Category Archives: Atlanta

Cinco y Seis

Is it totally cliche to go out for Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo?  Because we definitely did.  Our weather was horrible all weekend – cold and rainy, but there was a small break on Sunday afternoon so Mexican food was had.

We went to Raging Burrito in Decatur.  Since it was Sunday, it was more laid back than it would have been had Cinco been on Sabado.  We went back and forth deciding on whether or not to get chips and guacamole but when our server said they were having a guacamole special, our minds were quickly made up.

Raging burrito guacamole

While the guac was good, I wouldn’t say it’s the best.  It’s too creamy.  I like when guacamole has big pieces of avocado in it.  That didn’t stop me from shoveling it my face though.  And it’s not Cinco de Mayo without a margarita.

Raging burrito margarita

Honestly, I don’t really like margaritas, but I felt like it was right to order one, so I did.  I had the Skinny Margarita which was made with agave and lime juice instead of sour mix.  I don’t know that it really has less calories, but I don’t like the taste of sour mix so it worked for me.

For my meal, I had the two taco plate with one Fajita Veggie Taco with mushrooms and one Tofu Taco.

Raging burrito taco plate

They were both good, but I liked the fajita veggie one more.  That margarita really did me in though and I was sort of a waste of space for the rest of the day.  This is why I don’t drink during the day.  Lesson never learned.  Really all that happened was that I fell asleep on the couch for a while.  Honestly, that probably would have happened regardless, but I felt lazy and unmotivated the rest of the day.

So we watched a movie – Celeste & Jesse Forever.  While I thought it was good (I love Rashida Jones), I also thought it was extremely depressing and sobbed through the entire thing.

And now here it is Seis de Mayo and it’s still freaking cold out.  See how I’m wearing a sweatshirt?!  Can I remind you that I live in Georgia?  HOTlanta?

Lee murphy

Murphy is clearly over my incessant instagram picture taking.

Since my food yesterday was on the heavy side, I went with something lighter for dinner tonight.

Mustard salmon

Cooking salmon at home is always sort of hit or miss for me, but this Roast Salmon with Whole Grain Mustard Crust was a hit. Salmon and brussels sprouts definitely cancels out chips and margaritas, right?

 

Three Five

Birthdays are funny.  The next age always seems SO much older until you turn it.  I distinctly remember when I turned 20 and I just couldn’t believe it and now, at age 35, 20-year olds seem like little kids.  I look younger, I know this and it’s good, I guess, until I tell people how old I am and they say something like, “You don’t look THAT old!”  Umm, thanks?  That was a very long-winded way of saying that, even though I feel like I’ve been celebrating all month, my birthday was yesterday.

I woke up early, hangover free, and got down to business: muffins.  Maybe I am old.

Better With Veggies

For the B cook round of Meatless Mondays A-Z, the item was blueberries, so I made these Vegan Blueberry Coconut Muffins that had been hanging out on one of my Pinterest boards.

Coconut blueberry muffins

And then I tried to be all artsy with them.

Coconut blueberry muffins flowers

You can’t beat a classic blueberry muffin.  Though they had coconut (in the form of oil and milk, as well as shredded), I couldn’t really taste it.   The only thing about eating a muffin for breakfast (okay fine, two) is that they didn’t have the same staying power as my usual egg sandwich does.  So by the time noon came around, I was starving.

Jason wanted me to choose a special lunch place and after going back and forth in my mind about whether or not I really wanted to go to Whole Foods for my birthday lunch, we ended up at Sushi Avenue.

Sushi avenue

Good, but Whole Foods has good sushi too.  Just saying.  After stuffing our faces with California rolls, we headed down to Candler Park to the Sweetwater 420 Festival.

Sweetwater 420 festival

Now, if you’re not from Georgia, a 420 festival probably has a totally different connotation (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, look it up, or if you’re my mother – don’t), but Sweetwater 420 is actually a super popular locally brewed beer and this is just a regular, family-friendly even, festival.

Sweetwater blue

We sat around for a while, listening to music and people watching…

Sweetwater music

Sweetwater music2

before heading back home where I promptly fell asleep on the couch for an hour.  Happy birthday indeed.

An ATL Wedding

Last night was the wedding of two of our friends – Joan and Sean.  I actually met Joan about five years ago when I was a print buyer at a media agency and she was in paper sales and tried to sell me envelopes.  We found out that we had a friend in common and now, though neither one of us are particularly close with the mutual friend anymore, she is one of my closest friends.

Their wedding was held at the Peachtree Club which is on the 28th floor of a building in Midtown.

Lee jason wedding

Does my head look absurdly large there?  Anyway.  Our friends Jamie and Dave, who Joan met through me, were there too.  Jamie (the one with blonde hair) and I were roommates for three years when I first lived in Atlanta.

Dave lee jamie

The ceremony was outside on the terrace and the backdrop of the city was beautiful.

Joan sean ceremony

It was a little chilly though for a night in late April, so everything got moved inside after a while.  Isn’t it pretty though?

Peachtree club panorama

Aside from the ceremony, obviously the most important part of the wedding is the cake.  And they had cupcakes (with a tiny wedding cake on top.)

Cupcakes

There were also mini-cheesecakes in there too.

Jason cupcake

Lee cupcake

I look sort of drunk here, but I think I was just drunk on sugar.  I drove there, so I really didn’t drink much.

Lee joan wedding

It was a great night and we were happy to be a part of it.  Happy wedding!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...