I’m Hungry and it’s Friday
This was the ‘fish in oil’ dish at Frank Ma’s South - we had dinner there last week with some friends and yeah, it’s good stuff.
Although it’s well known among the Atlanta Yelp folks - any place connected to ‘Frank Ma’ will be god. He’s a chinese restaurant consultant and he basically goes to a restaurant, teaches the staff how to cook great chinese food (closer to the stuff you would actually find in China) and then eventually leaves - and Yelpers pretty much follow.
His latest spot is just a few miles up the road from us so we really should go there a little more often than the last place which was almost OTP (outside the perimeter.)
Oh. It’s good stuff. And not really anything weird like you’re probably thinking - just more authentic (oily) and flavorful.
Part of the reason we’ve been stretching these entries (and writing late) is that… we just haven’t been doing that much. Or rather, we’ve run into a blank spot where everything is more stressful but not that exciting + we just aren’t able to talk about it until long after the fact.
I know, you’re probably thinking well just don’t blog, problem solved. But clearly that’s not us, or rather, that’s not me… I’ll struggle thru the ambiguous statements and vague sentences. Because long after y’all are done reading us, and have moved onto only reading Perez Hilton or Gawker, we’ll still be regularly reviewing our own lives on this blog.
Oh. I was telling Leah how impressive I am these days since I have actually made some small effort towards being social and having regular acquaintances and possibly even people I would almost accept as calling friends - mind you it’s a very small effort and my primary method of communication with these people is still thru online means such as twitter/yelp forums/text/email (people who live here in Atlanta - and many who live less than a mile away.)
But it’s an improvement. Oh. Did you know about this?
At the section of the Great Wall of China that we visited - THERE IS A SLIDE TO GET BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN! It’s actually kind of fun - and way cooler than walking. Sure I know, it ruins the whole ‘epic greatness’ of the Great Wall of China - but again, if you’re at any of these locations where it looks ‘perfect’ then you’re at a rebuilt portion and they’ll eventually have the same thing in Las Vegas - so don’t get all ‘authentic’ on me. The slide was fun.
Horseback riding tomorrow. Video-ing that will be interesting. We’ll see how that goes. Oh. And then the India Festival. I hope it’s a big deal. One of my co-workers is going to be there with her family (they’re Indian) so it’ll be cool to see them. And the food. And um, the food again.
The problem. Or, one of them - is that we’re having to deal with more and more problems. General normal stuff brought about our own decisions, but still… after such a relatively easy couple of months… I had forgotten what climbing up hill (metaphorically) is like.
And then I have to remind myself that I’m well beyond my old self who would’ve quit early on - or at the very least, done nothing. So clearly the only choice left is to go all out. To whip myself up in this deliriously mental frenzy where I can do anything and believe so with unrelenting conviction to the point of… ah nevermind on that. I know.
Still. Tomorrow is Saturday and Monday comes fast. I’m hungry. I’d forgotten that.
Have an awesome today and take some photos.
Oh. And thanks to everyone who posted a suggestion on where else we should go/put on our list of places to go. Seriously.
