Founder Farmers

Thursday during Trixie's visit, our friend Melissa came to visit from NYC! We all lived in Syracuse at the same time, so it was a Syracuse reunion day!! It had been too long. After Picking Melissa up at Union Station, we headed to Founding Farmers. We got caught in the rain, and only Trixie had an umbrella, which she graciously shared, but its almost impossible to share umbrellas effectively - so apologies for my frightful hair :)



We had a lot of trouble deciding what to get. So we ordered a lot of food. Trixie got some super yummy flat bread - with figs! I have recently become obsessed with figs!



Melissa got shrimp and grits. The portions were huge!



I got fried chicken and waffle with mac and cheese. My eyes were so much bigger than my stomach!



We also ordered an insane amount of appetizers - first time trying pickled veggies - so good. Melissa pickles her own veggies - she is hard core. Do you see the deviled eggs in the background? Heaven.



And my favorite - fried green tomatoes. They were amazing.



Oh, we also got crab cakes. We went a little overboard, but it was so worth it.



After eating ourselves silly, we headed to the Mall. As you can see, it was still pretty cloudy and overcast out.



We then spent some time in the American History Museum. Stumbled on some old school Muppets. We also saw the American Flag sewn by Betsy Ross. It was powerful! First, it was enormous! Then to imagine the scene (start singing the star spangled banner in your head), gave me shivers.



We had a really fun time! We spent the afternoon perusing used bookstores, soaking our feet in the pool and talking bout life, followed by Ethiopian for dinner (post coming) and Fashion's Night Out. It was so awesome of Melissa to come visit for the day - I think we should do it again soon :) K, ladies?