The last week and a half has been very busy, plus my laptop went on the fritz so I have been a little absent in the blogosphere. Clay and I attended another Yelp elite event at Lime Fresh in Atlanta. We had a good time and visited with 2 other Yelping couples. The spread there was great! Guac, salsa bar, tacos, burritos, key lime pie, sangria, and margaritas for free. We also spent some time just running around ATL on last Saturday. We hit up Petsmart and visited with the humane society puppies and got them some chew toys, then we were going to go back to the Book House Pub, but sadly we were too early and they weren't open yet. Next, we found ourselves in Inman Park and decided to hit up Fritti, which we had seen before when going to Dad's garage theater but never tried. We have been missing out, what a fantastic meal. We ate out on the patio and didn't even mind the heat because the food was that good! We started with calamari which was crisp and not chewy and sausage risotto balls that were innovative and delicious! We shared a pizza with several cheeses, ham, artichokes, and olives. Yummy! 1 pizza was 8 decently sized slices, so it was perfect for sharing. It was so warm that we couldn't turn up the opportunity for gelato and we were very glad we didn't. The pistachio was the most flavorful that I have ever had and the lime-raspberry was sweet and tangy and so refreshing.
We decided that evening that we would come back on Friday for a Braves baseball game and headed south to go pick me out a kayak. I tried the one that I thought would be my favorite but the foot pegs pushed in on my ankles and were very uncomfortable so I tried on the small and cheapest *yay* just for giggles and it was so much more comfortable and it was super light. I can actually pick it up over my head to carry it. Plus, it is green and looks like a watermelon. We strapped that baby to the roof and headed home. I spent the week working and hanging out with Stacie. It was Claire's last week in Georgia so we had a little festivity for her at work and then I went out to eat with her and Bekie on evening.
So, when we made our plans last week to go to the Braves game little did we know we were going to be in the midst of a heat wave, but we are hard core so off we went Friday into the 100+ degree temps to cheer on the Braves.
We arrived and met Eric and bought our tickets *cheap nosebleeders* and headed up into the rafters of the stadium. Profusely sweating but still having a good time we proceeded to watch the Braves get their asses handed to them until the 7th inning when they got 4 runs to tie it up. Unfortunately the Nationals brought scored again and the Braves weren't able to come back. We all had a good time and enjoyed ourselves and it wasn't that bad considering the scorching temps.
After the game I was a bit peckish so we were trying to decide on somewhere to go eat and since we attempted to go to the Book House Pub the other day and they are open until 0200 we headed over there. We encountered a sketchy parking situation but managed to get in and get a table. The vibe was different than when we were there at dinner time but other than having to yell at tablemates to be heard it was a nice time. Our waitress even scrounged up some house made chips for us even thought the kitchen was closed. I enjoyed a spicy bloody Mary while Clay and Eric tried a few beers. Clay was disappointed that they didn't have the banana nut bread beer that he enjoyed so much the last time we were there but found a new favorite, the watermelon beer. We tortured my sister with pics of this beer because I remembered her Facebook post from earlier in the week lamenting her lack of access to said beer. We were still munchy when we left, the chips didn't quite count as dinner, so we hit up the Zesto close by for our first experience there, then we headed home, surprising Killer at about 0300.
Today was even hotter and Clay attempted to talk me into doing yardwork, haha haha. Needless to say that didn't get done. Tomorrow is supposed to be around 104 but our crazy selves are heading out for a kayak excursion on the Ocmulgee. We are going to put in at Lloyd Shoals Dam and take out at Wise Creek. We are taking lots of water and hoping that the whole river hasn't evaporated or we will be miserably portaging a whole lot. This run is supposed to take about 3 hours, I am betting on more like 5-6 counting a picnic lunch for us. We shall see! Me and my watermelon mobile will be hitting the water for the first time.
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