This is the kind of place you'll want to take every out-of-town friend who comes to visit (especially the really cool ones). Miccosukee Root Cellar offers the very best of EVERYTHING the Tallahassee area has to offer. From its cheese and bread boards, to locally grown produce, preserves and pastries...they even make their own mustards!

I make a conscious effort to feed my family healthy foods, but it's hard to plan ahead every night and buy fresh ingredients to have on hand. If you're like me, and you've worn out all of your go-to pantry meals, then this workshop is worth attending. Keep supplies for these tacos in your pantry, and you'll always have a plan for dinner.

Having lived most of my life in the warmer climate of southern Florida, winter in Tallahassee is my favorite part of the year. When I am not bundling up to go out to the bars, I enjoy watching movies while wrapped up in a warm blanket at home. The best are the blankets that have been in the family for decades, handed down through the generations. Knowing that the hands that patiently created the blanket were the same ones that made your favorite treats growing up makes the warmth kept by those fibers all the more cozy.

New to the scene, Joe Mama's Wood Fired Pizza sounds like a tongue in cheek place to eat but they aren't kidding about their pizzas. Focusing on the demographic of people who want more out of their pizza than sheer volume, Joe Mama's brings more of an upscale vibe to the everyday pizza place.

Just before the winter solstice, I caught up with Daniel Alvarez, Tallahassee's own intrepid kayaking voyageur. In case you missed my June post, Daniel has been kayaking more than six months from the northernmost point in the contiguous United States (in Minnesota) to the southernmost point in Key West. Daniel was just paddling out of New Orleans when he answered my battery of questions via e-mail. True to his nature, he took the historic portage between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River because he "felt like paying homage to the city's founding history."

Club Downunder is one of Florida State University's best kept secrets. I say that it's a secret because during my time as an undergrad, I found that a lot of people had no idea that there was an awesome music venue on campus in the student union.

Through the years, so many great bands have passed through Club Downunder during their tours of the south east. Some notable acts that graced the stage include Death Cab for Cutie, The National and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Also, last year, 80's alt rock band "Meat Puppets" played to a packed house, drawing people from North Florida and Georgia.

My birthday passed not too long ago and Lindsay wanted to take me somewhere nice. Somewhere a little classier than my tried and true favorites. "It's your birthday," she told me. "You shouldn't waste your time ordering food at a counter." After running through the short list of the finer local establishments that we knew of, we agreed on going to Kool Beanz Café, since we have both heard so many great things about it.

Of all the places to go during the weekend in Tallahassee, I find myself spending most of my time in the Gaines Street area. I can't help it if I've fallen in love with Fermentation Lounge and all that surrounds it. Now that it's fall, sitting outside is quite magical especially if you're wearing just enough layers.

For many, there is a great calling from nature to escape the panicked rhythm of the city life and retreat back to a more natural state. One that is filled with fields, trees, and plenty of the unmistakable crispness of that Tallahassee air. Being part of an industry that lives and dies by the computer screen, I enjoy any break from its cold glow.

Every once in a while I get into those pesky nostalgic moods where I have this urge to dig through my closet. I go on an afternoon long quest to find something from the days long gone to tinker around with for a few hours. The most recent time I found myself itching to play a video game from my childhood. Flowing through my head were memories of crawling through dungeons in search of loot and fighting off swarms of unholy legions. I had to somehow find the first game in the Diablo series.