By  Peter Covino
Lifestyles Editor
Music lovers are invited to bring/create picnic baskets to  Bok Tower Gardens 22nd annual Concert Under the Stars May 5 at 6 p.m.
Sure, this is a nice musical event, but half the fun is bringing  your own picnic basket  and sharing with friends and family on a large comfy blanket.

Guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola and his Quintet will perform along with the American Irish band Solas.
This is a popular concert attracting thousands of visitors each year.  Concert tickets include general Gardens’ admission so guests may enter anytime during the day. Call 863-734-1222 or visit www.boktowergardens.org for tickets and more information.
The popular picnic contest will award prizes for Jazziest, Most Original and Best Irish. Visitors can enter a drawing for a private tour for six of the Singing Tower, a private dinner for eight at Pinewood Estate or a $100 gift certificate from the Tower & Garden Gift Shop. Tickets will be available at the Information Tent near the concert seating area.
Pre-ordered meals are available from the Blue Palmetto Café for $8.95 and $10.95 plus tax and can be picked up the day of the concert by 5:45 p.m. in the Café which will close at 6 p.m. Call 863- 676-1355 for advance meal orders. Food and refreshments including beer and wine will be available for sale at the concert site. The Visitor Center and gift shop will remain open until after the concert.
Tickets are $25 for the general public $10 for children. Members receive a 10 percent discount. Day of concert ticket prices is $30 for the general public and $12 for children. Children under 5 admitted free. Group discounts are available.. Visit www.boktowergardens.org to purchase tickets online.?Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets, insect repellent and flashlights. Handicapped parking and shuttle service will be available.

Just passing along a specially-priced Easter dinner menu for Morton’s the Steakhouse that looks like it is worth the trip to Dr. Phillips Market Place.
The three-course offering included an appetizer (Caesar salad, Morton’s salad, lobster bisque, ahi tuna tower etc.); second course of 6 oz. center-cut filet mignon, honey-chili glazed salmon fillet or chicken bianco with artichokes, capers and white wine sauce and dessert (double chocolate mousse, lemon soufflé).
Cost is $59 per person. Call 407 248-3485 for reservations.

You can help save the planet and get free food from Chipotle this Earth Day, April 22.
Chipotle Mexican Grill  will reward eco-friendly customers with a free burrito, bowl, salad or order of tacos if they purchase a Chipotle-branded repurposed billboard bag from Chipotle’s online store, store.chipotle.com, between now and April 14. Chipotle will donate all of its proceeds from the sale of the bags to the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation.
The lunch bags are made through a unique process called “upcyling,” in which billboards sourced directly from Chipotle’s outdoor advertisements are given a second life by transforming would be waste into ultra-durable, one-of-a-kind, products using less energy than traditional recycling methods. Each lunch bag purchased through April 14 will include an eco-friendly card with a unique barcode that a customer can redeem for a free menu item on Earth Day. The cards are printed on tree-free stone paper that is made from limestone salvaged from construction sites and quarry waste.  
“We are changing the way people think about and eat fast food,” said Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle. “For us, that starts with serving food made with better ingredients from more sustainable sources, but that same idea impacts all facets of our business. We are always pushing ourselves to find better, more sustainable practices for everything we do, and looking to educate our customers about these issues and why we think they are so important.
For every 20,000 lunch bags made from retired Chipotle signage, landfills are spared some 78,000 square feet of billboard vinyl — enough material to cover 2.7 Olympic swimming pools.
All proceeds from the lunch bag sales will go towards the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, which launched in August 2011 with the debut of “Back to the Start,” an animated short film available at YouTube.com/Chipotle. The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation provides funding to support sustainable agriculture, family farming, and culinary education.

Have you been over to the new Moe’s Southwest Grill  at the Loop in Kissimmee (old Circuit City location).
It actually isn’t that new anymore, I have been there a few times since it opened in January to take advantage of their Monday special. For $5.99 you can get any burrito, a drink and chips. Pretty good deal.
And Moe’s has those Coke Freestyle Machines, the ones that let you mix, match and go wild with flavor blending.
Moe’s does serve up a mighty good burrito. Have one for lunch and you won’t want to have dinner, well at least maybe not until 7 or 8 p.m.
. In the spirit of community Moe’s has also partnered with local movie theaters to offer a Make it a Meal promotion. For the next three months guests can bring in their movie stub within 48 hours and receive a free drink and side of queso with the purchase of an entrée.
This Moe’s Southwest Grill is the seventh for franchise owners, Ken Franklin and Tony Friel, who plan to grow to ten stores over the next two years.
“We are thrilled to be in the Kissimmee market,” says franchisee, Tony Friel. “In just over a month we have experienced great success in this area and we are looking forward to being an active part of the community.”
All meals, including signature items like the Homewrecker burrito, Close Talker salad and John Coctostan quesadilla, are served with free chips and salsa.
Moe’s in Kissimmee is open Sunday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. For more information guests may call or to place a catering order call 407-343-5833.