since moving to birmingham, i've had the opportunity to travel around and see alot of the southeast...including nashville (my fav), savannah, mephis, jackson and atlanta.
out of all the cities listed above, i've probably been to atlanta the most.
it has all the perks of a big city: good shopping, great restaurants, and cool things to do. i've shopped at both perimeter and lenox malls, stayed at the intercontinental in buckhead, attended a braves game and have gotten lost so many times there i've stopped counting.
i, for one, think atlanta needs to work at improving their exit signs.
but, moving on....
at the end of september, tim suggested that it would be fun to go to atlanta and go to a falcons game. i've never been to a nfl game, so i was quick to say yes! and since i'm running a tad behind on my blog this year, this would be a perfect story to add.
tim and i headed to atlanta early on sunday, october 16th and arrived at the georgia dome just in time to park in the lot assigned to us and be in our seats by kickoff. or so we thought....
when tim had bought the tickets beforehand he also given a parking pass to "lot l". unfortunately, neither of us thought to google "lot l" before getting to the georgia dome.
after about an hour of driving around and asking multiple people for directions, we discovered the "lot l" DOES NOT EXIST!
by that time, both of us were so frustrated we drove around without muttering a word. wish you were there, right?
we finally decided to just park in the nearest lot about 20 blocks from the georgia dome in downtown atlanta.
as we were hightailing to the game, i looked down and noticed my feet were beginning to hurt. i wore my gold flip flops and since flip flops are usually comfortable, i thought they'd be fine for that day. if only i knew....
once we arrived at the georgia dome, tim and i were seperated as he went through the guy's security line and i went through the girl's security line.
typical that the guys line moved faster...
once we got inside, we grabbed a mini pizza to split and headed to our seats. at this point, the game had already started and it was close to the 1st quarter ending.
the game was great! the falcons played the north carolina panthers. for those of you auburn fans out there... yes, i got to see cam newton play.
several things i noticed:
1. unlike college football, there aren't tons of players on the field. i guess with the high salaries those guys make (i wikipedia'd their salaries...insane!) they can't afford too many guys on the sidelines.
2. football players are BIG guys! they look so grown up compared to college football players.
3. no benches. i'd like to thank the georgia dome for having seats with a back and 2 arm rests.
4. jerseys. in college football, very few fans wear their favorite players jersey. not true in pro football, jerseys were everywhere.
is it bad that i don't remember who won? ha!
on the long "hike" back to the car, my feet began to ache. as tim and i were within 1 block of our parking lot, i realized that what was suppossed to be my comfortable flip flops left huge blisters on the bottom of my feet. :( so what should have taken me 5 minutes to get to the car, took me 15. trust me, i almost started crawling...but thought that might cause a scene.
once we finally got back to the car, tim and i headed for fogo de chao for dinner.
best.
meal.
ever.
if you haven't been to a brazian steakhouse, i encourage you to:
1. save your money
2. go on an empty stomach
we loved it! it was a really fun trip to atlanta ...
it even left a mark...on the bottom of my feet.
love,
alison
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