Weekend Thoughts

As yet another weekend in Hotlanta comes to an end, a few thoughts from my heat stroked brain to round-up June and set the tone for July.

1. Baseball games are underrated. I agree with those of you who cannot bear to sit through a televised MLB game or the college world series simply because it just DRAGS. However, try your hand at actually attending a game - even a local minor league game! The combination of easy-to-understand competition and frequent short lulls makes for a great summer outing. Your attention span does not need to be lengthy, there is plenty of food and beer to make you happy and, if the game is at night, it's the best way to make the most of the summer heat without sweating your face off.

2. Speaking of sweating your face off... watching the World Cup in an extremely large group of people is the way to go. Yes, even if the game you intend to watch is at 2 pm on a sunny day in the South... even if you get to the venue where you intend to watch the game 4 hours before the game even starts... and even if said venue is actually an open tent with 100+ too many people surrounding you. Sure, it hurt to watch the U.S. team embark on their journey back toward oblivion for the next four years. However, spending time with complete strangers who are equally, if not significantly more enthusiastic about soccer and/or America than I am made the loss that much more bearable. Plus, Germany trounced England today... consider my wounds licked.

3. Speaking of licking... Atlanta has some of the best food I have ever tasted. Be it goat cheese and mushroom agnalotta from JCT Kitchen or eggs, a biscuit and grits from The Flying Biscuit, my weekend's cuisine was absolutely worth the extra $ and calorie in-take.

4. Speaking of calorie in-take... yeaaa number four has nothing to do with calories. Well it could actually, if you're feeling intellectually ambitious. All I can say is, "well-played Tory Burch. Well played."
These 'Nelson studded open-toe wedge sandals' are perfect in every way. They're Tory Burch, so you know they're well-made. However, they aren't emblazoned with Tory's ensignia to the point of being obnoxious. From afar or to the uneducated passer-by, those studs look like stylish gold discs. Yet, you still get the street-cred from your fashion savvy frenemies when they take note of the fact that your delicious new wedges (which also come in black... talk about practical) are DEE-SIGN-UH.

5. Four just seemed like a weird number to end on. Have a great week!