Birthday Extravaganza!

This year, my birthday fell on Easter Sunday. So, Hubby and I decided to celebrate it the Saturday before! We jam packed the day with fun things to do...
First, we started the day with brunch at one of my favorite Atlanta restaurants: The Flying Biscuit.

I had an out of this world egg white omelet with all my favorites in it and a to die for fluffy biscuit. The biscuits are simply amazing. If you haven't had one, stop what you're doing and go there right now.

You can get a 1/2 dozen to go.
You won't be sorry.
seriously.

After that, I had to get my car's emissions checked. Stupid Dekalb county requires it. That's the only depressing thing about your birthday- your car taxes are due!

Hey! Happy Birthday! Pay $200 in car taxes! Baloney.

Next Hubby and I signed up for a Wine Class as part of a groupon I bought a few months back.  It was meant to be April's date in Hubby's monthly date present.

The wine class was at a little wine boutique in Midtown. The lady teaching the class was very knowledgeable but she was also a little intense. Still, we learned a lot! For instance, did you know you are supposed to store all left over wine in the fridge? Even red wine!

Once the wine class ended, we headed over to Buckhead Church for a Saturday night Easter service with some of our friends from small group. It was a good message, you should check it out!

After church, we all drove over to The Sound Table for a birthday dinner! It was delicious. It was one of those eclectic places in the middle of Old Forth Ward which should tell you something right there. There were some interesting painting on the wall outside the restaurant...

 

Right across the street from the Sound Table is this funky little bar called Sister Louisa's Church. I've heard that it's definitely a place you need to go to at least once, just to say you've been. So, after dinner everyone decided to see what it was all about.

Let me tell you, this place is CRAZY. Once you get inside, there are pictures of Jesus and Jesus memorabilia EVERYWHERE. Some of the things were funny and others pretty offensive. They had pews to sit in and choir robes to wear around. They have pipe organ karaoke once a week. It was overwhelming! Hubby and I decided to try out the choir robes...

We had a pretty fun time! We love our small group! I'm really going to miss all of them =( Hopefully we'll make some good friends like them in Phoenix too. Chances are slim any Phoenix friends will be as cool as our Atlanta friends though...

Disclaimer: I know I am like a month or more behind on posting this stuff but I WILL catch up! I promise. Its been pretty hectic around here with our impending move and vacation (woohoo!) So keep checking back as I will update the blog as I can! Stay tuned for pictures of the derby and Hubby's big 3-0 birthday par-tay coming soon!!

Operation Atlanta Bucket List part 2

Another thing on my personal Atlanta bucket list was to go to Stone Mountain. Everyone has been telling me I need to go- that its a great place to get exercise by walking around the mountain and you can even hike up the mountain! For those of you who don't know, Stone Mountain is literally a huge mountain made entirely of smooth granite and quartz stone that pops out of nowhere right outside of Atlanta. On one side of the mountain the confederate soldiers: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis are carved into it like Mount Rushmore!  Hubby had been there as a kid but it has been years since he'd been so we decided to go one day after work.

So, we packed some sandwiches and water, grabbed Kane and hopped into the car for the 45 minute ride to the mountain.

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It really is a strange sight to see as you're driving up to it. A giant smooth all rock mountain in the middle of nowhere. Once we got into the park, we headed for the trail to go up the mountain. Unfortunately dogs aren't allowed on that trail so Kane had to wait in the car =( probably a good thing that dogs aren't allowed though... the rock trail was so smooth in areas, I think Kane would have a pretty hard time climbing and would probably slide all the way back down!

see? completely smooth rock trail all the way up the mountain!

Once we got all the way to the top, the view was spectacular! On clear days I am sure you can see for miles! The weather was a little cloudy that day, but we could still get a good view of Atlanta and Buckhead.

view of Atlanta and Buckhead from the top of the mountain. As you can see, there's some pretty mean looking rain clouds threatening Buckhead on the right side of the picture...

After the hike down the mountain, we gathered Kane and headed over to the carved side of the mountain to see a laser show and give the dog some exercise! But, after we got there, the rain that was threatening Buckhead in the above picture decided to come and hang out in the park next. So, the night ended with us racing back to the car trying to beat the rain! Hahah all in all, great time! Now, I can officially cross Stone Mountain off my bucket list!

There's still more to come so keep checking back!
xoxo,