November 4, 2009Lot’s of fun and randomness this October of 2009.
My lovely co-worker (Freya) and her man (Keith) got married…
Randy and I made some badass Jack’0′Lanterns at my moms house…
My moms parents came to visit from Florida..
Yeah..
I got to see these sexy ladies at Music City Burlesque’s “Boolesque at The Belcourt”
Made some Delicious chocolate caramel apples with Bethany at The Cocoa Tree… 
Watched Story and Bethany play with caramel…
And then of course I had to have some fun…
Met my future in-laws!! Went to The Parthenon at Centennial Park
And grabbed Athena’s ass…
Went down to Leipers Fork… Walked around and enjoyed a perfect Autumn day…
And then sat and chilled with Benjamin Franklin for a bit…
HALLOWEEN!!! Decided to spice up my Hot Dog costume with some fishnets and red heels…
Then had a few drinks..
with a Banana…
Met up with The Other Mother and The Other Father…
And then we danced a little…
Oh, and Randy got this really great hat that I love…
(Isn’t he freaking cute?!?!)
So that’s pretty much it. We also checked out some wedding venues, and absolutely fell in love with a space at Marathon Village. Pictures and updates on that, soon to come!
October 23, 2009
I’ve been very anxious about getting a new car, especially after having some problems with my Volvo over the last few months. Randy and I found this baby at Dixie Motors in Nashville last week, and I fell in love :) She’s a 1998 white Subaru Outback… I had effectively convinced Randy that we needed a station wagon. Now we can go camping, and road tripping, and I can even let my cat, Bubbles, drive around with me! Kidding.. sort of.
So now I get to drive this lovely thing, while Randy gets an upgrade from his scooter to my awesome ‘94 Volvo 850! (I call her Volvosaur) He’ll take much better care of her than I did.
October 19, 2009Quick update. Just started working at the new Dose Coffee and Tea (formerly Portland Brew on Murphy Road). I am EXTREMELY excited to be working with coffee again. Very nice article written about them on Nashvillest. Also check out their website (dosecoffeeandtea.com)
Lots of awesome new stuff including fresh pastries baked in-house by Marmellata Bakery, a new lunch menu coming this week, and of course yours truly behind the counter :) We will also be roasting our own coffee and offering other local and regional coffees for you to purchase, as well as stocking our retail shelves with French Presses, Chemex, Aeropress, grinders, filters and other coffee gadgets you might need at home!
Anyways. Check out the website, and stop by sometime to see me :)
October 13, 2009Other than our terrible luck with flights, the trip to Seattle was amazing. I got to visit all the coffee shops and places I wanted to check out, Toured the factory of Theo Chocolate (the only fair-trade, organic bean-to-bar chocolatier in the country), Viewed Seattle’s beautiful cityscape from the top the Space Needle, And walked through the Sculpture Garden off Elliot Bay <— (that’s where Randy proposed!) So yeah, I’m getting married! (Click the ‘Read more…’ for pictures from our trip, and check out Randy’s post on the proposal and how we met!)
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September 25, 2009Woke up at 4 am yesterday to catch our 5:40 flight to Cincinnati. Then we would proceed to fly out at 8:30 to arrive in Seattle at 10:30. What a great plan!!! We would have the whole afternoon of our first day to spend in Seattle!
Well, it didn’t work out that way… When we got to the airport, we found out our flight had been canceled and we would fly out at 6:30. No biggie. They made us fly into Atlanta instead, because the flight to Cincinnati would only give us 15 minutes to board the next plane. Then we would fly out of ATL at 9:30 and be in Seattle by noon! Still, that’s great! The whole day to hang out in the BEAUTIFUL weather Seattle is having this weekend!!
Yet again, it did not work out that way. Atlanta has had terrible rain the last few days, and OF COURSE, right as the plane was taxiing and getting ready to take off, the pilot gets a call and tells us the Atlanta airport is undergoing flood control. It was only a 15 minute delay, but our flight to Atlanta was only 37 minutes long, and it was just enough of a delay to make us nervous about getting to our next gate on time. We landed, and busted ass to get to the OTHER SIDE of the airport to gate T. (uhh. We were at gate B) There was a train we could have taken to get to our terminal, but of course we walked right passed it without paying attention. We finally got to our gate, and the lady said they close the doors 10 minutes prior. UUUGGGHHHH!!!!
SO, we go to the customer service desk, get a Standby ticket for an 11:00 flight (which we ended up not getting because the flight was overbooked) and the next flight out was at 2:55. Yup. 2:55. We waited a total of 5 hours in the Atlanta airport. Atlanta isn’t even on the way to Seattle!! It was a total detour that ended up screwing us.
I understand that this kind of stuff happens, but our whole day was jacked up, and Delta really didn’t seem to give a crap! I was so angry! I can confidently say that I will never fly Delta ever again.
