mini excursion: trip to Charlotte

Hey there,

 So, this weekend I took a mini excursion to the beautiful Queen City, also known as Charlotte, NC.  I drove up on Saturday, and although it rained the whole way (mixed in with a little snow as I got closer to NC) I was super excited the entire way there.  I love Charlotte; I think that it's a great city, and most importantly, I was meeting up with my pareja (Charon) there.  We met there on Saturday afternoon, and began our quick R&R trip.  We started out by going to lunch, which unbeknown to us would turn out to be quite the adventure.  So we used my lady (GPS) to get us there, and of course as usually happens with my lady and me, we got lost, but not too badly.  Finally, we found the place, Zizi's Vegetarian Restaurant.  I was so excited about this place because vegetarian restaurants are non-existent in Columbia, and it's so nice to be able to order anything off of the menu.  We walk in and to our surprise, no tables.  Hmmmm.....sooooo where are we supposed to eat.  After going over our options (car, friend's house, go to a new restaurant) we decided to talk this out with the guy working there (who I presumed to be the co-owner), and he came up with a lovely solution....fine dining at its best.

Our "table" at Zizi's and by "table" I mean a cardboard box with a tablecloth on it, but it worked

 yup, you guessed it, a cardboard box brought out from the back, and he even put a tablecloth on it :-)  So, we ate our lunch on a cardboard box which I have to say worked out rather nicely.  Charon ordered the buffalo chicken cheese philly and fries and I ordered the chicken cheese philly and fries.  Mmmm, I found it to be quite yummy, messy, but yummy (and in my opinion if a sandwich isn't messy it probably isn't that good;-).


Charon and me dining like queens :-) 

After we filled our bellies we headed to the mall.  We HAD to walk off our food, right? :-)  So we went to Southpark mall (which I for some reason termed Southland mall :-/) and went forth to let the shopping commence.  Surprisingly, neither of us bought one thing for ourselves!!!  After the mall we went to Art Space Studio, a cozy little pottery and glass place. 

We both opted for making a glass piece.  Charon made a 4" base which I termed the love piece. 

Charon declares that she didn't make a heart on her glass, but that's sure what it looks like to me, hence the term love piece

I made a 6" base which will be fired into a vase.




I didn't really have much of a vision before I started making my piece so I just let loose and let the creative juices flow

 Neither of us had ever made glass pieces before, so this was fun.  I'm super excited to see what it will look like once finished (they'll be fired sometime before Christmas, and shipped to us after the holidays).  By this time we were ready to refuel our bodies, so we headed to dinner.  We ate at Ruby Tuesday, and I must say they were on it with the music, we had us a little party there.  During dinner, with the help of a coin toss, we decided to find a bar downtown to hang out at for a bit after dinner.  Yeah, so that didn't quite happen.  Apparently, Jeremy (our waiter at RT) didn't want us to leave because he took FOREVER to bring us our checks.  So we didn't get back to home base until around 12:30 and by then we were both pooped.  So, we called it a night.
This morning I grabbed a cheese and egg biscuit from McDonald's and did a little shopping at Concord Mills.  This time I didn't leave without getting anything for myself, but I was pretty well behaved.  It's amazing how using cash really slows down your spending.  After a lovely weekend and good times, pareja and I said our tootles and headed in our own directions. 


Ahhh, and now, I'm sitting home, with my baby (Miles spent the night at doggyland aka Camp Bow Wow), ready to begin a few Christmas arts and crafts projects before calling it a night. 


So, that was my weekend in a nutshell.  Feel free to let me know what you all were up to this weekend. 
Tootles for now...

PS-for anyone interested, my hair was a flat twist twist-out.  To do the twist out I deep conditioned with Organix Coconut Milk Conditioner (which I'm not a big fan of) and olive oil and then did the twists with Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and Jojoba Oil.  I left the twists in overnight and took them out in the morning.  Unfortunately, the twists weren't completely dried before I took them out so I was a slight frizz ball, but sometimes that happens...