A new use for air plants :)

This past summer in Asheville I went to an arts festival and found these at one of the unique vendors. They are air plants, bound in wire, to be worn in your ears. I would've bought them if I had an occasion to wear them--but they are unbelievably cute and artsy!! Love Asheville :)

Brussel sprouts aren't that disgusting, turns out

Lucky you!  Two posts in one day!!  (More like two posts in two months...sorry I've been ever so lazy).  Anyway, here is a fantastic recipe for brussel sprouts (and they don't stink as much while cooking as I thought they would):

Not your mama's brussel sprouts!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups brussel sprouts
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp H2O
• 1/2 lemon (the real kind...don't get slack on me here with the squeezy lemon bottle!)

Cut brussel sprouts in half.  Pour 2 tbsp. olive oil in saucepan over medium heat and place halved b. sprouts (half-side down) in pan.  Pour remaining olive oil over sprouts.  Cover and cook for 3 minutes.  Remove cover, pour H2O over sprouts and cook 2 minutes (they should be carmalizing by now).  Stir and squeeze lemon half in pan over sprouts.  Stir again.  

They should be ready by now!  That's it!!  And they are actually very refreshing and delicious and you needn't be concerned over calories since all you're eating is mini-cabbage, olive oil, and lemon.  Yay! 

Hotlanta!

In November, I made a pilgrimage to the Atlanta, in Georgia, like there was ever any other Atlanta.  My spectacular cousin, Tiffany, and her family live down there and it was high time for a visit.  Not to mention we had purchased Atlanta City Pass tickets for the weekend as well.

We had it all planned out--from the two hour commute from her house into Atlanta, to the time spent eating, and all of the places we were going to visit...which we did in this order:

Sunday morning:

1. Drive to Atlanta from Macon (Sunday morning...I had driven to Macon Saturday and spent the day with the family picking pecans and eating)
2. GO TO ATLANTA AQUARIUM!!!
3. Enjoy aquarium to fullest extent
4. Take loads of pictures
5. Go to Coca-Cola musem
6. Speed through museum and head directly to tasting room and gift shop (yay!)
7. Go to CNN building and take tour--sorry we weren't allowed to take pictures
8. Eat yummy dinner and McCormick and Schmidts (mmm delish)
9. Drive back to Macon

Monday morning:

1. Drive back to Atlanta from Macon in two cars...so I could later drive back to NC...not as fun
2. Go to Zoo of Atlanta...mm not as much fun as I expected
3. Walk around and pay wayyy too much for overpriced zoo food
4. Drive to Natural History museum...also a let down...but they did have a fabulous Darwin exhibit
5. Drive to mall--a girls' got to go shopping
6. Leave Atlanta at rush hour and spend over an hour driving 10 miles on I-85N--f**k!

Anyway, here are some pictures of our trip!

A lot of people were sporting "Frazier"--damn good name if I've got anything to say about it.

Atlanta is a BIG city.  I don't miss the traffic.

Yay for the aquarium!!  

One of the four whale sharks on exhibit that they were feeding...that's right....we got backstage passes!

I think this was the coolest part--unbelievable!

Even though this is classified as a "kid's station" (psh), I still LOVED touching the nurse sharks and sting rays!

(Tiffany did too)

And we most certainly went into the kid tunnel to have our picture taken!

COCA-COLA here we come!!

FRAZIER!!!

Little Tysons and Butterballs all over the place!!