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Some nice eats at the festival and you seemed to enjoy them a lot. I know Nueske's bacon as I can get it in stores in CT. It's quite flavorful and one of the best and not as greasy when cooking it. It's not cheap at $10-$11 for a 1 lb. package. Glad you were able to meet up with Ann for a bit!
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The food really was outstanding at the F&W Festival this year! I had the Roasted Verlasso Salmon at the Active Eats booth which I really enjoyed. I wanted to taste the Liquid Nitro Chocolate but I opted for the Raspberry Chocolate Torte which was a huge serving and I was way to full to eat anything else for a while after that! If it's there this year then I'll definitely be trying it! I thought they did a much better job and placing benches and tables for people to enjoy the food this time. As each year passes, they learn what works and what doesn't and that was a big improvement from previous years.
Going back a couple of pages, was the sock shop called Little Miss Matched? We used to go there every year to get my daughter some socks from there, as she is obsessive about neat and tidy, matching socks, and it was always great fun to get her some mismatched Disney socks from there! Unfortunately, they lost their Disney merchandise licence 3 or 4 years ago though now, so whilst they have some fun designs, they no longer do Disney socks. Also, over the last couple of years their styles have tended towards the longer, knee-length socks, which are not to everyone's tastes.
Or maybe there is another sock shop I have completely missed?? To be fair, last October we only did a quick flying visit to Disney Springs one day, we didn't have a lot of time there.
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We had the same chocolate dessert it was wonderful. I find that I get full so fast we don’t get to try enough items.
We are the same way. We don't really try anymore to get through all the booths, but we enjoy the ones we do get to.
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Some nice eats at the festival and you seemed to enjoy them a lot. I know Nueske's bacon as I can get it in stores in CT. It's quite flavorful and one of the best and not as greasy when cooking it. It's not cheap at $10-$11 for a 1 lb. package. Glad you were able to meet up with Ann for a bit!
Interesting info on the bacon as I had never heard of it. But I will say it was delicious.
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Your food and wine selections sound .
How fun that you ran into Ann!
We knew we'd be meeting up later in both our trips, so we weren't looking for each other this day. Thankfully, Luke was paying attention.
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Great Food and Wine choices!! I guess Luke is getting to know most of us these days!!
We've met up with Ann on several trips, so she is one he definitely remembers when he sees her.
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We had the same chocolate dessert it was wonderful. I find that I get full so fast we don’t get to try enough items.
We are the same way. We don't really try anymore to get through all the booths, but we enjoy the ones we do get to.
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Originally Posted by SuperDave
Some nice eats at the festival and you seemed to enjoy them a lot. I know Nueske's bacon as I can get it in stores in CT. It's quite flavorful and one of the best and not as greasy when cooking it. It's not cheap at $10-$11 for a 1 lb. package. Glad you were able to meet up with Ann for a bit!
Interesting info on the bacon as I had never heard of it. But I will say it was delicious.
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Originally Posted by wheezie
Your food and wine selections sound .
How fun that you ran into Ann!
We knew we'd be meeting up later in both our trips, so we weren't looking for each other this day. Thankfully, Luke was paying attention.
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Originally Posted by Tara O'Hara
Great Food and Wine choices!! I guess Luke is getting to know most of us these days!!
We've met up with Ann on several trips, so she is one he definitely remembers when he sees her.
The food really was outstanding at the F&W Festival this year! I had the Roasted Verlasso Salmon at the Active Eats booth which I really enjoyed. I wanted to taste the Liquid Nitro Chocolate but I opted for the Raspberry Chocolate Torte which was a huge serving and I was way to full to eat anything else for a while after that! If it's there this year then I'll definitely be trying it! I thought they did a much better job and placing benches and tables for people to enjoy the food this time. As each year passes, they learn what works and what doesn't and that was a big improvement from previous years.
We seem to fill up very quickly at F&WF. I don't think we eat as much as we used to, so we can't manage as many booths. I too loved the addition of benches, tables, and seating. Much better than the years we had to stand and balance everything.
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Everything you ate at the F&WF sounded so yummy!
We stuck with some old favorites, but we also tried some new treats as well. Nothing disappointed us!
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Going back a couple of pages, was the sock shop called Little Miss Matched? We used to go there every year to get my daughter some socks from there, as she is obsessive about neat and tidy, matching socks, and it was always great fun to get her some mismatched Disney socks from there! Unfortunately, they lost their Disney merchandise licence 3 or 4 years ago though now, so whilst they have some fun designs, they no longer do Disney socks. Also, over the last couple of years their styles have tended towards the longer, knee-length socks, which are not to everyone's tastes.
Or maybe there is another sock shop I have completely missed?? To be fair, last October we only did a quick flying visit to Disney Springs one day, we didn't have a lot of time there.
I'm pretty sure that the shot was not Little Miss Matched. It was in the new town center portion of Disney Springs and seemed upscale and adult oriented rather than kid kind of socks. I was tired that evening and my knee hurt so I didn't look around much. I saw the socks from the window and saw another pair of giraffe socks that drew me in.
Okay, I did some checking the store is called Stance. This is their website.
I hate when I get in line with a family with multiple bags. The new Mission Space green sounds great. I didn't really enjoy it that much last time I went on and then my son made me do Orange. Needless to say, when we went on Ellen's Universe right after, I had motion sickness and thought I was going to get sick.
Great selections at the booths, I can't wait to go next year!
Okay, I did some checking the store is called Stance. This is their website.
Ah, thanks Cam - we clearly missed that last year then. I've had a quick look at their website, and whilst the socks are super-cute, they are also a tad on the expensive side! In British money, the Disney ones are nearly £20 a pair!!
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I know Nueske's bacon as I can get it in stores in CT. It's quite flavorful and one of the best and not as greasy when cooking it. It's not cheap at $10-$11 for a 1 lb. package. 
Glad you were able to meet up with Ann for a bit! 
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