First Friday Food Truck Fest is Back!!

First Friday Food Truck Fest starts back up May 3, and with go through October this year. Not only will there be 25 trucks each fest, there will also be live music, a beer garden, and various booths with fun activities (in the past they've had a tie-dye station, cornhole games, etc.) For up-to-date information, visit www.facebook.com/FrirstFridayFoodTruckFestival

May 3rd food truck line up:

1.       Byrne’s Grilled Pizza

2.       Chef Dan’s Southern Comfort

3.       Circe City Spuds

4.       Der Pretzel Wagen

5.       R&R Extreme Wings

6.       The Flying Cupcake

7.       Gigi’s Cupcakes

8.       Gobble Gobble Food Truck

9.       Groovy Guys Gourmet Fries

10.    Gypsy Café

11.    Hoosier Fat Daddy Bus Café

12.    In A Pita

13.    Johnson’s BBQ Shack

14.    Mac Genie

15.    Nacho Mama’s Food Truck

16.    Rollin Wit Da Roux

17.    Scratch Truck

18.    Serendipity

19.    Slider Station

20.    SotSot

21.    Soul Sista On The Move

22.    Spice Box

23.    Sweet Jeanius

24.    Taco Lassi

25.    Tacos Without Borders

Other:

26.    Nice Treat (cart)

27.    Retro101 (non food truck)

Happy Anniversary Chedr!

It's been exactly one year since Chedr became mine officially. ​On April 13, 2012 it was a chilly rainy day, but I paid for Chedr in full, and was able to take him home for the first time. I was terrified to drive Chedr, because I was still unfamiliar with driving a "three-on-the-tree" manual transmission...and with no power brakes and no power steering...it was definitely an adjustment. I had to really learn to drive Chedr, and for weeks I would only take it on the back roads, afraid something would happen. Chedr is a big piece of machinery, with a heavy load of equipment on board....corners have to be taken slower, equipment has to be bungied down, coming to a stop requires all muscle power of the legs...it was a workout for a long while. Over this last year though, my mechanic has made some adjustments to my brakes which has helped, and I've become accustomed to how to drive Chedr..which is basically just SLOWER. Slow and steady, and constantly aware of my surroundings. I've also figured out some of Chedr's idiosyncracies and quirks, and when it really doesn't sound right. Luckily my mechanic Jeremy has the expertise to fix absolutely anything, is reasonably priced, and is someone who I trust completely with the maintenence of my truck. Before I bought Chedr, Jeremy had done most of the mechanical restoration of the truck, so it's kind of his labor of love too. He spent six months with Chedr fixing him up. Now he gets to see Chedr regularly...with all the constant upkeep of a mobile operation.

So it's been a great year learning to love my 1968 Chevy Stepvan...(the last vehicle I loved as much was my 1970 Volkswagon Bus)...so here's to many more good years with Chedr!

Stickers, stickers, stickers...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I LOOOVE stickers. ​It probably started about the fourth or fifth grade with the "scratch-n-sniff" stickers, plastered all over my folders... colorful and smelly attempts at self expression at a young age. Over the years though, my love of stickers has not diminished...and as an adult I've used stickers to adorn my journals over the years, as well as my saxophone case, my guitar case, letters, gifts...anything that deems appropriate for stickers nowadays. I might be 41, but my inner teenage girl is still alive when I see stickers, posters, or patches. So I am so excited that I will have my very own stickers for sale here in the next week or so. Nacho Mama's Food Truck stickers will be selling for $2 each. Here is a sneak preview:

Change is good!!!

Nacho Mama's Food Truck now has a fresh look with a new website format. ​I have to thank my brother Ryan (ryancolemanart.com) for all the work he has done to create the new website, as well as putting much time and effort into re-working my logo for the new merchandise that we are about to debut. Ryan is a busy sought after artist, so his time is valuable...which is why I appreciate his time and support. So a huge THANK YOU goes out to Ryan Coleman!!  

New website!

Thank you for visiting the all new Nacho Mama's Food Truck website for 2013!