7.05.2010

Scenes From the Weekend

What did Elle See this weekend? Turns out, I saw and did A LOT!

Friday, we went to the Starlight Drive In. I haven't been to one of these since I was a kid! We saw Eclipse, and I was kinda disappointed. I loved watching the movie under the stars, with the sound of the cicadas, and the fireflies blinking by. The weather was perfect. I could've fallen asleep right there.

Saturday, we saw the Joan Rivers doc "A Piece of Work." It was great and an interesting look into her life. We also sat around the pool and ate boiled peanuts. I thought everyone in the South has heard of these, but it turns out anytime I've mentioned them to someone in Atl, they haven't!

For the 4th, I wore this outfit previously seen for Cinco de Mayo. We had brunch and watched the runners from the Peachtree Road Race. It seemed everything was decorated patriotically--even this gorilla that moves! He's the mascot of the "Two Minit Car Wash" and practically an Atl landmark.
pic taken with camera phone
Fireworks are illegal to purchase in Georgia, but luckily Atlanta always has several fireworks' shows to watch, since only big productions are allowed to have them. We sat on the roof and watched 6 different shows at the same time. I didn't know which way to look! I loved seeing the Atl skyline with the fireworks above it. Here's some obligatory fireworks pictures. I love how my camera has a "fireworks" setting, but they all turned out weird. I'm sharing fireworks from the Macy's Fireworks at Lenox and the fireworks from Centennial Park.







How was your weekend? Did you get your fill of BBQ? Did you shoot some fireworks?
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34 comments:

  1. Loved your fireworks pictures!!!! Mine never turn out that good!! I LOVE boiled peanuts!!! We always get some when we go to the mountains. I love the little country stores up there that sell them. :)

    We had an amazing day yesterday at a pool party. Lots of good friends, swimming, cornhole and good food!!!

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  2. WOW,thanks for sharing with us, your weekend sounds awesome, and YES here in South East Asia boiled peanuts are very common and I love them too, sending love your way this monday, XOXO

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  3. You did a lot...Ufff but all sounds so fun..I adore fireworks...and the photos are so pretty:)
    I had a lovely relaxing weekend:)
    Kisses,sweetie and Happy Monday

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  4. sounds like an awesome time!... i've never heard of boiling peanuts.. do tell!

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  5. wow! i've never been to an outdoor theater, but that looks like so much fun! :]

    lovely pictures of fireworks!

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  6. Awe...looks like fun. BTW, I have heard of boiled peanuts :)

    Rene

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  7. Love your pictures, the fireworks look wonderful!
    tp

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  8. Fireworks are so fun! I've heard people raving about Eclipse so I'm surprised that you didn't like it. I haven't seen it yet so I don't have an opinion...

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  9. ...sounds like a fun and patriotic weekend. I have been craving a drive thru theater night...maybe in a couple of weeks, after our vacation:).

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  10. I love your fireworks pictures!! I tried to take a million pictures when watching them last night, but most of them came out so weird!!

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  11. oh my goodness.. how jealous am i that you went to a drive in!! HOW CUTE and SO WONDERFUL!!

    great pictures of the fireworks too!! mine never seem to turn out!

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  12. Your pics of fireworks look great! I didn't get to see any because I was super tired from traveling back from Maryland all day and went to sleep by 10:00 :P

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  13. I love drive-in movie theaters. Aren't they simply magical?

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  14. I love drive-in movie theaters. Aren't they simply magical?

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  15. This sounds like the perfect Fourth -- fun and relaxing! Mine was filled with fireworks, friends, and lake time!
    xo Josie
    http://winksmilestyle.blogspot.com

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  16. what a great looking weekend! no bbq for me, but lots of seafood!
    www.indramaticfashion.com

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  17. The firework effect came out great! Love the "squiggly" colors :) I saw Eclipse too, but I was disappointed, especially since New Moon (IMO) sucked! This was definitely better than the last one.

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  18. The firework effect came out great! Love the "squiggly" colors :) I saw Eclipse too, but I was disappointed, especially since New Moon (IMO) sucked! This was definitely better than the last one.

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  19. Yes, had way too much to eat and had to run this morning! Great pics

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  20. Yes, had way too much food. Had to run this morning : )
    Great pics!

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  21. I'm so jealous you got to go to the drive in!!!

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  22. sounds like a great weekend!! thanks for your comment on my pictures from dubai. no worries, dubai is perfectly safe country to travel to. i went there for business. there are so many many tourist, you just blend in :)
    viele grüsse, kristina

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  23. You had a busy weekend, I heard from a friend the same reaction about the movie, I've never read the books and I will probably won't get around to seeing the movies either.

    We spent the weekend at the pool (kiddie pool that is)

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  24. Looks like you had an awesome weekend! I already miss the fun of a long weekend :( Btw I love boiled peanuts… we have it all the time in india!

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  25. Looks like you had an awesome weekend! I already miss the fun of a long weekend :( Btw I love boiled peanuts… we have it all the time in india!

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  26. Looks like you had an awesome weekend! I already miss the fun of a long weekend :( Btw I love boiled peanuts… we have it all the time in india!

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  27. Looks like you had an awesome weekend! I already miss the fun of a long weekend :( Btw I love boiled peanuts… we have it all the time in india!

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  28. Looks like you had an awesome weekend! I already miss the fun of a long weekend :( Btw I love boiled peanuts… we have it all the time in india!

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  29. I have always wanted to go to the Starlight Drive in for a movie and the flea market every Saturday! Looks like you had a great weekend!

    xo,
    Sara
    www.travelsinheels.blogspot.com

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  30. I have NEVER heard of boiled peanuts! Looks interesting :)

    Thanks for your comment on my blog, btw! I love it in the city too.. I moved here from a town of less than 100 people! But sometimes I just need to get away, ya know? And plus, I love animals and would love to raise a bunch of them :)

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  31. I was just saying yesterday how I was CRAVING boiled peanuts!! I am soo jealous!! No one here has ever even heard of them.. I have a bag of peanuts.. I wonder if I just boil them?? Yum!

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  32. so fun!! I love these pictures, great shots!

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  33. Happy (belated) 4th of July. We celebrate Canada Day on the 1st.
    With love from Toronto!

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