Etowah!

One of the great things about Jeremy's running addiction is that he's in to trail runs and all the big races are at the gorgeous parks we have all over Georgia! His first race in the Mountain goat series was at Etowah Park in North Georgia and though I didn't go up with him at the beginning of the race, I enjoyed wandering around for a few minutes at the end. The park is just so beautiful-- amazing what you forget in 20 years! 

He got a very impressive swag pile! The purse is mine, obv, and there's a small bag to hold changing clothes, but they gave him a VERY nice insulated lunch bag plus a whole bunch of goodies!

Etowah is known for its Native American Mounds and I immediately changed my mind about Amicalola Falls this summer-- Etowah is a little closer and I'm dying to see the mounds again! They were one of my favorite field trip destinations as a kid.

Right Lighting...

Our dear friend and former co-worker Louis came to town to visit and since we haven't seen him in YEARS we splurged and went to Capozzi's for dinner! At the end of it all, we got the waitress to attempt to take a picture of us-- below is the progression of our attempts to adjust the light on my phone camera and in the restaurant. Conclusion? I was right to dress Louis up as a Hershey's Special Dark chocolate bar for Halloween that year... And I need to figure out how to use photoshop to lighten pictures. 

Back in business!

I got hired on to do some behind the scenes coordinating for a bridal shower a few weeks ago-- the bridesmaids thought they could just plop some Publix trays down so I made it all pretty! 

These kids...

"Hey Cole, say 'In West Philadelphia Born and Raised...'"

"Um, why?"

Baby Hud!

I don't know if or when we'll ever have kids of our own, so I'm glad that we have friends with adorable babies that like us! This is Hud, Lauren and Todd's baby, and he's a sweetheart! He didn't even mind that I'd colored his panda red...

Having good dreams

I love my city...

Rhodes Alumni!

The Atlanta Rhodes Alumni went to the High Museum for the Frieda and Diego exhibit (which was PHENOMENAL) and a folk artist whose name I'm embarrassed to admit I've forgotten! (I wasn't particularly impressed by his work.) Anyway, we went back and made folk art of our own which was a lot of fun. I drew a little rose for AOII and made a cloth flower to put by the frame with all of the sororities. It was a unique piece in the end! We were also lucky enough to monopolize the time of David McCarthy, who is one of the professors at Rhodes. He was a pleasure to talk to and we discussed everything from art to literature to travel to our shared Irish background. What an amazing night!