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Good morning readers! Since I have moved I haven’t done much in exploring my new habitat. The dust has definitely settled and it’s high time to spread my wings and explore what lies beyond the new walls of my home, but I’ve done some research, so let’s brew about it.

The new area I ,live in is as close to “country” in a big city area as you can get, in fact, I sit on the back patio just to hear the roosters crow while cars speed by. There’s even a downtown area with brick buildings and diners to get a bite to eat as well as events every last Friday of the mont. So, I did some digging and there are some places I’d like to explore here in the near future, next month really.

So, my fingers flew to find a metaphysical shop near me and sadly it isn’t in Plant City but a town over in Lakeland called Raven Faerie. It isn’t too far from where I live so it’s a definite check out(I’ve been to Raven Moon before but I have yet to write about it and it’s about the same distance.)

Catnip Cafe, though, is in Plant City proper and across from a cafe called Brick House Cafe that looks delicious. The name immediately jumped out at me and then, when I realized they had cats you could sit and have a beverage with, was immediately on the bucket list.

Honestly, I think a stroll in the downtown area, would be great as I can’t really name another place. I’ve only been able to commit to memory what I seen while driving through. So photos and posts to follow, but I’m really excited to get these boots some milage and carouse about my new hometown area.

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Good morning, readers! I hope the weekend went well and that you were able to enjoy the Strawberry Festival (for those that live nearby or able to travel!). I definitely would like to stretch my legs and get out more BUT! I’ve been hearing a buzz about a movie, so this time we are staying in. So, grab a mug or maybe some popcorn, let’s brew about The Electric State!

Now, I seen the trailer for this movie and immediately I thought , this looks amazing and funny. It has a lot of great actors in it and it looked cinematically beautiful, however there was a lot of clap back on the movie. If it wasn’t about how it didn’t follow the story, it was that it would never be as good as Ready Player One.

First, movies are adaptations there’s not enough time to tell the WHOLE story in a matter of a couple of hours. Take Harry Potter for instance, great book and the movie series is one of my favorites I like to settle in the couch to water over and over again, BUT there’s no way to get everything in ( I remember when I was upset about Peeves not being in it.) In the case of The Electric State, it was more that the characters weren’t being portrayed right or it didn’t follow the storyline. All I know is that it looks great and the story is interesting. It follows a girl trying to find her brother, but her brother’s memory is somehow inside a robot!(spoiler alert).

Now, onto the second bit, I own and have watched Ready Player One a million times, it’s one of my favorites. A lot of the gamer skins are near and dear to my heart and it was amazing! I can see why people were comparing these two movies in some ways. Both are action packed and funny, both also, have robots. They also, have similar head gear that they can use to interact virtually. so, I can see why they appear similar on the front, but also the clear message they both share.

The message I take away from it, is that we need to interact with real people. It’s not all bad to be on the internet connecting with others across the world. However we need to remember those around you and the goals you want to accomplish outside of it is just as important if not more so. Did you go see The Electric State, if so what are your thoughts? Do You like Ready Player One more, do you disagree?

Let me know what you think! As Always Keep On Brewin!

Good morning readers, I’m coming to you with a fresh cup of coffee, this time there aren’t any kitties to keep me company, but none the less it is peaceful before the daily grind. You know how much I love the horror, thriller and slasher movies, but these kinds of movies are usually saved for the summer. But summer is so far far away, and I have to say I’m thankful for that because it gets fucking hot here and the humidity is no joke. Anyways, just like this year horror and thriller movies popped up at the beginning and it seems the film industry is seeing that their audience is craving these bad boys all year round, so let’s brew about what has sprung this spring!

There’s quite a few that are popping up like daisies this spring and like I did in January I picked a few (well four) that sounded interesting! We have The Death of a Unicorn, Drop, Sinners and Final Destination: Bloodlines. Okay, I’m a big Unicorn fan so I’m excited about this one because they are taking a delicate known mythical creature and giving it a darker edge with a humorous twist as well. Drop is about a woman who’s returning to the dating scene after mourning and is getting anonymous threats that they will kill her son if she doesn’t murder her date! I feel like I’ll be on the edge of my seat for this bad boy, because as much as my date may be Mr. Right, when it comes down to kids, pets and family members sorry buddy you gots ta’ go!

