way before until this year. However, Welcome To Derry comes to a close, as Stranger Things last season rev’s up, let’s brew about it!

Now one of my favorite character’s, Rich (SPOILER ALERT) gets merc’d, I LOVED Rich, he was funny, he was sweet and he kept the “band” together when everyone began losing their minds. Hallorann’s mental state was hemorrhaging, it seemed everyone from the group of kids to the adults were falling a part due to Pennywise’s influence. The closer everyone got to It the more it turned any and everyone against each other.

The story telling was ravenous, although CGI got a bit rough here and there, unless you’re looking for it you won’t necessarily catch it. But the build up was intense, I mean I don’t know about you what with the military involved I knew right from jump street they’d want to mechanize, Pennywise Towards the end, I practically hissed when they melted one of the meteorite shards, don’t mess with medicine you don’t understand. If you don’t know how to contain it immediately but and only know that it causes death and mayhem it’s not a good mix.

All in all it was a great show, and leaving it on a cliffhanger, saying this was Chapter One, feels like they left room for aq second season, if the ratings do well. What are you thoughts? Did you like Welcome To Derry? Do you feel they should have gone in a different direction? Was the show a little too gory or did you feel thaty had the right amount?

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Good evening readers! It has not only been a day but a week. It has flown so fast, I can’t remember any day specifically. Other than I know I ate, I slept some and I definitely worked, my day job and quite a bit on BrewFeeds Social media on facebook. But I capped the work week off with a Christmas Parade here in town, Let’s brew about it!

The Plant City parade has been going on for 60 years! Which isn’t as long as the Strawberry Festival that’s held in Plant City but it was BEAUTIFUL in more ways than one. Historic downtown was decorated, the shop windows decked out. Lights and decorations, it felt like a Hallmark movie minus the no snow! In fact, it was warm but thankfully, it wasn’t humid tonight, which is a blessing.

The Jaycee’s whom, is the Junior Chamber of Commerce, started the parade but is now handled by 10 committee members, a panel that represents the local Plant City Police Department, and a few other panels as well. The Police Department bit made sense to me now after research, as there were motorcycle cops circling a green sports car in which case when they “drove” away the Grinch snuck out of the vehicle to mingle with the parade audience before racing back to his car to drive off. It was a very cute skit that the crowd adored. Beads and candy were tossed as well and more familiar Christmas characters flitted by, either by foot or float.

What I think made it the most magical though was watching the community come together and celebrate with one another with open hearts and joy, wishing one another Merry Christmas and Happy New year. Just the over all out pour of encouragement, love and excitement made it remarkable. Seeing a community get together with nothing but love, just fills my cup that I didn’t realize was a bit empty after this work week.

Though this week pushed me, I’ve learned a lot about engagement and lifting one another up because a community can make you shine bright working with and for one another can make dreams become goals and goals into fruition, which I will speak in more detail soon. For now, I will say this parade definitely gave reboot and I accept the challenges to come to bring this website into the light.

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Good evening readers, I hope everyone is having a great month so far, I can’t believe we are almost to the tail end of November?! Like where did the month go? It’s a train without any stops speeding recklessly to 2026. It’s one of those moments where you realize the time that you had, all that time there really wasn’t that much in the first place, it’s an illusion. But I wanted to write not about time slipping like sand through an hourglass but rather about Welcome To Derry, let’s brew about it!

So, I know I talked a bit about Welcome To Derry before but I’d like to cover the show as the story unravels. I was a bit iffy on the first episode, I feel like they were really going for shock value at first. The series follows Ronnie, Marge, Will and Rich 4 misfits that come together (similar flavor as the movies) to try to free Ronnie’s dad from possibly being locked up due to the kids in the first episode getting killed by Pennywise. As the kids try to show proof of Ronnie’s dad’s innocence the military tries to find a weapon against the cold war enemies.

One of my favorite characters in The Shining just so happens to crossover into this series which heard about Stephen King doing this with his characters, it is the young Dick Hallorann, whom, shown Danny how to use the Shine. Dick was known as a prior service member and in this show he is trying to find the source. I practically jumped out of my seat with excitement. I can’t wait for the next episode!

But what do you think of the series so far? what don’t you like about the series? Which character is your favorite or what are you most excited to see happen?

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Good evening readers, I hope you enjoyed last week’s content about Black Phone 2. It was fun watching it and writing about it! Today, however I went on an adventure for some good eats, let’s brew about it!

So, I’ve lived in Plant City for over a year and I’m still exploring the city and the surrounding area. MY little adventure took me to Brandon which is not too far from the home. There is a tonnnn of businesses in Brandon, most of which are chain type, Outback, Cracker Barrel but I’ve never seen this one before. However, I’ve been driving by this place call K POT and it made me wonder. I never had hot pot before nor Korean BBQ, how much of risk can it be?

The place was quiet at first, but it started to pick up right after I came in. You can choose to do just the Korean BBQ or for 5 dollars more you can do the hotpot, seeing as I’ve done neither, I did BOTH! The Korean burner is set almost in the middle with your burner for your hot pot right in front of you. For the hot pot you need to choose your broth base. There was a lot that you need to know such as adjusting your temperature and where the buttons are (luckily there were cooking times for different proteins and for vegetables.) Best part there are LOADS of options to choose from that you can go pick out yourself.

