Atlanta is the place to be if you like to eat in secret locations.
It seems like there is an event every weekend!
This Sunday was the first brunch edition of the Atlanta Underground Market. The previous markets have been in the evening and didn’t have themes. Brunch was fun because it forced the vendors to try something new… and who doesn’t love brunch? I met Lee, Felix, and Heather there for a gut-busting good time. 🙂
Dr. Sweets Cake Emporium was serving up mini, gluten-free pancakes. They were ok, but the sauce is what got me excited. Apple-Jalapeno Jelly and Raspberry-Lime Jelly. I could have eaten the raspberry by the spoonful.
Next up was a Bloody “Maria” Cupcake from S’More Cupcakes. Whoa. The mini cupcake included tomato juice, clam juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, fresh horseradish, and Silver Patron tequila, and was topped with cream cheese, celery, and a cherry tomato. A risky dish, this turned out to be everything I hoped it and more.
Ciao Bocca offered a Zucchini Frittata with tomatoes, arugula, and fresh mozzarella was a tasty bite. I was impressed that the quality of the mozzarella!
One of my favorite items was a Margarita Cookie from Cookie Underground. We also tried the Mimosa and Strawberry Margarita cookies. All fantastic. I took a couple of Chocolate Sweet Potato cookie thins to go. 🙂 Vegetable in cookies, FTW.
The runaway hit was Arepa Mia. We waited in line for a solid 45 minutes to get the most incredible arepa I’ve ever had. Today’s was eggplant, black beans, collards, and butternut squash. It was supposed to have a fried egg (for brunch), but they ran out. I was a little sad… however this didn’t stop me from scarfing my arepa down in record-time.
This next item I have to introduce by assuring you that I did NOT try them. “Dad’s Nads” were cleverly named testicles by The Original Yay Yay. As much as I talk about balls on this blog, these were no-go-nads for me!
All of that food makes me glad I had a good week of workouts!
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My modified to cardio-a-day / Mile-a-Day Challenge has been a success! Two more days and I will have completed it with only a couple of missed days. Sometimes you just need to rest though. 🙂
I’m officially addicted to shorter workouts – between Body Rock and Pinterest workouts, there is no excuse not to move for at least 15 mins every day. This week I did this Pinterest find 2x through:
Workout Recap (1/23 – 1/29)
- Monday – Body Rock Wk 1 Day 5, Stationary bike (intervals), 100 push-ups
- Tuesday – Tris/Chest, Stationary bike (intervals), 100 push-ups
- Wednesday – Body Rock Wk 2 Day 1, Elliptical (intervals)
- Thursday – This “pinned” workout 2x, Stationary bike (intervals), 100 push-ups
- Friday – Bis/Back, 1 mile run, 100 push-ups
- Saturday – This Body Rock, 100 push-ups
- Sunday – This Body Rock Wk 2 Day 2, Elliptical (intervals), Ab Ripper X, 100 push-ups
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Busy weekends are lots of fun… but they sure go by FAST.
Would you have tried Dad’s Nads?
What was the best part about your weekend?
Wow..brunch looked awesome. Those bloody mary cupcakes sound very interesting..they were good eh? 🙂 I love finding cool little pinned workouts and changing it up as well! Have a wonderful week Laura…
xoxo from Trinidad
That food sounds amazing, especially the chocolate sweet potato cookie and the arepa! YUM! Have you ever made arepas at home? If so, please share the recipe!
And I love finding Pinterest workouts too. They’re a good way to shake things up! Happy Monday!
I haven’t made arepas… yet. Tonight I had dinner with a Venezuelan guy who promised to teach me. I’ll share as soon as I figure it out! 🙂
or you can always go to Arepa Mia..;)
I didn’t realize that the bloody mary cupcakes had clam juice in the them. Weird, but it worked!
So glad you liked them!!!
No way in hell would I have had Dad’s nads…that is just gross, and sounds a bit like something out of the back woods.
I do love these underground posts, because the food is always amazing!!!
Thank you Atl.
