Wine and shoes?

This weekend was just jam-packed full of stuff! On Friday, I had Shabbat dinner in the sukkah at my parent’s house. They were very excited because they built a bigger sukkah than usual this year, so they could host more people. They even hooked up lights and a fan in there. After dinner, I went to the ASEDA KOC dance. It was the first I’d been to, but I can’t base this weekend’s experience off of the norm since most of the Atlanta dancers were in Nashville for a competition. Needless to say, it was a slow night. Meanwhile, the next day, ASEDA was asked to dance in Warner Robins, GA for a literacy fundraiser. I did it last year and this year, and it’s a nice event to go and help support, so I went. We got there early, so we got to watch GT beat Clemson from a sports bar there. It was certainly not the same as being at the game, but at least I got to watch it. The event was not a religious event, but the local radio host emceeing the evening kept referring to how “Christian” the band was, and how they have good “Christian” values, and how one of the other dance performers came from a “nice Christian family”. Now, it’s all nice and great that he feels this way, but is it truly necessary to bring religion into something that is not a religious event?? But I digress…

Sunday brought more exciting things…like going to Costco! Haha actually, I really did go to Costco, but that wasn’t the most fun of the day (believe it or not). I went to Wine South with Matt since he won a pair of free tickets. We went around tasting probably 40-50 different wines, and took a "wine appreciation" course, which we really didn't pay too much attention to. There were also a ton of restaurant exhibiting, so they had some amazing food from some NICE restaurants! I had some amazing lamb, fish, beef, and chicken at different points throughout the afternoon, and then there were a few bakeries here and there too, so I got my fair share of fancy desserts as well. Deeeelicious!

We got out of the wine show around the same time that the Falcons game let out, which was not good for traffic, but we eventually made it, and I took DZ and Matt to get new shoes. Both had told me that they "need a girl's opinion", so I went along. It wasn't sooo bad ;-)

At night, there was an event hosted by Etz Chaim Synagogue called Sushi in the Sukkah. There were about 120 young jewish people there, some single, some dating, some married, and at least one that I saw that brought their baby! It's always fun socializing and meeting new people...although it seems there are fewer and fewer new faces each time!

But overall it was a fun weekend, and I am looking forward this week to a ton of dancing and my birthday!!!! =)