Down with Fellini's

I was hoping to report on the blog tonight a wonderful culinary experience from today. Rather, I have to warn you--if you are ever in Atlanta, do not eat at Fellini's Pizza. I have seen a few of them around the city. Today, we ate at one on Ponce de Leon Ave. It was gross. The pizza was not that great--sort of a cardboard'y taste. And the calzone was just a big chunk of cheese--with a little bit of crust and some sausage in it. The only good thing, as Lauren reports, is the mariana sauce that came with the calzone. That's about it. Her vote was to go The Varsity. I voted to try something new. We should have stuck with the good ol' grease pit, The Varsity. I highly regret our decision.

We went into town to do a few things and go watch a movie. Then, when we were there, sitting down and watching a movie in a dark theatre right after lunch just made us sleepy (of course, the greasy cheese and pizza mixture in the bottom of our stomachs probably did not help--I know, probably a lovely visual for you). So we explored a bit. We came upon Atlantic Station--an outdoor mall along with lots of different housing, very close to downtown. Was pretty cool. Banana Republic, Express, things like that. Had a really trendy-looking Target--with parking on the first level, then the Target above it. Was pretty cool. I had a Starbuck's Frappucino to salvage our eating experience for the day (we do not have a Starbuck's here in Carrollton--one thing that we do not have but desperately need).

We took the camera to hopefully take some cool pics from our lunch experience--then our stomachs and heads hurt, so we just wanted to get out of there. And, there is this ginormously huge mailbox outside of Douglasville I had hoped to get a shot of--but it was almost dark when we passed through Douglasville--so alas, no picture for this posting.

Hope all is well with you out there in internet-land. As a good friend would put it--remember, we are just 10 minutes east of Dallas, via the internet. We look forward to our Texas voyage, just around the corner. All is well here in Georgia. Lauren is lovin' life now with school being out for the semester. Work is going great for me--we have already had our big youth Christmas shin-dig . . . and I am really enjoying getting out and watching youth's games and concerts around town.


--be

Waffle House, Waffle Yes

What is amazing to me is that the soft yellow glow of the Waffle House sign still gives me joy. We ate their late last night; and getting out of my car and walking across a Waffle House parking lot still makes me happy--because I know what is inside--pure goodness. There are three here in town--one less than a mile from our loft. Ah . . . yeah.

I remarked to someone the other day that I think every town in Georgia has a Waffle House--it is true. They're everywhere. Heck, less than ten miles from where I sit, there are Waffle Houses across the interstate from each other.

Of course, our visit last night was as good as any. That's the greatness of it--awesome and yet consistent. And, oh my, they have added something to their menu--biscuits and gravy--finally. When you think about it, this is something they should have had all along--being a Southern staple. Waffles, double hashbrowns smothered and covered, and biscuits and gravy (no that was not my entire meal--we shared it). Mmm--that brings me some joy.

Life moves along well for us. Lauren will be finished with school next Tuesday--we are looking forward to that. Has been a good semester. We have a big youth Christmas deal on Saturday--it has been a really busy week at the church for me. We are looking forward to getting to come to Texas for a good visit here in a few weeks. My sister is going to fly out for a few days before we drive to the nation of Texas and then ride back to the Lone Star State with us.

We had a Deacon Christmas Party on Monday night--a bluegrass/western quartet came and played some for us. Was really good. They played this one song, "Cross the Brazos at Waco" that talked a lot about Texas. Lots of people turned around and looked at me. They know the Texan in the room.

I am watching the Mavs struggle through another one. Man, they are not doing well. And, we are not able to see many of their games here of late. Maybe that is for the best, as they go through their woes. My theory is Avery is just sort of playing around, not pushing anyone too much, trying to figure out different line-ups until later in the season--then they will really turn it up later in the season and as the playoffs begin (rather than trying to calm down at the end of the season, then have to really turn it back on when the playoffs begin). At least that is my theory--I guess it makes me feel better about it all.


--be