Weekend Wind-Down #113

My baby sis, CYNTHIA, flew in to Atlanta from Los Angeles this weekend. She's a tax consultant for PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPER and she's in town, along with countless other tax nerds from other accounting firms from all over, to attend special certification classes at GEORGIA TECH. She got to hang out with us for a bit in Athens before her week-long classes started in Atlanta. No visit to Athens would be complete without having some sort of meal at THE GRIT. We decided to get stuffed during brunch time. Cynthia got the 45 RPM PANCAKES - a stack of three wheat pancakes as big and round as seven-inch single records...



In addition to eating out, we also made a point of making a nice home-cooked meal. We cooked up some TIKKA MASALA and Missy made her SPICY TEMPEH dish, which we generously poured over bowls of steaming hot COCONUT RICE...







FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Getting to see Cynthia!
RAOUL - My sister Cynthia coming to visit us!

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Cynthia missing her flight and getting in very late.
RAOUL - My sister Cynthia missing her flight to Atlanta - lost precious hangout time.

FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Running into our friend Sam and her husband at IKEA.
RAOUL - Flight Of The Conchords marathon.

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - "Ginger balls"
RAOUL - "Brown Delicious"

FAVORITE MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - The pancakes at The Grit were delicious.
RAOUL - Tikka masala over coconut rice, mmmmmmm.

BRET OR JEMAINE?
MISSY - I like them both, but for different reasons!
RAOUL - MEL.

THREE THINGS ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST FOR THIS WEEK?
MISSY - Bunny bedding, carrots, cat food.
RAOUL - Grapefruit juice, butter, some sort of Amy's microwave meal.

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Sebadoh, Belly, Kristen Hersh, My Bubba & Mi, Beirut.
RAOUL - Nation Of Ulysses, Sebadoh, Superchunk, Mary Lou Lord, Marvin Junior, Junior Byles, New Age Steppers, Strong Arm Steady, Sleigh Bells, Holy Ghost!, Beck, Best Coast, Beirut, New Order, Bleep podcast.



Hanging out in Cynthia's hotel room, back on Georgia Tech's campus...being from LA, Cynthia was no stranger to people "throwing signs", so I got her a little souvenir and taught her how folks here rep Atlanta by "holding down the A"...