what i did last night (dontcha wanna know)

So, a little deviation from my endless days at the new pad packing, moving, packing and moving some more... always tired kids eating late Stouffer's dinners, my Mom bought us (me and my sister, to be exact) tickets to see "Motherhood" the musical.... aaaaannnd to my absolutely FAVORITE restaurant - South City Kitchen. SCK is basically Southern food with a glorified twist - every single item on the menu is just like, the best thing you've eaten, like Mamaw's cooking, slightly refined. I've been eating a whooooole lot of microwave food lately due to the time we've been spending at the town house overlapping into my typical dinnertime. So needless to say it was nice to eat some good food and drink some fine wine with other adults versus ... well... the alternative. :)

The musical was absolutely hilarious and I found myself throughout the show thinking to myself  "I'M NOT ALONE!"... Walking into the theater I realized I was about to be surrounded by a gazillion women... all with their short hair and pea coats and high heeled shoes. Every song was every cliche of motherhood, and some were those maybe we don't talk about but apparently everyone experiences! Too funny, and altogether comforting at the same time. I walked away with a "Down with laundry!" sign... how appropos.

We also celebrated my sister Lori's 41st birthday. All in all we had a great time together with my Mom and great memories were made. Enjoy this photo reel of our night!

love my ATL

but not the traffic we sat in for 45 minutes

trying to figure out the parking meter

fried green tomatoes with a red pepper coulis...

and she-crab soup to start (with cornbread muffins)

Lori and Mom

South City Kitchen :)

should have taken pic of this when it was presented - buttermilk fried chicken, mashed taters and collards (heaven)

Mom had a pork chop with spaghetti squash and kale

Lori had the shrimp and grits

 

cheesecake bread pudding... yummmeh!

I look like an old lady.

work it girl

crazy...

and silly!

by the light of the iPhone...

look at all these women!!! :/

me and my sister

Good times, ladies. Hope you enjoyed the pics!

Coming soon - updates on the garden (and harvest time!), some progress pictures of the town house so you can see what we've been up to the last couple of weeks. We are getting carpet on Monday!! Took a LOT of work to get here. Next we need to paint - praying for an economical way to get that done. And Dakota comes home on Sunday! Yay!

Thanks for reading, y'all. Much love!

PS: There's a GIVEAWAY from my vintage Etsy shop, Clementine and Nellie, over at My Little Loves going on now thru the 25th! Go check it out! :)

ladies night! (warning - photo heavy)

This past Friday night was one of those nights that the next night leaves you kind of sullen because you'd had such an epic time the night before.... does that make sense? I was invited to an overnight bachelorette party in the North GA mountains with some of my closest friends to consume cocktails in conjunction with a five course tapas menu prepared by a chef who was there just to do those very things... serve us cocktails and tapas. I had so. much. fun. Granted, when I laid my head down on the pillow at 2AM I missed my hubs and the babies, but it was worth it. I now vote that we have a regular quarterly get together as such.

So now I give you the night in pictures... I can't really remember all the exact descriptions of the food but it was a sort of spanish fusion sort of cuisine. It was great. And so were the cocktails. And the wine. And the music. And the friends.

mojitos... olive tapenade, hummus, quince bread salad...

Taylor, Jeannie & Glennis

arborio rice balls with some kind of creamy center... ricotta? can't remember

some of the ladies... 

"dark and stormy" and red wine... it just kept coming.

this was a flatbread with figs and goat cheese... 

some sort of meatballs... really yummy.

I can't recall what we were doing, but I took a picture of it.

this was a quail with sweet peppers... really good.

found this hat... and the dancing begins.

that's Karen - she arranged everything... long time love for that lady.

how many pics of Jeannie and Taylor can I post!?

short ribs... YUMMY

Benny - the chef

Julie

I won't even tell you why I was standing here.

the guest of honor :)

more dancing. Not sure who grabbed my camera and took all these pics! lol

Glennis

winding down.

We had such a wonderful time. I had to leave super early with Glennis and Jeannie to come back to Atlanta so I could take my oldest son to the airport to go to Puerto Rico with his dad. Would have loved to stay for breakfast and sleep in. Even then, it was worth having to get up at 6AM and drive back. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Love these ladies and loved this time!

Love Brooke