Brooklyn, Ga: southern summertime sadness

so, my title is kinda sad, but last weekend (10/5-10/7) was actually awesome!!! i just wanted to make a reference to that lana del rey song that i really like, but would NEVER admit to anyone, and would definitely never play on the subway in front of people.

jk, i play that jam all the time on the subway. :)

anyways, i traveled to athens, ga from atlanta airport [via my mom - thanks mom! - i forgive u for not bringing amara, my cat] friday afternoon and it was still very summery down south, but i pretty much knew that that weather would be my last little bit of summer because upon returning to nyc, the weather would be getting chilly! hence, the title ^.

on saturday, joseph took me to a really yummy restaurant called the White Tiger Gourmet, which was DELICIOUS! we had actually been there before with my brother, chris, a long time ago, but i didn't realize then that it was so popular and such a big deal because it's built in a really old, sorta run down looking house (which of course reminded me of brooklyn). it's even BYOB! WHAT??!? i was so proud that joseph picked this place to take me to eat because i felt right at home. i had the seared salmon ciabatta, which was insanely good, and joseph had the barbarella, which i can tell you - he'd highly recommend.

next we went to the third annual Hop Harvest Beer Festival held at Terrapin Beer Company (colloquially known as 'Terrapin'). if you missed this & you enjoy beer in any capacity & you're a mildly social person, you NEED TO GO NEXT YEAR. it was so much fun. there was free (you had to pay for a ticket to get in) Mellow Mushroom pizza and fancy popsicles by Hip Pops and bluegrass. not to mention an absurd number of different types of beer. i really liked the calypso beer, which was refreshing & citrusy in the 80 degree weather and i also enjoyed the pumpkin ale.

then we went to a place that sold growlers of beer for a growler football party.
you: "i'm sorry what???"
me: "yes, you heard me correctly. GROWLERS OF BEER."
(see below for pic)

up here in the good ole center-of-the-universe known as brooklyn, we like to think we have a monopoly on awesome craft beer and accessories, such as growlers, etc, but lemme just say, athens really shone last weekend in the fermented hops department. athens, ga, i salute you. we got our growler of pumpkin wheat beer & attended the growler party hosted by one of joseph's med school colleagues, who made an awesome brisket and yummy boiled peanuts - which i hadn't had in forever. the dawgs lost & people were sad, but it was a fun party nonetheless, and i got to meet a few more med schools friends and wives of med school friends, which i appreciated.

i also go to see leeann on her birthday this weekend!!! we met up at Hendershots on her special day and got some specialty coffee - punkin latte & apocolypse mocha to be exact. mmmmmmm. she also sang at open mic later that night, which i missed because of my flight, but i know for a fact she was awesome.

the adorable White Tiger!

huge barbarella!

huge salmon!!!

there was some awesome art work at White Tiger
i really liked these mugs - should've got the name of the maker!
**update: my friend, lauren, informed me that the maker is
marmalade pottery by maria dondero :)