Atlanta Days 2 & 3

Sunday we wandered around Decatur for a bit in the morning.  We stayed at the Super 8 on Church St. in Decatur because I prefer being able to wander in the downtown areas whenever possible.  There is quite a bit to see in Decatur too.  It's a nice town.  It looks like a nice place to live. 

Nice shaded bench in one of the parks.  This park was near Starbucks.

 This was just behind that park.  The MARTA station is underneath.

I think this is Stephen Decatur.  We made friends. 

I told him these were perfect sliding banisters.  They were.  This is one of my best friends, Matthew.

I don't think there is a dead guy under there.  From what I understand, DeKalb died a British POW.  I doubt the British gave him back.

We picked up Some Strange while we were in Atlanta.

That's were the special magic happens at Sweetwater.

Matthew & I, heavily buzzed to say the least.

Decatur Cemetary

It is quite picturesque and EXPANSIVE.

These stairs were a photo op waiting to happen. 

Several Revolutionary War soldiers are buried here.

Obviously...

An entire family plot covered with black-eyed susans.  Perfect.

On the road back to Florida.  I got quite a laugh from this, especially with the drivers we have to deal with in Destin.  Matthew took the picture!

It was a great weekend!  I ate too much.  I drank too much.  I probably spent too much.  But it's nice to get away for a while and Atlanta is close enough that it isn't burdensome to head there for a long weekend.  We laughed on the way out of town on Saturday that we were going the wrong direction!  There was so much traffic the way we were headed at 6am.  People that come to the areas near where Matthew & I live don't understand why we would ever want to LEAVE the area.  Grass is always greener, right?

Have a great week!

~elle

Who Says There's No Crying in Baseball?

I went to Atlanta to see one of the Braves/Cardinals games last weekend.  It was the MOST BORING GAME EVER.  Braves won 2-0, with both runs happening in the 8th inning.  That was the most action all game.  We had field level seats in the outfield, but ended up spending most of the game near the 755 club.  I highly recommend just getting tickets for that.  I think they are $15, first come first served seats.  It is air conditioned, which is nice because it gets hot!

 

So that was the baseball game.  We arrived to the field a bit early to tailgate (read:  drink a lot of beer) and just hang out since we drove for about 5 hours to get there.  We packed a pound of chicken salad and some rolls and that was our road food.  That chicken salad was so good.  It's from Chicken Salad Chick and was FREE!  The restaurant is just opening in my area.  I can't wait to try out some of their other flavor combos.

 

After the ball game, we wandered into downtown Atlanta.  Super pic heavy.  Sorry!

And then we went to the hotel, took showers, and went to Taco Mac.  That was my Saturday!

 

No freezer friday this week.  My internet is being wonky at home.  So annoying.

 

~elle