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 →

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 →