Each year we spend about a week in Savannah and if you’ve been you know it’s not a very big city. That’s absolutely part of why we like it so much. Yet for a small city there is a surprising amount of diversity in the food scene and it continues to grow year after year. For our trip this year around Memorial Day weekend, we also noticed that the city itself has grown with the addition of the new Plant Riverside District along the river front. Multiple new buildings with hotels, shops, and restaurants have greatly expanded the footprint in the area. We were excited to try some of the new food spots this year as well as visit some of our longtime favorite ones. Continue reading
Category Archives: Hobbies and Activities
Out and About: Gilly Brew Bar
Sean recently found out about a neat coffee shop in Stone Mountain (except it’s not a coffee shop, so they say) and we decided to try it recently. Gilly Brew Bar is Black-owned and in an old mansion so the space is incredible. We had a good experience! Continue reading
New Bites: OSHA Thai Sushi Galleria
While we don’t get out for date nights as much lately, we still like to try new places when we do get the chance for a kid-free evening. I’d spent some time looking at new restaurants around Atlanta to see what would catch our eye. OSHA Thai Sushi Galleria in Brookwood, with their inventive Thai + Japanese fusion menu, fit the bill. It’s the latest feature in my New Bites series. Continue reading
Glorious Gibbs Gardens in the Spring
I’ve posted so many photos of our visits to Gibbs Gardens on my social media but not here on my blog. Time to change that. Gibbs Gardens has become a favorite day trip of ours and we have season passes. It’s an hour drive north of Atlanta in Ball Ground, Georgia and is a private garden of stunning beauty with blooms all year round. Continue reading
New Bites: Spring
In 2017, Bon Appetit magazine named Spring restaurant in Marietta, Georgia #7 of the top 10 best new restaurants in America. I knew I wanted to go but I waited awhile since I knew it would be busy. Then i got pregnant and wanted to go when I could have the full experience with wine, so I waited again. I checked a few times for Saturday reservations on, um, the Friday before and often found the place booked up. I finally planned and timed everything right – an early reservation on a Saturday that my mom was here to watch the baby. It was a surprise for Sean and I could tell he was stumped as we made our way completely across northern Metro Atlanta. Read on for all the details but I’ll start by saying I will be returning to Spring. 😉 Continue reading
L.A. Getaway
Almost two years ago my very dear friend MeShae took an opportunity for relocation to Los Angeles, California with her company. I was sad of course but knew that she would shine out on the west coast. I wanted to visit but had to find the right time with being pregnant and then having an infant. Sean traveled for work almost half of the summer so I had his full support for a long weekend in LA to spend with my friend. It was a fabulous time! Continue reading
Out and About: Refugee Benefit with Talat Market and Fresh Harvest
We’ve been Fresh Harvest customers for awhile now and couldn’t be bigger fans of the company. As our CSA (community-supported agriculture), we receive a weekly produce basket from Georgia farms delivered right to our door. They also sell meat, dairy, and other specialty products from vendors on their site and those can be delivered with the produce. We’ve drastically improved the quality of vegetables and protein in our house with them. Fresh Harvest takes everything back to reuse – the box, the ice packs and the foil packs. And as if that weren’t enough, they’re based in Clarkston, GA – a refugee resettlement community – and hire many refugees. I cannot say enough about this company and how much it means to us to be a small part of this.
When I heard that they were doing a benefit for refugees with Talat Market, an incredible pop-up Thai restaurant that uses local Southern ingredients and was on Bon Appetit’s 50 Best New Restaurants last year, I knew we had to attend. That it fell on Sean’s birthday weekend was icing on the (birthday) cake. 😉 Continue reading
Springtime Adventures in Orlando, Florida
I went to Orlando the week before Easter for a conference for work and planned ahead for a long weekend for Sean, Harrison and Daniela to come down. We rented a townhouse off Disney property (so affordable by comparison) that had a beautiful patio with hot tub and lake views, and a big pool, waterslides, etc. on the property. A relaxing Florida weekend in the spring and an opportunity to see our Florida friends and family. Of course, it rained the first night and was too cold to swim the next day (ugh), but the weather was still great for getting out and about. Continue reading