{Summer FUN} Scattered, Fizzed and Chicked

Oh, what FUN we had today!

What started out as a trip to visit the Waffle House Museum, now housed in the original Waffle House restaurant, the very first one - Waffle House #1...

became a random little tour of famous GA eats and drinks...

On our way to the museum, we stopped for brunch at where else but Waffle House, of course!

After learning that the original Waffle House actually sold Chick-fil-A sandwiches once upon a time (the Waffle House guys were apparently good friends with the Chick-fil-A founder), I did a little search and learned that yes, Chick-fil-A started out in Atlanta, too!  Don't you know I decided right then and there where we'd be grabbing an early dinner!

In between our two "first restaurant" visits, we checked in on my daddy's tree (planted in his memory) in Inman Park...

and spent a good chunk of time at World of Coca-Cola, thanks to some nifty FREE tickets (read - my bad habit of loving Coca-Cola a little too much, translating into a ton of Coke Rewards, being used to "purchase" all of or tickets)...

We enjoyed an early dinner (sit-down with table service, nonetheless) at the original Dwarf Grill (later renamed the Dwarf House) location, where Chick-fil-A founder, Truett Cathy, developed the pressure-cooked chicken sandwich, and the idea behind the popular Chick-fil-A chain...

{Summer FUN} Georgia State Capitol Building + The Varsity

Oh, what a treat!  Today I had the pleasure of meeting one of my probably my all-time favorite author, Mary Kay Andrews, at the launch party for her newest novel, Save the Date, set to be released this Tuesday, June 3rd...

While I was a the party, Hubby took the littles over to the state capitol building to knock another off B's list of state capitol buildings.  Though he's been to Atlanta many, many, many a time (I mean, his momma was born there!), we had not yet made it over to the actual capitol building for him to complete his "running up the stairs" routine...  With today being a Sunday (read: not even close to as much traffic as normal), it was perfect timing to hit it up and cross it off...

a tribute to a President...

running up the stairs...

reached the top!

fun with the cannon...

A fun afternoon was had by all, and we reunited at the Atlanta institution, The Varsity, for dinner...

packed the littles back in the car and trekked home...