ATL Goodson Sibling Weekend

What a fun weekend! Started off Friday night by visiting the set of "42" which was being filmed in front of the AL Theatre! We were asked if we were with production and could have totally had fun with that but, we were hungry and decided to get dinner instead...

We ate dinner at the famous Chinese Market which is probably my favorite Magic City best kept secret!  Hands down best dumplings in Birmingham...

Saturday morning we woke up and started our road trip to ATL Town.  Our first stop was brunch at Gladys Knights - Chicken and Waffles on Peachtree.  What an experience... Ridiculously delicious.

After completely gorging ourselves.... we waddled to the Georgia Aquarium.  We were seriously like kids in amazement and I highly recommend kids of all ages visiting. The dolphin show was very entertaining to say the least.  Although the story line was a corny human musical, the dolphin tricks and commands they performed was almost shocking!  I always watched "Flipper" as a child but, these dolphins blew him out of the water.  I had no idea they were so "trainable" and it got me motivated to train my Yorkie. He would be mortified to know all the tricks those dolphins did!

Best part of the Aquarium was Gator Gabe meeting an albino relative....

Next activity was the Young/Rudell wedding at the Chattahoochee Nature Center.  This was Gabe and I's first Jewish Wedding and I can honestly say this was probably the best wedding I have ever been too. We had a wonderful evening catching up with family and made many memories.

 Sunday morning we said goodbye to everyone and ate some authentic taco's before our road trip back to the Magic City...

On our way home we noticed a biker drinking and driving his motorcycle - classic! (Note there are two visible beers and I'm assuming his passenger seat cooler is filled with more....

We stopped by the Bass Pro Shop on the way home, watched a touching special on ESPN about the basketball failure Chris Herren who turned his life around. Gabe grilled on the BGE and we called it a night!

Such a great weekend and I think my brother is the absolute coolest.



A Sibling Evening...

Gabe and I spent our "Sibling Evening" at Casa de Canterbury Place and Whole Foods which are two of my favorite hangouts! It's odd how i look up to my little brother..... typically it's the opposite but, nonetheless, I do.... Truly he is one of the most amazing people i surround myself with! NOT to mention he is totally kewl which I'm most certain is a sibling passed trait! I learned he makes his own Muscadine Wine, which he describes as "remarkable"! I mean, how neat of a hobby is THAT? Who knew there was a creative cultured personality behind that "big deer hunting beast"? Gabe can do it all.... Check out the yummy bedtime snack I made him! Love you Gabe and Thank You for being my brother, my favorite brother!

Milo's Extra Meat

http://www.miloshamburgers.com/
Only in Alabama could an individual come up with a gravy burger served with cheese seasoned fries and the best sweetest tea with the most perfect shaved ice. Milo's has been in the Magic City since 1946 and is currently ONLY located in Sweet Home Alabama. My parents and grandparents have been taking me there for as long as i can remember! YES, i am a fan of the gravy burger and i happily will admit so! After 26 some odd years of eating Milo's I had a good friend pose a very valid question: "What's with the extra piece of meat?". I guess it could be a "free gift" or perhaps its the extra pieces of meat they have left over from pressing the meat into patties or maybe they might just want this to be unexplained keeping customers coming back for more.... YES, this may be a unsolved mystery however Milo's will forever be yummy in my tummy!

Out with the OLD in with the NEW KNOBS!

This past Sunday Da Boy and I started off our little project with a date to Brio! My back door knobs have been a pill lately and have actually caused me to get locked out of my house TWICE! Once was with Seth and he so craft like got us entrance. The other time was with Da Boy this past Sunday as we were on the way back to my house to fix the actual issue. Luckily we went to his house and got back up entry! SO, back to the locks...... Two Wal-Mart trips later I had two new sets of knobs to replace the back door and garage door LOCKS & KNOBS. Da Boy helped me install them and of course you know Griff helped us. Da Boy and Griff love each other... See for yourself.

P.S. The lock and knob in this picture is the OLD one! Now I have two sets of shiney gold locks and knobs!

Happy Birthday Erin Elliot!

Happy 28th Birthday to my cheese loving friend Erin Pietrzak Elliot! This probably isn't the best Birthday Erin has ever had but, we promise to recognize and celebrate it when she gets back in town! I love you girl!!!

P.S. This isn't a picture of her holding a slice of cake. This is a HUGE slice of.... you guessed it: CHEESE. She loves the stuff....

How does YOUR garden grow?

Well, my garden grow's on my porch in clay pots! I planted: Rosemary, Dill, Thyme, Lettuce, Cherry Tomatoes, Cayenne Pepper, Basil, Green Pepper's, Cilantro, AND Cucumber! I also planted Parsley but, I've been told that is NOT a Summer plant, so we will see...... I'm real excited about my garden and can't wait to see what it produces. What did you plant this year?

A Blackwell's Birthday Celebration

Gabe, Cousin Brittney and myself met Tiff and Jerm at J.Alexander's to celebrate her Birthday dinner before we met the crew at Blackwell's. I haven't been to J.Alexander's http://www.jalexanders.com/index.htm in SOME time and really have forgotten what I'm missing! To my defense it's not in my beaten path. It's in WHO WHO Hoover.... It was DELICIOUS! We got Spinach Dip, Gabe and I shared a burger and I sampled a bit of everyone elses food. I believe this is a good transition to tell a story....

J.Alexander/Rattlesnake Pasta/Kelsey Story:
Our favorite Restaurant in High School was J.Alexander's, hands down We would always start out with their Spinach Cheese Dip, duh! Kelsey's absolute favorite was the Rattlesnake Pasta which one might assume contains rattlesnake but, no only chicken.... After a night of drinking 6 Icehouse beverages a piece us girls went back to The Meyer Home to spend the night. We all stumbled in the Meyer home and found our respective bedtime snacks. I chose the Rattlesnake Pasta which there was a TON of cause KJ ate like a bird! Well I knew she wasn't going to approve of this move so I didn't eat it all. The next morning I hear such chaotic commotion i think Mick (their family dog) is stuck in the garbage disposal! My drunken consideration had only left Kelsey only ONE noodle of her Rattlesnake Pasta! She NEVER let me live that moment down. There was also a Manny's Bagel incident where apparently I didn't leave her enough cream cheese. TO be so little she was serious about her food. Love you Kelsey!

Okay back to The Blackwell Birthday Party:
After J.Alexander's we made our way to Blackwell's http://www.blackwellspub.com/ which is SO conveniently located directly behind my house, if i haven't already shared that with you. This was the bar's Grand Opening weekend so it was extra packed. It used to be an old Movie Gallery and to commemorate its original structure they left their movie drop off box. No one knows exactly how the sammich got there but, throughout the night it was a focal point of discussion. We all had a blast! Happy Birthday Butter and Tiff'er! Love you Friends.