It was a perfect fall day in downtown Phoenix for this festival. The crowd was eager to enter and I'm glad I showed up 30 minutes early to get in line. Those promised swag bags were 10 pounds of local publications and merchandise, and all rather interesting. I bought $10 worth of sample tickets and that was just the right amount. I started it right with a taco from Joyride. But then a funny thing happened. I started burning through my tickets and not paying attention to who was serving them. So while I ate ten bucks of awesome food, I cannot recall which restaurants were serving.
Some non-food related highlights from my morning:
* Running into Amy D and her mom!
* Getting a water bottle with an infuser, in which they put frozen raspberries and fresh lemon slices. So refreshing.
* Winning a business card holder from a credit union. I think I'll put this up at work, which would be hysterical because I work for a bank.
* Spinning to win a cup with a lid from one of my bank's customers.
* Being asked if a vegetarian would like my "It's All Good" t-shirt with the image of a pig butchering guide on it. I said, "Yes."
* Bought some soap from a cute guy who told me he's also a butcher. Grrr!!!
Overall, this was an amazing festival and, quite frankly, I love the concept of promoting local business. Can't wait for next year's event!