Now, Sinners, I think I’m most excited to see because, ONE, there’s vampires and TWO it takes place in New Orleans. I’m not sure if you guys know this but I love love love New orleans, I’ve been there the food, the vibe, the scenery is amazing! But over all you’re saying vampires in New Orleans set in the Jim Crow era of the South. The final movie I want to see makes my heart pitter patter with anxiety and excitement. It’s been a long time since the last Final Destination installment so I’m excited to see what Bloodlines has to offer not only for story purposes, but I wonder what new anxiety I’ll have now( still don’t drive behind a logging truck and my teeth still go on edge when using a food disposal.

BUT what do you think of my picks? Do you think I have a knack for picking some good ones? Do you think of any of these may flop?

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Good morning readers, the week is almost up and I’m ready to start more adventures outside the hub again and as I debate this idea, i’ve been thinking about the raging prices of things and what ways to combat it. For instance groceries? I don’t know about you guys but besides utilities and rent, groceries break the bank. Let’s brew about it!

I remember when, and this makes me feel like a character in the cartoons when the older timer would start with,” I remember when,” and now I’M saying it, but I remember buying groceries and 200 dollars would like for two weeks and then some. Nowadays I’m almost pushing 400 every 2 weeks. Mind, you I TRY to eat healthy so expenses for supplements and vitamins come into play, but I noticed eating healthier seems to be more expensive, eating chicken over ground beef, adding more vegetables to your diet. Also, side note I tend to get picky on where I get my veggies because some places the vegetables look okay but end up expiring rather quickly.

So, you ask, what are my plans on cutting corners when it comes to groceries? A few ways, first, I am renewing either with Sam’s Club or Costco because the bulking buying for things like detergent, dish packets, paper towels, toilet paper(teepee in this house) last for months and I do mean monthssss. The other thing I think that will curve that ugly ass bill would be to grow my own vegetables.

Now, when I first sat down to talk about all this I felt a sense of reservation because I don’t necessarily want to talk about the mundane or struggles of real life but rather things to escape it. However, I wondered what maybe you’re doing to make it more feasible. Is there a different way to go about things? Or is my solution to grow vegetables and fruits a pointless plan that will be fruitless? I’m definitely not an avid gardener and have planted flowers and grown herbs, but vegetables and fruits? I never had much luck and I do blame watching the tv shows and homesteaders onYoutube for this little brain baby. But currently, I am a proud owner of strawberries, tomatoes and cucumbers. Already one of the cucumber plants has been snuffed(laughing as I’m typing here.)

But I plan on getting more cucumber and then some blueberry or blackberry plants as well as grapes. I had wanted to grow zucchini but I didn’t see any at our local garden center. What are your thoughts? Any plant suggestions or should I altogether nix this crazy idea? I’ll keep you posted on what survives!!!

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Good morning readers, I hope you are doing well so far this week. I know I am, I started the week off by taking a stroll through a festival. I talked about the Strawberry Festival last month. So, don’t talk about it be about it, right? So let’s brew about it.

It was the perfect day to go to a festival here in Plant City. The air was crisp with fried goods, the sky was clear and the sounds were filled with rides and excitement. It was jammed packed just getting into the area! People were lined up along the road gearing up for the parade that afternoon.

I expected rides and games of course but it was much to my delight that there was a warehouse/ massive structure to view the animals that participated in the contests. Beautiful roosters and hens. nestled or crowed in their enclosures. I’ve never seen a fluffy rooster before and I mean fluffy, not feathery. They also, had various bunnies in various sizes and colors. Sheep were also, getting groomed and bathed for the upcoming for the costume and jumping contest.

