some food truck pics!

The Food Trucks

This past Wednesday I went to the Atlanta Food Trucks. I have been wanting to check out these trucks for quite some time... and it was exactly what I had hoped for! Jennifer, Kate, and I all went together - which is always a fun time! On Wednesday night in Atlanta the food trucks are in Virginia Highlands, and on Tuesday at the Howell Mill Food Park.  The trucks drive all over Atlanta - if you follow the Atlanta Street  Food  Coalition on Twitter like me, then you will easily be able to track them down anytime!  The website is http://www.atlantastreetfood.com.  The King of Pops was there, we had to chase him down bc the cart was already on the guys truck!!
I wish I had taken pictures! I know some of you only read to the bottom if I have pictures!!

We ate Tex Tacos, and also at Yumbi!
http://www.texstacos.com/

Sweet Auburn BBQ is opening up a store front in the Sweet Auburn Market, we were invited to the opening... free BBQ, Beer, and Blue Grass! How could you beat that!?!

Panhar

A few months ago we went to Panahar with some friends. This is a great Bangladeshi Restaurant that lets you bring in your on alcohol!

Jennifer does a great presentation with the different entrees!

Toast in Lincoln Park - Chicago

On Sunday morning we got up and went to brunch in Lincoln Park.  We were excited to some of the neighborhoods surrounding down town Chicago.  Joseph Yelped the restaurant that we ended up going to Toast.  We got on the train, and walked to this quaint restaurant which had a VERY long wait. People in Chicago truly enjoy a good brunch on Sunday mornings.  One of the main reasons the wait was so long was there were not very many tables.  I was totally fine with the wait because it gave us time to go explore the neighborhood! I love walking around unfamiliar cities, especially when you are about to eat a large meal!

today...

Today was one of those days you wish you could get back in bed and start the whole day over! Susanne and went to Peachtree City, GA to take our certification test for teaching.  Somehow in the middle of June I wind up with a cold -- and this did not mix well with the standardized test.  Susanne and I waited in the Sandy Creek High School cafeteria like cattle waiting for the slaughter... for a good 3o minutes, until they released the heard of anxious test takers to their assigned test taking rooms.  Susanne and I inch down the hallway to face or destiny, and out no where pop up my friend Alex from class... it felt somewhat of a comfort to see my school friends -- we were in this together! Well, we finally sit down in our assigned seats, and have a long list of instructions read to us before we could begin the test.

FINALLY the moment arrived where we are allowed to begin the GACE.  I had been studying for this test for weeks, I was nervous... and my stomach was making sure I knew that I was really nervous... I was trying to ignore the nervous jabs of pain as i worked my way through the problems of the GACE.

4 hours go by and one by one people begin to hand in their tests.  I am always one of the last people to be finished, so what would be different on this day.  Susanne and I meet back up in the hallway after passing in our test and give a huge sigh of relief... but are we relieved? it was not a walk in the park... it was mentally exhausting! We drove home contemplating what a whirl wind we were just put through... After getting off the exit, Susanne decided she was going to go and sit on her couch all night and think about nothing. I decided to go home and do the same. Before the test I had high aspirations of celebrating the burden being lifted from my shoulders, but all i wanted to do was sit on the couch.  My nose being so stuffy does not make for a good celebration after all!

James went to Verde and got the take out for us... it is just so darn convenient .  I got some great soup to help clear my nose, which worked for a few minutes... but solve my stuffy nose problem!
Does anyone have any advice?

I have confidence that tomorrow is going to be a better day -- no test anxiety, no test, no drive to south atlanta.

James and Pizza

Tonight James and I had a miscommunication via text.... which turned out to be a great thing! He offered to make us gourmet pizza on the grill... I instantly shot down the idea because I was trying to be healthy... He interpreted my text as "No, I do not want to eat healthy..." so - he jets off to publix to gather supplies for his first attempt at pizza on the grill.  I meanwhile think we are having something very healthy, without a pizza involved. I get a text about an hour later asking where our rolling pin is... I worry for a moment that he might have misunderstood my text about having pizza for dinner.  I am enjoying a spontaneous cocktail with a friend... and casually shrug off this text - surly he is just wondering where the rolling pin is post move right?

Well - I get in the car to drive home, and I call James to report that I am on the way home. He proudly says "dinner will be ready in 25 minutes, and you know what we are having"... I said "no... I have no idea what we are having?~! " Well, it turned out to be pizza on the grill... and let me tell you  --- it was delish!
 The pizza was packed with vegetables that he has grilled before putting them on the pizza, so they were nice and soft! I hate when veggies get all dried out on pizzas!  When I walked in the door I could tell James felt really bad for making something I was not excited about... BUT - it turned out great... miscommunication happen... we are all human - and who can really interpret my texts all the time anyways? Anyone still reading knows, sometimes I saw things in a way that totally make sense to me, but not to anyone else!
I am glad we ate pizza tonight, and so glad that James took the time to make something he wanted to make. I am thankful for my husband who is willing to deal with my choppy communication patterns... As we all know if we stop trying to understand how the other communicate we are doomed!