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My sisters and I took a day trip up to Portland Maine in honor of our oldest sister’s 30^th birthday. She is our biggest inspiration and so we dedicated the day to her and did some of her favorite things. My sisters and I are all paleo so enjoying a day out takes some planning, but we always make it work and sometimes we leave a little room for play.

There is a funky spot located on Anderson Street called Urban Farms Fermentory. Kristyn, the birthday girl, found this place through Groupon a few years ago. Back then it was a tiny tasting room and they only served Kombucha and maybe one or two ciders. Kombucha is a fermented tea that is full of healthiness. Us paleo people really dig kombucha so obviously, this is our place to go. They recently expanded their tasting room to a full bar with their own booch, cider, and meads. So so so good. I recommend everyone goes and checks this place out. And for $5.00 for a flight of 5 how can you say no? They use in-season fruits, vegetables, and plants and the best part they forage all their own ingredients. You find your favorite and you buy a “growlah” to take home with you. Make sure you save your growlahs because you can bring them back to refill! The worst part about this place is picking which one is your favorite because they are all so good.

After our tasting, we made our way over to Bam Bam’s Bakery on Commercial Street. Bam Bam’s Bakery is a complete Gluten Free Bakery!! So Gluten Free isn’t exactly paleo friendly but we are not perfect! My sisters love desserts, pastries, and chocolates so this place was heaven for us! They even served Almond Milk Lattes which was gold for this dairy free chika over here! We each got a different treat and we all got an Almond Milk Maple Spiced Latte. Our treats consisted of a cinnamon roll, a peanut butter delight bar (I know peanuts are not paleo either, shhh) and a chocolate chip cookie dough delight bar. The chocolate chip cookie dough bar was the best one, unanimously chosen. With a shortbread like cookie on the bottom and chocolate chip cookie dough on top. If you are ever in Portland, regardless if you are Gluten Free or not you need to try Bam Bam’s goods. The fact that you could barely tell you were eating a Gluten Free product was worth every penny spent there.

Unfortunately, the day was a washout and it was raining for most of our time in Portland so we didn’t get to enjoy the outdoors. But as true Paleo followers and maybe a small effort to make up for our sugar filled day we ended with Chipotle Chicken bowls and you bet your ass I paid extra for guac.