There was even a butterfly enclosure, it was a blown up space with a long tabled laden with numerous flowers, such as Penta, Milkweeds, Lantana, and a Shrimp Plant. They had sugar sticks available to purchase on a q-tip to entice the butterflies to land. I got covered in butterflies, beautiful buttery Apricot Sulfur, bright spotted Gulf Fritillary and the large Monarch. They even, had chrysalis underneath in plastic bins and tiny caterpillars inching their way along the foliage. I WISH I could have snuck them home with me, but I definitely made note of what flowers to coax these lovely creatures into my backyard with.

Of course, there were rides and even two rollercoasters. Nothing too intense since it is a pop-up festival and has to be dissembled. There were a ton of games with prizes worth spending some money on, I had my eye on a pastel rainbow alpaca, but no dice, I wasn’t able to snag one. The food smelled delicious they had the usual faire fried corn dogs, burgers, pretzels, and popcorn. However, they did have french fries with all sorts of goodies to add to as well as funnel cake, but there was other interesting things like burritos, tacos, and even meat kabobs. I was a little taken aback at how pricy the food was, for instance the turkey leg was 20 dollars. I will never be aghast at the Renaissance prices for turkey legs, they usually run 6 or 7 bucks.

But all and all it was a great time and suggest you get there before the 9th as it will end this weekend. Tickets are sold online and at the festival itself and don’t forget to try their famous strawberry shortcake, it is divine.

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Good morning readers! another month down and we are almost into March? It seems the year is passing by rather quickly, and as we wrap up the month I couldn’t help but think about what to get into for March? This week I talked about going across the US of A on the topic of Cryptids. I have been debating whether to vlog or write about it or possibly do both. I did say I’d be getting back into making videos again. So, as I sip on my coffee and pontificate on that I’d like to talk about a song I heard last night. I’ve always enjoyed hearing it on the radio and after actually LISTENING to the lyrics, I felt like I heard an undertone of, murder, so let’s brew about it!

So Take Me Home Tonight? Catchy song write? It was sung by the Eddie Money and was released in 1986. It’s a very bouncy love tune, but something in the lyrics caught my attention while I sang along. It all starts in the first verse,” I feel a hunger, it’s a hunger that tries to keep a man awake at night…” Now this could be interpreted as he’s feeling lonely and wants some company but then there’s ” it isn’t safe to walk the streets alone. Anticipation is running through me….”

Okay, now maybe he’s excited to be with this person in question, and then, the chorus, “I don’t want to let you go ’til you see the light,” which light is he talking about exactly? Is it the sunlight or is he talking about the light? I know I might be misconstruing the song a little but once I started to look at the song at this angle or should I say in this light? I was dying at the thought.

Anyways, you can find the lyrics on genius.com and you can decide whether it’s just a catchy love song or it just so happens with a little creativity it can be a serial killer anthem. I still love the song but I’ll laugh whenever I hear it now. What do you think?

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Good morning readers! I got my cup of coffee fresh and hot, how about you? The air still has a bit of a nip in the morning and sitting outside feels meditative. Meditative to the point I started thinking about cryptids and mythical creatures, let’s brew about it!

Growing up we only had mythical creatures on our radar like Bigfoot, dragons, and Loch Ness Monster aka, Nessie. Mythical creatures are based off of folklore, storytelling with a moral behind it, good versus evil. Mythical creatures usually have powers or can grant wishes of some kind and they have a realm of their but slip into ours as easy as pie or are banished.

Cryptids however, live amongst us and are as mundane as you or me, take for instance the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie, there have been sightings of her for many years but never full blown truth. My take on Nessie is that maybe she was a dinosaur that was trapped in the lake, which has always been my thought, what’s your take? Then there’s the Mothman, whom also, has been sighted throughout the years AND there’s a festival held annually in September to celebrate this cryptid( I desperately want to go, you’ll k now why soon enough). In essence, there’s a grain of truth more so over cryptids versus the stories made in Grimm Fairytales.