LOL! I wish someone had tried them though… you know all fried food kind of tastes the same any way. 😉
It was such a busy weekend, I don’t think I’ll get to post about AUM until Wednesday – crazy, but so much fun! It was great seeing you, even just for a short time.
Incredible eats and workouts girl!!
I would love those chocolate sweet potato cookies… yum!!
And I’m thinkin that Pinterest workout looks right up my alley =)
Yum! Those cookies all sound delicious! The flavours are so interesting! Testicles though? No thanks!!! I don’t think I would ever go that far!!
The best part was that the actually SOLD OUT of nads. Cheers to you, Atlanta. LOL!
The nads name made me chuckle, but no, I would never try those.
Great gathering of marvelous foodsters at Atlantic Station–Michaela is doing such a great job of coordinating everything. Super fine food, lots of happy clients. Can’t wait for the next one!
Michaela does do a great job. I look forward to trying more and the next event! 🙂
Way too much good food in this post! That sauce for the pancakes sound incredible. I’m sure I could eat it by the spoonful as well. And I wouldn’t mind eating that frittata right now…. 🙂
I wish I could have tried all of their sauces – there was a grapefruit syrup that was mighty tempting!
I’m loving Pinterest for workout ideas!!! And a brunch version of Undergound Market sounds so good!!
OMG I can’t believe they were actually serving up balls. grosssss!! Also hilarious. I am so sad I missed the brunch and especially the arepas! I am glad y’all had a good time and can’t wait for the next one!
I may have a surprise for you at the potluck… if I can pick up the right flour in time. 😉
I love brunch! I find it to be a great excuse to drink mimosas or blood mary’s at 10:00 in the morning. 😉 And I can’t believe they made those into cupcakes and cookies!!!
Isn’t that why we all love brunch? 😉
Looks like a fun adventure! (Thank you for not eating any “nads”.)
I am so jealous.
We are going to have a lot to try to finagle and arrange to be perfectly timed when I finally make it to Atlanta.
Yessss!!! You and Jenn both. Atlanta wouldn’t know what hit it.
your underground eating sounds pretty great. i wish madison did something like that (or that i knew about it if it exists!).
That Bloody “Maria” Cupcake sounds way out of bounds for me. 🙂
Btw-how is your knee feeling? I screwed up both of mine last week and haven’t been able to run since. 🙁
Out of bounds?! For you? Don’t ruin my image of you, sir.
Still have the bum knee. Back to the Dr. tomorrow. What happened to yours? Hope it heals quickly!
Don’t worry Laura…I’m still one of the cooler kids on the block.
I did in both my knees by running up a 600 foot incline over a two mile stretch and then failed to ice em down. So it’s my own fault and I’ve been out of commission for a week. I hate getting old.
Hope the doc has good news for ya!
Hola, Thank you so much for the review! in another note…so sorry you did not try the Arepa with the fry Egg.. next time!.now, I remember you..:) but if you get to eat again with Arepa Mia, you will have a free Arepa to make up for the egg. Just remind me :)…chao
Hola! Thank YOU so much for introducing me to arepas. Of course I will try them again – I want to try to find you at Sweet Auburn on Friday. Can I have a lesson?! 😉
Absolutely!..
Thanks Laura for the great review and thanks for feeling the love!!
Oh no – Thank YOU. I am so sorry I couldn’t remember your name when I was writing the post. I’ll update now! 🙂
I love brunch! These recipes all look so, so good. Crazy that this underground market is new to me. Clearly, I need to get out more and into the right circles. Such fun! PS: Love that workout! Workouts like these are totally changing how I look at exercise. I feel like I can squeeze in a workout in my living room. It’s such a refreshing attitude.
Come down to ATL anytime! 🙂
Glad you are liking the workouts. You should definitely check out the BodyRock videos – 12 minutes and you’ll have worked up a sweat!
I really do need to get my @$$ down there for some Laura time and some secret squirrel eats!
Yes ma’am, you do. Please. 🙂
That short workout looks really fun. I blogged instead of running this morning. That means I have to gym it tonight. Yay me! lol. I’m SO glad you didn’t dry dads nads although I’m happy you shared more balls with us.