There is a restaurant that has been on our list for quite some time. We were recently in the area when they were open. It is called The Little London and is in Homewood. They started out as a food truck in the red double decker bus “The Duchess” and have moved to a restaurant….
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We are empty-nesters enjoying life's adventures.
Sweetwater, TN
We recently made a trip to visit our nephew who has graduated college and started teaching and coaching at a high school in the area. It was a trip we won’t soon forget. We had an uneventful trip up on Saturday. We went to downtown Sweetwater and saw where the Inn was and then we…
Date Night!!
Any excuse for a date night is a good one!! We recently went to Red Mountain Theater to see Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. This was the 2nd show that I had seen at the new theater and Jeff’s first. First of all the theater is really nice and if you haven’t visited you should! We…
You only turn 50 once!!
I celebrated my 50th birthday with a trip to Chattanooga, TN. We did a few new things and some things that we always do when in Chattanooga, uh hmm Clumpie’s LOL!! We started out by booking a riverfront room at an artsy hotel. We stayed at The Edwin Hotel in the art district. After all,…
The Ridge Eat & Drink
We recently tried another new to us place. It is in Vestavia Hills off of Rocky Ridge Road. It is called The Ridge Eat & Drink. It had been on our to try list at some point, but we had taken it off for one reason or another. Yes we have a running list of…
The Electric
We started out our day by visiting a new antique store in the Bluff Park area, called Shades Mountain Mercantile. When it was time for lunch we decided to see what we could find on Yelp. We found this really cool place hidden right across the street called The Electric. We walked in and it…
Cookie Fix
Do you have a favorite dessert place? Do you have a favorite cookie?? One of our favorite places in Birmingham is Cookie Fix. All of their cookies are delicious!! These cookies are a little different in that they are finished with a little salt on the top, but don’t let that deter you from giving…
We’re Grandparents!!
If you talk to us at any time or follow us on social media you probably already know that we are now GRANDPARENTS to the sweetest Grandson ever! Judah Charles Jones was born February 9, 2022. He weighed 5 lbs 14 oz and was 19 1/2” long. He is the cutest baby ever and such…
Besito’s Mexican Kitchen
It’s been awhile since we’ve been to a new restaurant. I guess we kind of got away from checking out all the new places since Covid shut everything down. but new places are reopening and we are getting back to checking them out. We were in the Brook Highland/280 area of Birmingham and decided to…
Gatlinburg – Pigeon Forge
We finished out our vacation in the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area. We had spent lots of time searching for a cabin. We finally found one that we really liked, in an area where we’d be close to Wear’s Valley and to Pigeon Forge. We found out after trying to book that it had been sold. We…