I'm back! (from GA)

Okay, for starters I found the best gourmet-type vegan restaurant in Atlanta! It is called Cafe Sunflower:

We almost didn't find it. I had looked up 'vegan restaurants in georgia' and found the menu for it which looked irresistible. vegan lasagna!? Yes, please. I called one number and it was a fax or something, my GPS would NOT find the address and when I called the other number noone picked up. I tried again a little later and finally!...an answer w/ directions. We later find out that they close for a few hours between lunch and dinner so I guess that's why I couldn't get through.

We got two appetizers, two meals, two teas, and two desserts as follows:

Sampler Box containing spring rolls w/ sweet-n-sour sauce, hummus w/ pita bread and veggies, soy nuggets, i can't remember what those things are called you get in like wonton? soup, and stuffed mushrooms. DELISH!

fried green tomatoes! with hummus in between them, SO DELICIOUS!

Marc got this, some kind of lemon crusted tempeh w/ mashed potatoes and veggies

I got this eggplant orzo lasagna w/ tofu ricotta!!

These delicious sugar and caffeine free all-natural tea.

and two pieces of pie!! Peanutbutter (front) Chocolate (back)

We asked for a dessert menu and they literally brought out a tray of pie slices to choose from!! ALL VEGAN! I was in heaven and teared up on the inside. Some of the other pies were chocolate raspberry, carrot, coconut creme?, strawberry shortcake.. but my mind was set on peanutbutter!!!

So why Georgia? ...to see this man!

aka Billie Joe Armstrong! Whom, sources tell me, is totally veg! They are Marc's favorite band and we got a guitar pick and one of tre's drumsticks so that was awesome. Two days before this we went to an 8-hour ska show called the Mass Ska Raid at the Masquerade, get it? and.... they had tofurkey kilbasa and boca burgers!! SCORE!! It was only $4 for two kilbasas and a bag of chips. The same price as two cheap hotdogs and a bag of chips :) I thought that was awesome. In between this, we went to a place called Little 5 Points with our friend Mike. Him and his wife were gracious enough to let us stay at their house while we were up there. (THANKS!) We went to this restaurant (the name is escaping me) and they had really awesome veggie chili, burgers, zucchini chips, sweet potato fries, tater tots, etc.etc.

All in all, a very good trip!! On the way back to FL we stopped in Gainesville to get some icecream and a cupcake, brownie, and cookie from Karma Cream!! It used to be 24 hours but I think right now they close down for a bit at around 2:30AM? Not sure..there was some kind of sign on the door but I slightly ignored it due to the fact that I LOVE their icecream. I got toffee w/ vegan whipped cream and vegan hot chocolate fudge :) Marc got a chocolate & pumpkin shake. So good!

Oh, we also saw that Will Ferrell movie "The Other Guys." I thought it was a lot better than the trailer made it seem, so no disappointments! Also got a Rat Fink doll and a Tank Girl comic book!! hehe.

I really need to figure out how to do my own layout on this thing, as a side point.

So we got back Wednesday at 1/2AM. Interned that day.. I ate my leftover lasagna :) and made my favorite 'beefless' beef tips w/ noodles and gravy for dinner, started reorganizing the house (trying to get this done before school starts up--11 days!)

Today I worked 11-8 and literally ate an entire dish of nacho dip for lunch and dinner. I'm addicted!!! Tofutti now makes a sourcream & guacamole together. I actually bought in on accident but it tastes SO good with salsa. I always thought normal sourcream was kinda nasty but the tofutti one is so addicting!! It has the same taste except without the gross feeling of eating curdled milk. Just mixing that with salsa is good enough..with some daiya cheddar cheese on top. Refried or black beans are always good as another layer and you can make veggie crumbles with taco seasoning for meat. mmm I love vegan taco nights!

I went through all of my nail polishes and threw away the ones that weren't good anymore. I then went on to paint them pink with white polka dots! I love painting my nails (which I happened to stop biting while in Georgia). It's weird because the last time I stopped biting them was when I went up to South Carolina and when school was starting and here we are--vacation and school is starting!! Coincidence?

I rearranged the furniture in the living room maybe two weeks ago. It seems so much larger and inviting-like a living room should feel! The record player is now in a corner on my old tv stand and all of our records (currently) fit on the shelf below it. The guitar stand even has its own space. I actually spend time in here and can even have boardgame nights after the redo. Hooray!

That's all to report, intern again tomorrow. Work Saturday and Sunday.