A Girls Weekend in Atlanta

After too many years of talking about a girls weekend with Shelley, it was finally time. My Mom and I were going to have 2 days to spend with Shelley and her mom, Elaine, at their new house in Atlanta. We headed out at 7:30 AM from Florida with a 7 hour drive ahead of us. After the first hour, the weather turned from cloudy and rainy to bright and sunny and the drive was relatively painless. About half way through the drive, we took our first rest stop- at the Georgia information center on the border with Florida. They were having a “Discover Southern Georgia” fair – with vendors from all the local towns – offering free pens, water bottle holders – and free food! We tried our first grilled PB&J sandwich (once is probably enough), a hot dog and cookie. Lunch and a rest stop all in one place!
We had to make a stop at Adcock Pecans in Tifton, Georgia. They make the most amazing peanut brittle- so we grabbed a few boxes and continued our drive. We took 285 (the bypass) around downtown Atlanta. Since we were arriving about 3 PM on Friday, we weren’t sure what the traffic situation would be like going through downtown. 285 was a breeze and with the help of our handy GPS, we found Shelley and Frankie’s new house without a problem.
We got the tour of the new house –it’s absolutely beautiful—and HUGE!

The lot alone would take a day to mow and the puppies have a huge fenced-in back yard to romp. We found our way to our bedrooms, settled in and then opened a bottle of wine and started to catch up. What a great night!

The next day, we stopped by Shell’s old house- on the market now. It was a little sad to see the house empty – we had so many good memories there…. But- no time for nostalgia—there was shopping to be done. The 4 of us hit the stores in Alpharetta.
On Sunday, Frankie played chef and made an amazing porkloin. How nice to have a man cooking! Then, the girls took out the Scrabble board. With Elaine, the queen of crosswords, we had some tough competition. She, of course, won, but we had a great time.

All too soon, the weekend was over and we were back on the road to Florida….with plans for an annual event!