Irish Pub Hopping

Tonight my boyfriend picked me up in his chick-magnet, then he and I went with a friend to another Atlanta Irish Pub, O'Terrill's. It was a beautiful night for eating out on the screened patio, and it was very calm and quiet outside. We were close to the Atlanta Civic Center and evidently there was an event occurring there, tons of foot traffic and minimum parking was available. The food was good. O'Terrill's claims that they have Atlanta's best fish and chips, may be inside Atlanta city limits but it was not the best local fish and chips I have had. But it was good and the portion was **huge** almost too much to eat! Company was great, food was good, and the restaurant atmosphere (at 8:30 pm) was quiet and peaceful, very good for conversation. Would we go back? May be, but there are better Irish pubs closer to home. And finding our way out of the labyrinth of Atlanta streets to a major expressway, now that is another story. . . . . .

After I got home my parents were razzing me and giving me a difficult time. I got the classic "You think more of your friends than you do your family" line. I also got another classic "You need to come down to the real world. If you were in an accident you would expect me to drop all I was doing so that I could take care of you and make life-changing decisions for you." That was a final straw right there. I told mom that she would want the same and that I would do it without even thinking about it or sizing up whether she owed me any favors before hand.

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend started out great and ended great! And the middle was not bad either!!

Friday night we went to Cartersville to an Irish pub and listened to an Irish band. We had a great Irish dinner and wonderful music by Mickle a Do (they play at the Renaissance Fair in Atlanta). I had fish and chips, of course, and my boyfriend had bangers and mash. Yum! Unfortunately Irish Soda Bread was recently taken off the menu. It was a great night with a good band and an even better boyfriend.

Saturday we went to a car show then off to dinner and a movie. It was a camaro car show, and we saw the chick-magnet's competition. T-tops, convertibles and even a police car! It was a gmmb body (I think I got that right) and the bumper was a taunt "Here speeder, speeder, speeder." Dinner was at Johnny's Pizza, ok, again, but the pizza there is good! We seem to have the same conversation every time. What was the cheese sticks we ordered? Well, definately not the garlic bread. The movie theater was packed, we saw Pirates of the Caribbean III. It was good, there was even a little child dressed up like Jack Sparrow. CUTE!!

Sunday my boyfriend had been working hard on his surburban so we took it easy. We went to Buffalo's for dinner, had hamburgers and a hot brownie a la mode and went for a short ride. It was great, the t-tops were out, we went for a drive in the cool night air, just enjoying the scenery and the breeze.

Monday we went to Lowe's, Home Depot Expo, and had dinner with my parents at Cracker Barrel. That was somewhat of a suprise to both of us, but it was a nice dinner. Dad chimed in a lot, Mom every now and then. Both Dad and I got the look on a topic Mom started, but if she didn't want the topic, it shouldn't have been started. We parted on good terms, headed our separate ways, then we finished the night with Brandsmart, Sears, and a nice drive home. Both of us agreed that Brandsmart is not a good shopping environment, it is messy, noisy, and, well, messy and disorganized.

Limerick Junction

Today my boyfriend and I went to the Limerick Junction in Virginia Highlands. I am not sure how he found out about it, but it was a lot of fun. We spent the afternoon together at Home Depot and Target, doing the 'domestic thing' as he says. We dropped the purchases off at his house, he changed into a pair of jeans and a polo shirt, and off we went, right after I bruised my knee teasing the dogs.

We drove downtown with the t-tops out and found the cutest stretch of road with 1920 style houses and a 'Main Street' style strip mall. There were antique shops, restaurants, and Limerick Junction. It was somewhat difficult finding a parking place and turning around was somewhat a challenge but the evening was worth it.

The Irish pub was true to form, quite small, just like I would think they are in Ireland. We had an appetizer of potato skins, he had Shepard's Pie and I had the trusty standby of fish-n-chips. It was a great evening, the food was great, the pub was charming, and the musician was very good.

This is definately an evening to repeat.