Which brings me to this, I’m thinking for the month of March I’m going to dub it cryptid month where I’ll explore each of the 50 states top cryptid and yes, each state has a cryptid of some kind. Besides March 3rd, where I’ll be attending the Strawberry Festival and will be writing about it for Tuesday’s journey, I want to take a crack at it across the states. I think it’ll be fun. What do you guys think? Would you be interested in me talking about them via video? Let me know!

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Good morning readers! February is coming to a close and Plant City is bringing it to a close with a historical bang. I’m excited to get into this one today. So grab your coffee and let’s brew about it!

So, since 1930 Plant City holds the annual Strawberry festival due to the strawberries harvested here. This year happens to be the 90th anniversary, which is crazy to even write, it’s older than anyone that I know and was established by the Plant City Lions Club. Each year there are bands that play, one of which is Reba McEntire(she’s already sold out).

Beyond music there are exhibits which is a range of displays highlighting horticulture, crafts, livestock, fine arts, industry, agriculture, and commerce are available for visitors to view. These displays shed light on the agricultural history and cultural diversity of the area.

Then of course, food! And you guessed it, it’s strawberry based so if you’re allergic, well, you know what to do. The strawberry shortcake is the headliner, a delicious treat that attracts guests from far and wide, is a festival highlight. A variety of other strawberry-flavored dishes and classic fair fare are also available at the festival.

The Strawberry Festival has a lot to offer, whether your there for the rides or food or maybe the music, this festival has a lot to offer. I’m definitely hitting the road for this attraction and I hope to see you there!

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Good morning readers, I hope your weekend was exciting, anything fun? Currently enjoying a piping cup of hot coffee and debating a different flavor or brand altogether. But neither here or there, if I find anything delicious worth writing about, you guys will be the first to know. What I really wanted to talk about is the movie Presence, so let’s brew about it!

I mentioned Presence back in January as being one of the ones I was interested in seeing and so with relish I sunk my teeth into it. Unlike my previous posts I”m going to divulge information, so spoiler alert. So, Lucy Liu is in this which is exciting as she’s one of my favorite actresses since Charlie’s Angels. Anyways, the movie is about a family buying a new home to start fresh. There’s a slight disconnect with the family but the parents seem to put on the brave front of, “everything’s fine!”

But it seems the camera revolves around an unseen presence as it paces back and forth through the house even before the family sees the house! Which was very interesting instead of us seeing the paranormal. I’m going to be honest, I have motion sickness and yes I had to hang my hat on playing video games for the mossst part.

Anyways, the presence seems to keep close to the daughter, watching almost trying to prevent bad things from happening specifically with the daughter. Watching the dynamic of the mother and son how, she pays more attention to him than the rest of the family and chooses to close herself with anything that has to do with her husband and daughter.

Everything comes to a head when the kids are left alone and the daughter is in danger. The end isn’t sudden but not much is to be explained and both the future and present intertwined together. It isn’t a bad watch, but have you guys seen it? What are your thoughts?

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Good morning all! I’m back again with another movie watch. I wasn’t even expecting this until my social media feed started blowing up about a Valentine slasher film. Obviously, this tickled my fancy, so let’s brew about it!

The concept of Heart Eyes is pretty simple, a serial killer goes after couples, boom that’s it. Now, I get what you’re thinking, seriously that’s it? No under lying juices? No back story just straight murder of Valentines Day couples getting merc’d on V’Day? Yep, that’s it. BUT the comedy and cheesiness makes up for the lack of story.

It may not be Friday the 13th but I double downed on popcorn and enjoyed myself. So, what’s not to love? Jump scares, gore, hacking and comedy all the things I love wrapped up on a Valentines Day eve. Which is a nice change from the usual whimsical romantic comedy or period romantic piece.

How do you feel? Are you more the romantic comedy feels or are you in for the dark and laughter type love? Or nix the both altogether? Honestly, I like that horror/ slasher is elbowing it’s way into the holidays so it’s not just one wild sprint for the month of October. I really do feel it should be entertained throughout the year in my opinion, what about you?

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