Is this the cutest dog in Atlanta?

We'll soon find out since I just entered him in Atlanta magazine's Cutest Pet contest. There are tons of adorable dogs already entered, including a few pugs. But Jackson is definitely the cutest - not that I'm biased or anything ;)

TGIF

Even though this week was a short one (due to the President's Day holiday on Monday), it has felt really long. It's been a weird week too.

Monday, on our day off, Cary and I went to the gym then showered up and went to West Egg for brunch. It was absolutely delicious and I can't believe we've waited so long to try it. Breakfast food is my favorite so it was a nice treat. Then we were planning to take Jackson to the park since it was a semi-nice day.

Before we could get to that, we had some unwelcome excitement on our street. I glanced out the window and noticed that it was really smoky outside and then I saw our neighbor outside with her two adorable little boys. I panicked and ran outside to hear and see fire trucks racing down our street. A house across the street from ours and about 3 houses down was on fire. Not just a little either - we're talking flames shooting 20 feet above the roof. It took more than 3 hours for the firefighters to put it out. It was a truly terrifying event. Luckily, there was no one home and I later learned that the guy who lived there was on his way out of town so he had his dog with him. That's pretty much the only thing that made me feel a tiny bit better. It's very unsettling though to drive past the house and see basically nothing but bricks. We didn't even know the guy but my heart goes out for him. How terrible it must feel to see your entire home destroyed.

Now that I'm done being depressing...

We also had a visitor this week - Cary's twin brother who was in town for 2 days. We had a great time showing him around Atlanta. Cary grilled on the Big Green Egg (which he's obsessed with) and we just enjoyed hanging out.

So now it's finally Friday. I don't have much going on at work today so I'm planning to catch up on some things, organize myself a bit and look forward to Friday Jazz at the High Museum. Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Spring!

For someone like me who hates the cold, dark days of winter, the past few days have been absolute heaven. It's been near 70 degrees since the beginning of the weekend and I'm loving it! Unfortunately the crazy temperature switch has given me a nasty sore throat, which I'm trying to cure by practically drowning myself with water.
Sunday we went for a long bike ride around our neighborhood, through Midtown and then to Piedmont Park. I'll just say that I'm not the only one really looking forward to spring. The park was packed and it was so wonderful to see so many people and dogs out enjoying the weather. Let's hope that the groundhog was wrong about six more weeks of winter!