The Directions:
"Hey Ellie, its Colleen, so the show is at "the art place" and you just go straight down Barrett parkway and onto Piedmont, left onto sandy plains, and its right after the aquatic center on your right. The grounds open at 7 and the show is at 7:30.."
Simple directions, right? HA that's what you think.
Put me, Jessie and Emily in a car and these directions turn into Piedmont to Canton road, stop at a Dunkin (no smoking) Donuts, and an Eckerd to ask where Sprayberry High is, then a right on to Sandy Plains continuing down to Gilford Lane, and driving past the Naked Indian, Folks restaurant, and Hobokins bagels and bakery 4 times. And yes, of course we got a picture with the Naked Indian. So you're wondering, why all the wrong turns with such easy (and accessible) directions? Well, because the three of us listened to the directions three times and each of us agreed that she said to take a right onto Sandy Plains. After our fourth trip by the Naked Indian we listen to the directions again, and very clearly hear Colleen say "left". Only us. But its okay, because we found the East Cobb Daily Grind, with fireplace and loft. Leaving Emily's house around 6:15- shaving accident delay- we got to The Art Place at 7:30 exactly, parking lot full and the show starting.
The Show: Carousel
With a prompt start, and a good meal, we are confident that our evening will be a blast. And it was, especially after we left at intermission. Now the musical was...great entertainment- the seven year old boys digging kept us entertained as did the guy (our age probably) behind us who evidently had some beans for dinner. After an hour and a half of bad acting (Jessie called it), we packed up our picnic ( 3 spring salads, fruit, pringles, quaker crisps, and whole grain fig newtons, and non-alcoholic ,but alcoholic looking beverages), and went to unwind at the grind.
The E.C. D.G.:
We order, we go up to the "loft", we try to take a picture by the fireplace, sit and chat. Did i mention explore places a customer normally shouldn't? If you ever need the hot water heater at the E.C. D.G., don't worry i know where it is..and the extra cups, sugar, and stirs...Emily and I also know how to run a gift card through.. unlike the employee, it's okay, he's learning. He also needs to learn not to use a cell phone in front of a customer, and how to write decaf legibly.
The ride home:
Lasts 15 minutes, unlike the hour fifteen ride there. Probably because we blasted Jack Johnson, and didn't almost get into 4 wrecks.
The Night over all:
A huge success. During the musical we planned our spa girls trip, and reminisced of our past high school peers. Lost a lot of calories through laughing, though were kinda bummed when we read the serving size of fig newtons (2, for 110 calories). It was worth it, we learned that Jessie deprived of meat, but excess of grapes, and caffeine is a great combination. We are going to try it more often. There were a few disappointments, such as my camera dying so we couldn't take a goup Naked Indian picture or a fireplace picture, but that just means we will have to go back.
SANDY PLAINS 07!!!!
3 comments:
wow. that is by far the best run down of the night. ever. but you forgot the many group messages left on meganstrange's voice mail and the awkward asian people.
but overall, i laughed. ima go eat some protein and try out all those new additions to my vocabulary on my mom.
and you forgot how our forks were definitely spoons that i got from an old man who thought i was peculiar asking him for forks.
Justa note.. Emily wrote this not Ellie! It could also be titled "When Batteries Die..." because the GPS battery died, my phone battery and the camera! Hey at least the Saabs (not the slob) battery worked!
Correction.. We wern't that close to getting into wrecks!
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