Operation Flying Fish: Success!

Last weekend Sarah, one of my best friends since the 6th grade, came to visit me in Lancaster!

We had a very Lancaster-y weekend complete with Amish, cows, the farmer's market and good food!

Some wonderful farmer's market finds! Sarah picked out the most perfect bouquet of wildflowers (painted with the Waterlogue app above) and we had a lot of fun arranging all the jalapeños in phrases.

We stumbled upon the greatest little shop with all kinds of vintage cuteness and then ran across the street in the rain to this equally cool lunch spot. They were playing Pat Metheny on vinyl, so obviously I was impressed.

We also got super fancy with our gin drinking.

Also what weekend isn't complete without seeing a giant plaster cow being towed on a trailer through downtown? 

 I had a wonderful weekend and am so thankful that I got to share my new town with Sarah!

Goodbye August, Hello September!

August has been a busy month for me. For one thing, I started my "big girl job" as a chemist on August 4th, but I also moved to a new place and have found myself starting to explore and put down roots. Here are my top favorite moments from this past month (in no particular order).

1) Getting the chance to see Sam for the first time in two years (since we met at the 51st Biennial Conclave) || We went out to the Farmer's Market, mini-golfed in the middle of no where and got a delicious dinner at Lancaster Brewing Company.

2) The Aberdeen Ironbirds Game with Delaware Valley Pro Chapter || I feel so fortunate to live so close to an Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Chapter.

3) Daniel's Family Visiting || We went mini golfing and visited Shady Maple.

4) Turkey Hill Experience || All the ice cream and ice tea you can eat/drink!

(If you don't know what Turkey Hill is it's because it's only found in these states)

August was a great month, I can't wait to see what September will hold.

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

Something I'm trying to start doing this year is to discover Atlanta and to accept the culture this beautiful city has to offer. I'm so afraid that I'm going to have to leave this city when I graduate, so I want to get the most of it now.

That being said, I'm still only a college student with a part-time job. However, I've discovered the beautiful world of Groupon, Deal Chicken and Scoutmob. They all offer wonderful deals on events and food to help make them more affordable. Scoutmob is especially awesome because it offers advice on free coupons or free things happening around Atlanta. 

Last week while purusing my Scoutmob app, I found that there was Grand Opening on Wednesday from 7-10 pm at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams where they were giving away free ice cream! Considering it was 8 pm and Daniel & I had no other plans for the night, we decided to go check it out.

It was absolutely amazing. We waited for 2 hours in the cold for a cold treat but it was absolutely worth it.

First of all, the store is probably the cutest ice cream shop I've ever seen--the menu was handwritten in chalk, there were paper decorations hanging for the grand opening, and there were cute decorated tables to sit at. And the fact that it's in Westside Provisions makes me love it even more. It's such an up and coming area of Atlanta and I just fall in love with every place I go to over there.

But the atmosphere of the shop aside, we can't forget the main attraction--the ice cream!

I had Black Coffee and Queen City Cayenne in a waffle cone. The Black Coffee was made from beans roasted in Atlanta and had the beans roasted in cream instead of water so it was amazing tasting. The Queen City Cayenne is a milk chocolate based ice cream with cayenne flavors that kind of sneak up on you, which made it delicious. Oh, and we can't forget that the waffle cones were made in the store; Daniel's was actually still warm when he got it handed to him full of ice cream!

There is no doubt that this will become my go-to ice cream shop in the city. I'm so excited to have stumbled across this gem and hope to continue to expand my horizons in Atlanta before I graduate.