Super Bowl Weekend

We had another low-key weekend here in Atlanta. Five in a row, to be exact - which is probably some kind of record for us. But that will end this weekend when our crazy 2012 schedule kicks off!

Until then we have just been taking it easy, mostly thanks to my bum foot. It's been four weeks since my surgery, and my foot is healing pretty well. I've started some limited exercise - so far mostly on our stationary bike or short walks with Bo and Molly.

This past Saturday morning, Kim and I went for a 3 mile walk at Chastain Park, which was the longest I've gone since surgery. I felt fine the whole time (likely distracted by our conversation) but my foot was in pain the next day. So I'm back on the bike for a few days.

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Later that night Kim and I went to see the movie One For the Money with her roommate and another friend. I enjoyed it and since all the other girls agreed the book was better (isn't it always?), I of course added it to my ever-growing list of books to read. The scary thing is that there are about 17 books in the series, so this could become a (good) problem.

Random side note...I got a Coke before going into the theater - is this not the squattest cup you've ever seen?? And there were only mega-straws that were way too long for this cup. It was so awkward to drink from. And it was equally awkward how long it took me to take this picture and properly crop it to post on instagram (once I re-configured my account)... poor Kim had to witness my pathetic skills. I am probably the worst instagram-er ever. And the picture doesn't even capture it's full awkwardness.

After the movie we had dinner at Happy Sumo, a Japanese steakhouse. Finally - a good hibachi restaurant! I wish it was a little closer, but in my four years here in Atlanta I have yet to find a good hibachi restaurant so that was an exciting find this weekend :)

We spent Super Bowl Sunday with a bunch of our friends who live a few streets over. As much as I love Gator football, I really do not care for the NFL. Meaning, I usually have zero interest in the super bowl except for the food. I made eight-layer dip which is one of my football game staples. I really only like 2-3 of the layers, but for whatever reason when they are all mixed together and on a tortilla chip, I can't seem to stop eating it.

We also did a squares pool, $1 per square. Of course, being the accountants that we are, we set up a color-coded chart in Excel :)

I've never done one of these before but it was a lot of fun. Plus it was cheap entertainment - a great way to keep me interested in a game that I otherwise did not care about. Although, it was kinda weird to cheer for both teams at different times during the game, and to cheer for weird plays like a safety, or a touchdown but only if they miss the extra point or get the two-point conversion. We didn't win any money but we had a great time! If only the Monday after the Super Bowl was a holiday...

Zoso Concert

If you are like me, you may look at this post title and wonder: who the hell is Zoso??

I had the same question about a week ago when some of our friends asked if we wanted to go to the Zoso concert with them last weekend. For anyone else who has no clue who they are, Zoso is a Led Zeppelin cover band, formed in 1995, and they tour all over the US. Bo and I really don't go to a lot of concerts, but we like Led Zeppelin and for $16 tickets, we figured why not. So last Saturday night we all headed down to Little Five Points - a somewhat alternative area of Atlanta that we've only been to a few other times.

We had dinner at OMG Taco. One side is a bar and the other is a restaurant. It wasn't too crowded and our food came out really fast, so it was a perfect place to grab a quick bite to eat and a few drinks before the concert. It was sort-of Mexican, with a twist. It was okay - something different, nothing great - we probably won't be going back.

The concert was just down the street at the Variety Playhouse. It was a pretty cool setup inside. Since tickets are general admission, they had stadium-seating with open standing room right in front of the stage. We got there about 10 minutes before the show started and were able to walk right up to center stage, just far back enough from the stage that we didn't have our eardrums destroyed. We were some of the youngest people there (by far) and it was awesome to see all these older people with long hair, wearing crazy outfits, waving their lighters, and smoking something. We all thought the band was pretty good, except for Bo... he didn't really like the lead singer. Maybe the rest of us are too easily entertained, but Bo is also rather particular about everything.  :)  Regardless, it was a fun night out with the boys.

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not gonna lie - this guy was pretty weird

crazy guitar solo

incredible drum solo

having a great time ;)