Ok, to catch up on about 2 months or so...
SUPERCROSS at the Georgia Dome-
...really neat, never seen live supercross. It smells like exhaust but once you get past that, the arena is huge, tons of fans there, this was (I think) the championship too! They had big shots of fire into the air as the race got near the end, and at the beginning and end of the last few rounds. Beer was overpriced, but then again it was at the dome... parking wasn't bad surprisingly, and we were about two blocks away which is a short walk on a nice night.
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PANAMA CITY BEACH...
Spring Breakers galore...4 Lokos, beer for breakfast, sun and sunburns, sunglasses, swimming and white beaches, clear blue water (the Gulf!!), music, good looking people everywhere, big trucks and sports cars, people shouting.."It's Vodka time!!" at the beach...what you would imagine for a crazy spring break..all the elements were there. The weather was incredible- in the 80's. the drive down was pretty long, but with some bumpin' tunes and great people it wasn't all that bad.
At night the sky was clear, we all layed on the beach and hung out for a while...the whole time pretty much was beach time and I loved it~ On the way down, I finally now can say I've been to Alabama ("the beautiful"), we found a bar that held Extreme Midget Wrestling, and the National Peanut something-or-other....gallery? fair? It was something like that.
On the way back, the most beautiful sunset..pulled over for about 45 mins and watched it...I love enjoying things while time seems not to be an issue..let's you relax and really take it all in without the worry of rush and all that.
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LUCKYFEST-
Held at Park Tavern in Atlanta, Elana and I went. There were just as many, if not more people at Piedmont Park as well, chillin outside in the sunshine, celebrating St. Patrick's a little early. An obsurd abundance of green everywhere... dogs, frisbee, beers, music (live at the tavern), beads, silly hats and green hairdos...the list goes on and on.
Afterwards, we went to the Dark Horse/ High Five with Lana, Stephen, Kale, and a few others. Funny how there is a Dark Horse down here too! The atmosphere was similar to the one in Cortland I feel. The next morning I had my first MARTA bus experience...what should have taken 15 minutes when all was said and done ended up taking close to 2 hours. Annoying, but at least I got a new experience out of it! Plus, I had a bowl of cornflakes to start my morning the right way...thank you breakfast for some morning decisiveness!
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SAINT PATRICK'S DAY-
the Undergroung with Erica..we went in search of the "biggest st. patty's party in Atlanta"... even though we still had fun, we found out that even though they advertised it that way, it certainly could not have been THE biggest haha! They did have a dj though, and we encountered two little girls who were crazy at dancing- they were about 6 or so, and pretty darned amazing- haha, they looked like they could have been in a music video. I can only imagine them at 15...
After our Underground experience and some dinner, we ventured around downtown, and found a park near Woodruff Arts center that had speakers all around it and music playing. It was so cool! We enjoyed a festive Shamrock shake, in the spirit of the holiday :)
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Maria <3
Miss maria came to visit me!! I was so happy to see her!!
We had some craft time, and made some cool shirts- slits, ties, slices...I love our creativity! We were introduced to Jeremiah Weed...if you don't know him, you should meet him. Random tidbit that may come in handy: Marathon's (the gas station) are open 24 hours in the south, while everything else closes pretty much by 11. We were told that Georgia, this county, stops selling beer at 1130...But when we walked in and asked "the man" he said we don't stop till Saturday at midnight... good to know! Oh, and can't forget about our amazing dance party (like always)!*
We checked out a health food store in Little 5, and that whole area reminds me of Ithaca <3. Sort of college town like, but lots of little local shops. Kava, henna, and pure shea butter, along with a wide selection of bulk food and snacks. I discovered that I like Robbie Robbins, a Native American musician while looking around one of the local shops in the area. Plato's closet is another place like Trader K's- name brand stuff you buy and sell. I got a few sweet dresses there- o yea! Psycho Sisters is pretty well known, at least online I've seen a lot of stuff about it...they buy and sell clothing..but this place was more like a costume shop- pretty much anything costume-y imaginable, suspenders, hats, wings, masks, boots, cuffs, sunglasses, button downs, bling and bead necklaces...Elmyr is a bar/restaurant that sells big mouthwatering burritos..definitely a lotta bang for your buck. I got pad thai- I didn't expect it to come in a burrito, but it did, and it was awesome though. A bit hot though- by the end I was starting to sweat haha but I'd definitely go back again. Lots of PBR on tap here as well...I'm sure the people back home reading this will think that's pretty cool :)
Junkman's Daughter was another variety shop- graffiti art all over the front of the building. Everything from baby clothes to pickle, bacon, or absinthe flavored dental floss. Incense, paintings, tapestries, key chains, books, cards, candy... again, it was like a you-name-it-we-got-it store. Vortex, a lovely delicious restaurant. I think the one in Little 5 is the original one...you walk into the mouth of a guy with swirly eyes :) Large beverage/ beer/ wine selection.
More festivities included a tour and brew tastings at Sweetwater. We thought about going to go to Red Brick Brewary as well, but they only do tours specific days, and both were doing Wednesdays. We decided Sweetwater would be the one this time. You buy the glass and get 6 tickets...good pour amounts. We tried Sweetwater 420, Blue (the IPA), Brown (which was half way between a pilsner and a stout), Sch weat!, and unfortunately they were out of Road Trip. Suprisingly, Brown was my favorite one, and I usually don't really like dark beers. My tastes are changing I've noticed! Also, they are having a Sweetwater festival coming up..Railroad Earth, Galactic, Rusted Root...and, I looked it up- it's Free!! How SWEET is that?! hah.
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