Some other notes and pics from the Atlanta trip (I really must go back there, soon perhaps).


This picture is from the top of my hotel. It had a lovely bar where we sipped frozen mojitos and watched the city lit up and bustling.


This is from the top of the Westin on another night. The bar was on the 72nd floor of the hotel and rotated around so you could see the whole city. It did a rotation once every 35 minutes or so. Yes, you could feel it was moving. It reminded me of getting on the raging rapids rides at the amusement park when you had to step onto the spinning platform. And no, the sense of movement had nothing to do with the peach and lemon drop martinis consumed. :)

I went to the Coca Cola museum, since this is the home of the company's headquarters. Lots of weird random Americana stuff in there. The coolest thing was a Willy Wonka-style tasting room where you could try every one of Coke's products from all over the world and throughout history. I think there were nearly 100 selections. Some were awesome (thank you appley fizzy Japanese concoction!) and some were ick.

I went to see the Atlanta Braves vs. the Chicago Cubs and had awesome seats right on the field. The Cubs are right there next to us, see them in their "bull pen"? The Braves guest pen is a riser with folding chairs. I kid you not. The Cubs were up 5-0 at the beginning of the 9th inning, but the Braves came back in a 12 inning overtime to win. Very exciting game! There were probably more Cubbies fans than Braves fans there. And I got my annual summer baseball game footlong hotdog and ballpark beer. Yay!

We found a cool brewery (Max's) a couple blocks from our hotel too. As usual, I had a hard time making up my mind, so I just tried them all.Totally worth it.

I sure took full advantage of my time in Atlanta. Makes me realize how much I miss regular travel. Rest assured, that will be increasingly remedied once we're settled into the new place. Moving day is Friday!