We left home early Saturday morning. I was backing the car out of the garage by 6am Saturday morning. First stop...Starbucks of course! But to our disappointment, the Bluffton Starbucks was not open...the sign said they open at 6am, and we could even see some employees inside, but there were no lights on...why oh why???? The inhumanity...no caffeine!
Then I say..."Wait a minute...there is a Starbucks at the Kroger grocery store"...we stop, mom is skeptical they will be open...there is a caffeine god....they were open, we got our coffees and hit the road.
We arrived at Trader Joe's at about 11:30am, filled up our cart and were on our way to find lunch by about 12:30. We found a place at Perimeter Place called Doc Green's. It's a little lunch place, but the salads and sandwiches are great.
Once we were saited, we popped over to the REI store and I found a pair of Keen shoes that were just too cute to pass up. Then it was onto the Perimeter Mall for a few hours of retail therapy!
By 5pm-ish we were running out of "shopping gas" so we walked over to the Dunwoody MARTA station to buy our train tickets for later in the evening. The Breeze card is a "breeze" to use, we purchased 2 round trip tickets and were off to the hotel to check in.
By 6pm we were in our room and Scott called to set the plan for the night. Scott would pick us up at the hotel and we would drive to the Dunwoody MARTA stop (free parking for less then 24 hours!), when we got on the train (heading south) Scott called Darlene to tell her which car we were on and she met us 2 stops down the line. From there it was just 2 or 3 more stops to the Midtown stop which is near the restaurant we had reservations at.
At the Midtown stop we met up with Regi and walked to the restaurant. I had made reservations through OpenTable.com at Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant. It is a chain, but I had never been to one before and it had a good menu. We were slightly early for our 8:30pm reservation so fought through the throng at the bar and had some cocktails while we waited.
We were seated by 8:45pm and had a great meal...of course I had to chronical the meal with photos and here they are...
Regi and his wine....
...My Lemon Drop Martini
And now for the appetizers...
Chicken and Shrimp Potstickers
and Fried Artichoke Hearts
And the entrees are...
Barbeque Salmon and
Chicken Fettucini
And Pecan Crusted Salmon
And finally the Desserts....
Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake
And the winning dessert....
the Apple Bread Pudding, it was like eating french toast!
A Good time was had by all...
After dinner we started to walk to the MARTA station on the way there we passed the Hotel Indigo, which is one of the Intercontinental brands, their version of a boutique hotel. We stopped by the lobby and had drinks in the lounge. The interesting thing about this hotel brand is that every season they completely re-decorate the lobby...it's really a cool place.
By midnight we were ready to get some shut-eye. On the way to the MARTA station we passed the Fox Theater. There was a concert just getting out and we were able to sneak a peak inside the Fox Theater and what an amazing interior. It is absolutely stunning! On the next trip to Atlanta in June a tour of the Fox Theater is definitely on the agenda!
We managed to get back to the hotel around 1am and fell into bed as soon as we walked through the door!
Sunday morning we got up and had a leisurely brunch at Le Madeline and hit the road back home just after noon.
It was definitely another great Atlanta weekend!
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