Now, not only have I NOT eaten all day but the choices were all amazing, and delicious smelling. There was an area for the Korean BBQ then there was an area for the hotpot, section for sauces and a section for dessert. So much all at once, so I tried a little bit of everything. A little bit of beef, pork, and seafood, I even tried Shiitake mushrooms. This place is FANTASTIC!!!!!! I know exactly where I want to go for my birthday.

The place was cozy and friendly, and a great experience. Have you ever been to a place like this? The bulgogi was phenomenal, I recommend the spicy beef and spicy pork belly. Have you ever cooked your food in front of you at a restaurant?

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Good evening readers! I hope everyone is staying warm, here in Florida it doesn’t really get cold but, I know everywhere else it’s already started or it’s making its way over. Tonight is a movie night post and I’m freaking excited, I really enjoyed the movie Black Phone so, popcorn has been popped, let’s brew about it!

Black Phone 2 picks up after a few yearswhere the first one ended following Finn and Gwen dealing with the aftermath of the Grabber. Gwen is still getting visions via dreams and Finn keeps getting phone calls (not answering I might add). Gwen’s dreams are pointing towards a camp called, Alpine Lake where their mother was once a counselor. The setting is up where its cold and snowing aka why I asked I hope you guys are warm, the movie has me putting a blanket on my feet.

Finn, Gwen, and their friend Ernesto go out to Alpine Lake to find out why Gwen’s dreams are pointing towards Alpine Lake. Finn wants to keep their mission quiet but with Gwen’s dreams becoming more erratic they enlist the help of Mando and Mustang. It all circles back to the Grabber, whom actually worked as the maintenance man, and the camp being his original stoping grounds.

Uncovering truths long dead buried deep about the missing boys and the curious death of their mother, our heroes triumph over evil with twists, turns and a little help from other side. I feel like this is a great sequel and it kept to the rhythm and tone of the first movie while creating surprises that aren’t the same dog and pony show of the first. Have you seen the movie, if so what do you think? Did Black Phone 2 match up to the second or do you feel like it flopped? Are there any movies you’d like to see that are coming soon?

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Good evening readers! Spooky month is wrapping up but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t resonate in our black hearts. There might be some horror movies coming our way before the end of the year, I will have to do some research but I wanted to talk about the prequel to It, Welcome To Derry and some good ol’ fashion bbq, let’s brew about it!

So, first stop, Welcome To Derry, I’ve been excited about this since I first heard the news. I really enjoyed the It franchise, I love how it revived Steven King’s work, and the movies can severely make me jump out of my seat. The first episode, starts off with a bang, and yes some spoiler alerts here, it graphic quick with the mother giving birth in the car while the rest of the family chants. It fits with how creepy and dark It is, but I feel like they might have gone over board with this cherry bomb.

However, the story telling and the era intrigues me, I love the retro feel and how the “new” but old gang comes together.The first episode does end on a cliffhanger in which it looks like 80% of the group is merc’ed in a movie theater. I’m curious how the story will take this twist, was this a vision or a nightmare? How will this all tie together?

Why is there bbq in the title? Because I just went to our local bbq place, known as the BEST bbq place in Plant City, started by Elton Johnson back in 1954. The place was not only packed with people but mouthwatering aromas. Saturday’s are the days they sell their ribeyes, and I’m sorry YES it’s a bbq place but I can’t pass up a good ribeye. Everything melted in my mouth from the steak (that didn’t even need A1, I know sacrilege) baked potato right down to the house salad and sweet roll. So so much food, but I have enough for lunch tomorrow. I’m excited to relive the experience or maybe in the evening while watching the second episode of Welcome To Derry, sky’s the limit tomorrow. Also, made a note Johnson’s has a Thanksgiving feast, I may know what I’m dong for the upcoming holiday.

BUT have you watched the new episode of Welcome To Derry? What do you think so far? Which is your favorite character/ scene so far? I really love that it’s basing it around the movie theater in Derry and the lighthouse. Also, when you get bbq what do you like to order?

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Good morning readers! I hope everyone had a great weekend and a giid kickstart to their week. I think I can finally say I’m on the mend, I hope. It feels like when I feel like myself again, a wave of the gross comes back, but I’m in my writing spot before I have to get on with the grind and the air is crisp. Well, as crisp as Florida gets before we are blasted by the humidity and heat from all of our sins and transgressions. But on Sunday I visited that farmer’s market I briefly mentioned on my last post, I figured some sunshine would help and a change of scenery, so let’s brew about it!

Fox Squirrel Corn Maze is not even twenty minutes away from me, just in a more rural part of Plant City( obviously). It was a gorgeous secluded spot way off from the main road under a canopy of large chunky trees. It was like a Renaissance fair, just without the knights, elves and fire breathers. They had a few structures that were built for year round use including the main one being a barn. The barn itself housed trinkets to buy, a shop of fresh cut flowers and 2 spots to get frozen and ice drinks as well as sweets.

My wallet didn’t make it out of there alive, I ended buying spicy pickles from The Pickle Patch, Maple Bacon jelly from Fox Squirrel Corn Maze itself, and a top from Sweet Roots Apparel. I’m super excited with all my goodies and finished the day with a frozen apple cider bedecked with a apple cider donut. Although feeling out of sorts I’m glad I went and I’m keen to find more hidden gems around me. Have you gone through a corn maze, if so did you in the dark? Have you ever been to a farmers market and gone on a tractor pulled hayride?

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