This year we decided a couple months before my birthday that we wanted to take a Thursday and Friday off work and do a long weekend trip. But where do we go?? We decided to pick somewhere that we had not been before. We spent a few days searching. We looked at places that we’d…
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The National
Recently while in Cullman we wanted to grab a bite to eat and we found a restaurant down the street from the Christkindlmarkt called The National. That meant we didn’t have to move the car or try to find another parking spot. It is also not somewhere that we visit often so we checked out…
The Groovy Nomad – Trenton, GA
Have you ever went to look for something and can’t remember where you put it?? Well I had one of those moments this week when I was looking for the post about our 2023 trip to The Groovy Nomad hotel in Trenton, GA. Guess what, I didn’t find it and realized that I never wrote…
Golden Rule Bar-B-Q
Golden Rule in the Irondale area of Birmingham is one of those places that if you’ve been there then you know it’s good. When we worked in the area this was one of our go to lunch spots. It wasn’t often that we’d eat there and not get a slice of chocolate pie. This visit…
My Last Birthday present!
You remember that a few months ago I had a milestone birthday. One of my gifts from Jeff was tickets to go see We The Kingdom and Corey Asbury at the beautiful Alabama Theater on Friday, November 4, 2022. Well it finally got here!! We had the best seats, like 3rd row from the stage!!…
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 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…
Wanna know our secret?
We are often asked how we find all of these restaurants that we visit. Well it’s really not a secret. Let’s talk about the different ways that we find these places. Social Media – we are always watching social media feeds for posts about restaurants, both new and new to us. We are members of…
Go Where the Road Takes You!
I had heard about a new consignment store opening in Oneonta, AL. Friends had been posting on Facebook about the shirts they have in their booth. So we went opening weekend to check it out. We went on Sunday afternoon and shopped at the store. We found that most things in the small town are…