Grovetoberfest!

A few weekends ago John and I got tickets to go to Grovetoberfest in Miami. Since we brew our own beer we thought it would be neat to try out Miami's beer festival. It was SO much fun! 

We got to sample a bunch of different beers and check out what different breweries did. There was also plenty of food to purchase and of course lots of people watching took place!! We got an early admission ticket and got to go in an hour earlier than the majority of the people. After the hour, it got crowded. So I highly recommend getting an earlier pass if you do a festival like this! Ours was a groupon, so it was actually cheaper than the normal tickets too. Score! :D When we arrived we were given 3 chips to vote on our favorite beers. None of the ones we voted on won, but it was still fun. Some of my favorites included Schnebly's coconut beer (we've been to the tour before) and a maple bacon beer. It seriously tasted like pancakes and bacon. YUMMY! 

Having some fun! Miami so pretty. 

                                          

The weather was absolutely perfect too! It was the first weekend we had where the humidity wasn't crazy and it wasn't burning up outside. The breeze from the water was cool and it was just perfect for an outside festival. We also got lucky that it was our off week in football so we didn't have to worry too much about missing anything. 

We left a little early to beat the rush out and walked up to CocoWalk. It's an outdoor mall type area. It's a really nice area and since the weather was fantastic we decided to hang out and listen to some of the live music and just spend some time together. 

The park the festival was in was Peacock Park- so they had peacocks everywhere!

                                         

CocoWalk!

                                         

We ended up getting dinner in CocoWalk at Chili's. Their guacamole is to die for! Seriously amazing. We got the bottomless chips (duh) and they ended up running out! how does that even happen!? haha. John and I have gotten in the habit of sharing an appetizer and then an entree. It's fun to get appetizers and if we do that then we both end up with food left over from our entree. So we split now and it's fun :D So we did this night too and shared a great bacon cheeseburger. :D 

We ended up staying out too late to catch the  metrorail back home, so we caught our first cab in Miami! Cross that off the list. haha. Luckily, we werent far from home so it wasnt expensive at all. John ended up needing to give the cab driver directions to our apartment since he wasnt from the area. He had to give the directions in Spanish! He did such a good job too. I'm so impressed with how good his Spanish is getting. Proud of you hubby! Anyway, the day was amazing. It was a perfect date day and night for sure! :D

The next morning we got up and decided to try out a restaurant my Maw Maw and Paw Paw used to love when they lived here. They used to know the owners so they went there all the time. It was neat to try out one of their favorites when they were younger! The food was really good too. They had a pig cooking out back and it smelled amazing. It wasnt NC good, but it was really good for pulled pork that we've found here:D We ended the weekend resting and watching football. Needless to say it was a great weekend!!