Saturday for Southern Sisters

Sorry about the delay in this new post. I have been busy (surprise!) over the past few days. I have had a couple of interviews for various jobs and have been volunteering some more in my first grade class. I actually just received an email from my mom (hi mom!) asking where my new post was. Well... here it is!

This past weekend Justin and I made the trek down to Atlanta to visit Jen and the L'Heureuxs. My Christmas present to Jen was called, "Saturday for Southern Sisters" (Justin came up with the title.) I told Jen that I would come out to Atlanta and take her out for the day. My sister in-law, Kim, started this 101 in 1001 days list. A bunch of other people jumped on the bandwagon and made their own 101 list. For Jen's day out, I decided that we were going to cross items off her list!!

Stop #1 (which was not on her list): Paint-Your-Own-Pottery

Jen and I started our day of by being artsy and painting our own pottery. Here is what we ended up picking to paint.


Jen picked a swoop bowl to hold her jewelry and I picked an owl for my classroom (the owl is an inside joke that will maybe be a blog post soon).

Working away on her zebra stripes (I drew them for her!)

The artists with our finished products!

#54

The next stop on our day was Flip Burger. The chef of this restaurant is Richard Blais, one of our favorite contestants on the show, Top Chef. The restaurant reminded us of a modern diner. There was red carpet, white booths and white tables. Everything in the restaurant was flipped, giving the restaurant a mirror-image feel. The silverware and glasses were set so that they mirrored each other and the booths were even flipped. If you looked above you, there was another booth and table above! Jen and I were so excited to be there! We were like giddy kids in a candy shop :) We started our meal off with two liquid nitrogen milkshakes: Krispy Kreme and Nutella + Burnt Marshmallow.


The milkshakes were SOO GOOD. The krispy kreme one tasted like you were actually drinking a krispy kreme donut and the nutella + burnt marshmallow had mini marshmallows burnt on top. For dinner we had two different types of burgers. I got the turkey burger with avocado, tomato, alfalfa sprout, and pomegranate ketchup. Jen got another burger (I forgot the name!) that had a piece of flank steak on top of the hamburger. They were both very delicious and moist and filled with great flavor.

I would DEFINITELY recommend Flip Burger to anyone living or visiting the Atlanta area. The atmosphere is so fun and the food is delicious (and cheap too!)

#84

#84 was a surprise for Jen. On her list she stated that she wanted to receive flowers for no reason. After dinner, I took her to Whole Foods and she picked out a bouquet of flowers.

#75

Our last activity for the night was to go outdoor ice skating in Centennial Olympic Park. Once we got into downtown Atlanta it was non-stop traffic because of a Falcon's playoff game. It took us forty minutes to travel .3 miles. Because of the traffic and the ridiculous parking prices we decided to pass up the ice skating and actually went on Sunday night.

Jen and I had a great day together :) We had fun talking while doing our various activities. An advantage about living in North Carolina is that I am able to see Jen on a more regular basis!