New Places~

This weekend I was able to visit some new places and try some new things.

Yesterday Bethany and I were able to visit a new Farmer's Market in San Marco plaza. They have a lot of nice booths-over 35 vendors with things such as fresh salsa, sift bakery with great muffins, and Blissful Essence-natural soaps and scents. We bought some hibiscus tea, 2 kinds of salsa, and a couple of muffins.

This is San Marco Plaza~

This is some of the items that Mary carries with Blissful Essence-she is careful to use natural products and discloses all of her ingredients. She is big on making sure that everything smells GOOD!

This vendor sells and show how to have patio gardens

This is Venetian coffee-roasted right down the road in Venice. They even have a San Marco blend made especially for our area. I plan on trying some soon. It was a beautiful day and fun to walk around. You can get your fruits and vegetables here as well. They even have live music playing as you walk around. Part of the proceeds that the vendors make here will go to a charity. That was a fun first for us on Friday.

Tonight was another new place. A few girls got together and went out to dinner to Ichiban for dinner. It is well know for their sushi but I stuck with a plate of sesame chicken and rice.

You can order exactly what you want-tempura or sushi. The food was good and we enjoyed eating and talking. When we left there Jen asked if I like SweetBerries. I had to admit that I have NEVER eaten there. I thought the car might tip up on 2 wheels as she whipped into the parking lot for us to get dessert!! :)

I had a "concrete"- vanilla custard with carmel and heath bar! It was delish!  Can't believe it has taken me this long to eat there. Then again it may be better that it has taken me this long since it does have a few calories! It's fun trying new places and new things -enjoying life one day at a time! It's fun to get out of the rut sometimes and venture outside your normal routines-it can broaden your horizons. When we thing of new things it brings to mind different aspects of new. We are told of God's love and compassion for us.

 Lamentations 3:22-23:

   It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

   They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

We are also told that when we accept Christ as our Savior we have new life.

2 Corinthians 5:17 

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new. 

And we are told that after Christ comes back there will be a new heaven and a new earth.

Revelation 21:1 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea. 

New can be exciting! Try something new this week!!