Random Atlanta photo for today…

Mike and I biked to Piedmont Park today to attend the Piedmont Park Conservancy lunch and listen to stuff about the expansion and grab some grub.  I’m at the park at least 3 or 4 days a week either jogging, biking, or taking the dogs for a walk so I joined the conservancy hoping to give back somehow for all of my time spent there.  I also ended up giving money to a homeless man.  He came up to Mike and I and before we could nicely dodge him and started to play his guitar and sing to us.  He then proceeded to show us his giant tumor on his shoulder (I probably could’ve done without seeing it but I guess it was more effective for him to show it) and asked for money… which I gave him. I’m usually a sucker for giving homeless people money if they play nice.

I ate them all!!!  So Mike and I went to Belly General Store in the Virginia Highlands for a very unconventional lunch. We picked up coffee, a strawberry cupcake, an empanada, and a chocolate chip cookie. We weren’t truly hungry, but were just in the mood to “taste” things. It was all so delicious!! I could also stare at the décor at Belly for hours. This place is sooo sooo cute. Just take a look at the pics!

Atlanta random photos for the day…

Next door to the Atlanta Cupcake Factory was an antique shop that caught our attention called Highland Row Antiques. They had a great collection of 50’s and 60’s pieces not to mention an interesting collection of vintage porn magazines which curiously managed to seem more artsy than raunchy. I left with this super cute old Manning Bowman fan for 35 bucks that fits in nicely at our condo. It still works too! The nice lady at the store told me I should probably keep it away from kids and pets since the steel blades are pretty open… guess they didn’t have the same safety requirements back in the day!

After passing by The Atlanta Cupcake Factory on N. Highland (just south of Ponce de Leon Ave.) a few times Mike and I finally decided to drop in for a visit. My Key Lime cupcake had the tastiest icing topped off with a perfect touch of graham cracker crumbs. It was soo good! Mike had the Red Velvet cupcake which was really good too. They even have a cute little sitting area outside in the front where you could scarf your cupcakes down. Yum! Just writing about it makes me want to go back again!  Cupcakes are available at the counter on Thursday - Sunday.