walk like an egyptian

Last night we went to the Fox for a special lecture by the famous archaeologist Zahi Hawass. If you ever watch National Geographic specials or pretty much anything on ancient Egypt you'll recognize him. And yes, going to a history lecture on a Thursday night probably qualifies us as either old, boring, or dorks - or maybe all three! but it was really very interesting. Dr. Hawassi talked about and showed pictures of his work finding, excavating, and preserving sites like King Tut's tomb and the Valley of the Golden Mummy! This all goes along with the big King Tut exhibit that is in Atlanta until May. I'm hoping to go soon as I've heard that it's amazing and a really well-done exhibit.

Hope everyone has a delightful weekend!

one 2009 resolution down....

One of my resolutions for this year was to eat better, ie more vegetables and fruit, less sugar. After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma I became really interested in how organic and/or local produce impacts the environment and our bodies. I'll skip the boring and probably convoluted thought process I had about this but the end result is that I decided to join a CSA, which stands for Community Supported Agriculture. You basically buy a "share" of a local farm at the beginning of the season and then share in the output from the farm all season long. I just got a welcome email from the farm today and I can't wait until April when we start picking up our produce!

a new dog obsession.....

I'm loving The Daily Wag - Martha Stewart's latest blog written by her two French bulldogs Francesca and Sharkey. Frenchies are distantly related to Pugs - they both fall into that stout, snorty dog category ;)

an amazing weekend in store...

After having 2 inches of snow on the first day of March, spring has now arrived in Atlanta. It's supposed to be in the mid to upper 70's all weekend - I can't wait! Just today while I was running errands at lunch, I noticed tons more trees and plants starting to bloom.

No big plans this weekend really. We're having our friends C & A over for dinner tonight to celebrate their recent engagement! Other than that, I plan to spend as much time as possible outside. Probably a run, some biking around the city, walking Jackson and maybe spending some time at the park. Oh and with the arrival of "typical" grilling weather, I'm betting that my dear husband will cook 3 dinners this weekend on the infamous Egg ;) I tease him endlessly about his egg obsession but really I love it. We're making salmon for dinner tonight and cooking on the grill = less clean up for me and no fishy smell in the house!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend full of flowers, sunshine, and the promise of Spring!