Kristabella: Full of Snark Since 1977

Posted By Kristabella on October 5, 2009

When I last left you, I was busy boring you all to tears regarding my most recent trip to Atlanta. A week ago. Because I’m nothing if not prompt.

After meeting Mychael Knight and hanging out with Ali (and finally meeting her husband!) (I was convinced he maybe didn’t exist!), I headed back to Darcey’s place on Friday night. That night I was met with some of the worst heartburn I’ve ever had in my life. Turns out, my stomach wanted to remind me that I still suffer from acid reflux. And that I can’t spend my days eating pizza, Mexican food and drinking alcohol and NOT pay for it. I GET IT STOMACH! WILL NEVER TRAVEL WITHOUT PEPCID AND ROLAIDS EVER AGAIN!

Early, early Saturday morning, I was up with heartburn. For about 2 hours, from 3:30 to 5:30. Of course I did what any person would do in this situation, I caught up on Twitter. Except, no one is really tweeting in the middle of the night. So it didn’t take long to catch up.

I figured the best thing to do was to try and get some sleep and not think about it. Turns out when it feels like there is a small campfire in your chest, it is very hard to go to sleep, no matter how tired you are. So I did the next thing any normal, sane person would do: I Googled “natural heartburn remedies” on my iPhone.

Google informed me that chewing gum would help. Also mints. So I did both. A little while later, I finally fell asleep. And then slept in that morning. (I actually slept in every morning.) (Which I’m sure bothered Darcey since she is NOT a sleeper inner.)

But when I got up, I was excited! ONE, because I could go to the store and buy Rolaids and Pepcid! And TWO, because Saturday was the day of the ASU/Georgia game and I was going to get to experience REAL college football!

I have to say, I defend the Pac-10 all the time because we get no respect, but, well, we don’t actually deserve any. Georgia fans (and I would assume SEC fans in general), they don’t mess around. They know how to tailgate. I mean, there was a BIG SCREEN TV with satellite hook-up in our tailgate tent. Why would anyone ever buy tickets?

It was also my first experience with football in the rain. Now, granted, it rained a lot when I worked for the 49ers, but I was inside the enclosed, warm, dry press box. Same with college. Not that it really ever rained for a football game in Arizona. So this torrential downpour? It was a first.

I told Darcey I was worried that me going, all decked out in Sun Devil gear, to an ALL GEORGIA tailgate party. She told me I had nothing to worry about. She was wrong.

Actually, I was on my best behavior. Besides not wearing red, I fit right in. Darcey’s friend Leann totally welcomed me to the tailgate. Well, mostly.

But even with the rain, and a Sun Devil loss (barely!), I had a great time! WOO HOO!

Darcey was a trooper and drove from Atlanta to Athens and back. All the while dealing with rain and traffic and really crappy music. There is a song popular in Atlanta called “LOL Smiley Face” and we must have heard it a thousand times. So much so, we Googled the video. Because it’s just bad. But also funny when someone sings about Twitpicing someone and you’re familiar with what they are talking about. It’s the social media anthem!

If you’re bored, you can listen to the song here. (Prepare to feel dumber.) I hope we never get this song in Chicago. But I’m sure it is on its way.

On Sunday we met these two ladies for brunch (plus Emily!) and had a nice time. After brunch, we watched the rest of the Falcons game and then headed out to a bar so I could watch the Bears game. Thankfully the Bears won. Not so thankfully was some weird Bears fan who kept walking past our table and high-fiving me or staring at me because he too was a Bears fan. Like there are only two of us on the planet.

After the game, Darcey and I headed to Flip Burger for dinner. If you’re not aware, Flip Burger is Richard Blais’s restaurant. If you don’t know who Richard Blais is, he was on Top Chef and totally should have won! I have also met him.

We didn’t get to see him that night, but that is OK because let me tell you, it was the BEST burger I have ever eaten in my WHOLE LIFE! It was so good! Combine that with duck-fat fries, and I was in heaven.

Before we ordered, Darcey told me to save room for a milkshake. I like milkshakes. But I’ve never LOVED a milkshake nor wanted to make sweet, sweet love to a milkshake. Until THIS milkshake.

This milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. This is a Krispy Kreme milkshake. It has chunks of Krispy Kreme donuts in the shake. Darcey also told me that he freeze-dries the donuts and grinds them up into a powder and also adds that to the shake. Seriously, BEST. THING. EVER. Imagine how great this would taste. And then imagine it 10 times better. Seriously, you should all head to the A-T-L for this shake.

So that was my trip. In all its glory. I’m sure it is really boring to read all about it, but I also am narcissistic enough to think you actually care.

Tomorrow I’ll be back with something better. It will involve the cats!

(And yes, I plan to post every night this week, since the busyness in my life has come to a screeching halt. Finally.) (I don’t know if that’s actually a good thing or not.) (Probably not, since I mentioned it involved cats.)

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