booberry pickin

After our lovely road trip, we finally made it to michigan!

And went blueberry picking (a favorite memory of mine) with Skye (who made it all the way from Hong Kong with Uncle Tim).

For every 1 picked, 3 were eaten...

we all just kept our mouths shut when we came back

the competitor 

Skye is Nate's new best friend

road trip

So mom had the grand idea of driving to michigan (minus dad) to relive the days of driving up there when nate and i were younger.  Can you say FFF? Forced family fun? Nate got his permit this summer so we'd have 3 drivers to take turns driving and sleeping. But with nate behind the wheel, one of us had to be another navigator.  We certainly had some good laughs.  And it wasn't but a couple of miles on the road that Mom decided to start a tally- for me, the number of times i cussed (mostly at nate) and for nate, the number of times he 'situated himself.'  I think we're pretty even.

stayed at a hotel with some locals

a bit of a cultural experience

good morning, sunshine

and nate was driving

magellan navigating the storms

feeding baby nate

cincinnati

so tempted to steal it

Well we finally made it to Michigan in 14 hours 

[normally takes @ 12]

but we did make several, several stops. including a few for arby's mocha shake

regal matters

Every night at 6, a champagne bottle is sabered at the St. Regis in Buckhead. And having our lovely friends from Ireland in town is a special enough occasion to go.

makeup on the road

infectious smiles

20+ years later...

paps 

quite anti-climatic 

dad just stared through the windows, dreaming

nate 'crossing the line.' yet again

gorgeous group

fun in the mirror

marge and her giant children
[so appropriate]

I love catching up with special people!  There's nothing better than quality time with quality friends!

dinner party

More dinner guests! This time, the Hempel's.  Great fun over a messy, big low country boil. yummm

large marge, eh? ...not in the land of giants

Then Sam, Katie and I went to Park Tavern at Piedmont Park for unplugged in the park.  Guests included Andrew Combs (great, per usual), The Delta Saints, and Frontier Ruckus (my least favorite of them).

Many thanks to Bo for inviting me and then getting us in!!

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