Blue Bird, Hammerpress & West Bottoms

What beautiful weather this weekend in Kansas City! Wishing it would stay this nice forever, but I know what seasons are looming around the corner … I’ve got hot tea in hand as preparation.

I haven’t given a weekend recap for awhile, and since this weekend was so wonderful it sounded like the perfect time! It, of course, started with First Fridays. We had a lot of fun, and it included eating delicious vegan quesadillas and heirloom tomato basil bisque at FUD. {fyi … it. was. amazingly. delicious}

Blue Bird, Hammerpress & West Bottoms

Saturday rolled around and we spent the day gallivanting with Erik’s mom. First up … lunch at Blue Bird. Erik went with the green curry with vegetables:

“House made curry with fresh vegetables, including potatoes, onions, carrots and mushrooms simmered in organic coconut milk and served over seasoned rice”

Erik’s mom got a tomato sandwich with potato salad:

And I had a quinoa stuffed tomato served with potatoes and a little vegan ranch.

I’ve gotten this before, and it was as good as I remember it! Warm tomatoes with quinoa = yum.

Next up … we headed to Hammerpress to get some snow pops. In case any fellow Kansas Citians don’t already know this … you don’t have to be restricted to summertime Sundays to get a Fresher than Fresh fix. Just head to Hammerpress, who carries a cute little freezer full of their all natural snow pops!

My taste buds were attracted to agave hibiscus … wonderful, as always.

Next up, we hit up all the awesome West Bottoms vintage, antique & architectural salvage stores. I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t explored all of them until this weekend. It’s safe to say I will be returning every First Friday weekends from now on!

And I have discovered my love for vintage Pyrex dishes. In fact, I’ve dedicated a whole {ever growing} Pinterest board to vintage dishware now.

Yes, I did. It’s right here, go see for yourself.

How was your weekend??

Week in the lens of Instagram: 6/11/11

Hope everyone had a great week!

Our week in the lens of Instagram:

{Grilled asparagus salad & sushi from Kona Grill, and Erik’s vegan masterpiece}

 

{Frozen grapes! It’s the perfect time of year for these.  If you’ve never tried freezing grapes, do it! You will not regret it}

{Chipotle & Carrot Juice}

 

{Watermelon Basil snow cone from Fresher Than Fresh … so good!}

{My cute little nephew, Walker}

What was the highlight of your week??

 

Fresher than Fresh

I hope everyone had a happy Mother’s Day!!

I posted my absolutely favorite Mother’s  Day “song” on my Facebook page, which can be found here.  It’s a good one, I promise, you should definitely check it out.

Sunday Afternoon

I don’t know about you, but I love weekends, especially when the weather has warmed up.  Thus, our wonderful Sunday afternoon was born. We started it out eating at Westside Local after church.

We both got the grilled chicken sandwich.  It was awesome, just like about everything else there!

And I love the art work they have hanging up right now.  I can’t remember the artist’s name, but they’re really neat!

Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones

After eating, we ventured right across the street to get snow cones.  We discovered Fresher Than Fresh all natural snow cones on Facebook a couple months ago, and I’m glad we did!  Oh, the perks of actually living in Kansas City now!

Fresher Than Fresh is housed is a vintage, very cool camper on the corner of 17th and Summit on Sundays from 12-7.

With a mission is “to please modern tastebuds that are looking for the fun and refreshment without all the artificial stuff”,  their snow cones are made from 100% natural ingredients without any artificial colors or flavors.

 
The flavors are very unique, and very delicious!

I was so excited to discover them, as I absolutely LOVED snow cones when I was little (and still do!), and I have really good memories of eating them all summer at the pool, and in the park.

Right next to the camper is “the garden”, where there’s some fun places to sit and enjoy the warm weather.

 

I went with Blueberry Sage, and it definitely didn’t disappoint!  Erik got Pineapple Serrano Pepper, which was equally delicious in a completely different way.

We walked around in the neighborhood while eating our snow cones, took random pictures, and loved the beautiful weather!
 

Perfect end of the weekend!

Coming soon … my new homemade strawberry ice cream recipe.

Random fact: if you’re anything like me and Erik, and if you’ve ever thought about getting an ice cream maker, DO IT, it will be a good investment.  We use ours all the time!