There ought to be a law against going to work the day after the 4th any holiday.
At least I have yesterday’s appearance on the Food Buzz Top 9 to boost me this morning!
That hummus really was good.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who buzzed me and WELCOME to new visitors!
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Yesterday’s Peachtree Road Race was really good.
I ran the world’s largest 10K in 51:08. A new PR!
A time under 50 mins would have been awesome, but I can’t complain about anything sub-55. And I finished in plenty of time to cheer on a lot of the finishers. 🙂
Post-race I met up with some good friends and enjoyed brunch their company. Brunch was terrible – they ran out of EGGS, which meant I didn’t get to eat much of anything until 4 hours after finishing the race.
Fine if you run out of food, but at least tell me so I can order something different. Like the spine my stomach was eating.
We made up for it in beverages fun at the next location.
The sign didn’t lie – it was the bar we were looking for.
Diesel (870 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, 404-815-1820) provided a knowledgable bartender and possibly the best grilled cheese I’ve ever had.
The D’Yer Mak’Er consisted of mozzarella, roasted tomato goat cheese, swiss, cheddar & bacon on rye. The rye made the sandwich… YUM.
How about some icing on the grilled cheese cake? Watermelon beer.
Our awesome bartender recommended this Hell or High Watermelon Beer by 21st Amendment after I requested something with flavor, but light. Not too much alcohol content (who really needs an 11% alc beer?). Not too sweet.
It hit the spot. I thought the watermelon would make it too sweet for me, but it was much lighter than many of the “berry” flavored beers out there.
The watermelon flavoring was more “real” than candied/artificial. It is a wheat beer, but remains light and crisp Nice amount of bubble. Nothing overly complex, but a refreshing beer after a long day.
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It rained last night so no fire works for me… the 9.5 hours of sleep I got instead was incredible.
How was your weekend? Did you get to enjoy a race and/or fireworks?
Way to rock the Peachtree! Bummed I didn’t get to see you!
And I need to try that watermelon beer!
I know! I was looking, but there were a lot of people around me. Glad you had a fun day!
Great job on the Peachtree and the foodbuzz thing. How exactly does the Foodbuzz Top 9 work? Even though I am a featured publisher, I don’t actually look on the site that much.
That beer sounds interesting. I don’t like fruity beers but if you say it’s not that sweet, I may have to try it.
Congrats on making the top 9!! That is AWESOME! Go girl! ANNNND way to go with the PR!! The largest 10K?! THat must have been a bit insane!!
Hope you get back into the groove of things quickly.. but BOO to work!
My sister lives in Virginia Highlands and always tells me I should come down to run the Peachtree road race!! I really need to do it one year (if my back injury ever heals!)
My weekend was tons of fun and I definitely got to see some Fireworks (though oddly, not last night, haha).
Congrats on the PR by the way!!
You should! It’s a very cool experience.
Yay Mrs. Food Buzz top 9 corn hummus!! I knew it was a winner anndd YAY for your new PR!
Ha, I love the Star Wars reference the bar made. Congrats on making top 9! I’m abroad so didn’t get to celebrate the fourth, but it was gorgeous out and we had a wonderful day with some rare (dry) outside time in England.
Congrats on foodbuzz top 9! 🙂 And glad you had a good race! 🙂 That watermelon beer sounds nice, I always think the other fruity ones are a little too sweet…
Watermelon beer is something I have to try! I love a watermelon cocktail but this sounds like a little less headache material. Well done on your pb! 😀
Congrats on your awesome race! I can’t believe how many people ran- 60,000 is just crazy!!
I didn’t get to do much yesterday, so I’ll just live vicariously through you, mmmkay? 🙂
That watermelon beer sounds pretty good. I’ve tried one before and it was pretty nast, but it was a much darker beer, so that probably explains it!
Well done, girl! On the race AND on the foodbuzz! Watermelon Beer? Love it 🙂
I’m so glad I have a few weeks until I start working 😉
So cooooool! Congrats on being featured! And I was thinking today how bad it must be for most people to drive or even work the day after the 4th! haha, b/c I’m sure most people are in a tired and half drunk zone.
I love the sign! haha, so unique.
Oh gosh, congratulations!! How do you get on foodbuzz? Do you apply, like tastespotting?
YAY!!! Congrats on making Foodbuzz Top 9!!! That is so cool!