Happy Birthday Jessica

This past weekend we celebrated my friend Jessica's birthday! We started out at Twist for some drinks, sushi and tapas. This was my first time at Twist and I was really impressed. My sangria was delicious, and I had a lovely little Caesar Salad and a Turkey Panini with avacado, bacon and melted cheese. OH IT WAS SOO GOOD! Lauren took on her role as paparazzi famously.


After dinner we went to the Havana Club in Buckhead for some more drinks and some dancing. I made some new friends and just had a GREAT time.

Thank you Jessica! Hope your birthday was FABULOUS!

Flip and Eclipse

I have finally seen Eclipse and let me tell you it was awesome! I wish I had a better word to use than awesome, but at the moment I can't find one.

The night started off with dinner at FLIP, it's a burger joint in town owned by Top Chef's Richard Blaze. I was really excited about trying their food, but was unfortunately quite disappointed. Perhaps I had too great of expectations. The restaurant was really cute and trendy, although being super loud. Thank goodness we didn't sit inside because I think I literally would have had to yell across the table to talk to my friends. That being said.. I ordered the shrimp po'boyger with a side Caesar salad and to drink a Nutella and Marshmallow shake. Lets start with the good. The salad was very good, although I'm still not quite sure why they had a 1/4 oz of saffron piled on top. I like saffron as much as the next person, but it just seemed expensive (on there end) and unnecessary. The shrimp burger was a little too bland and the roll had so much of the ailoi on it my bun was very soggy, making it very difficult to eat. I tried one of my friends French Fries, they fry everything in duck fat so I thought they would be really good and crispy. They were not bad, but not was I was expecting, again soggy. But the shake was sooo disappointing. It was not really thick or cool, the flavor was nice and rich, but I want a shake that is to thick its hard to suck through a straw. I will say that the toasted marshmallows on top were a nice touch. I think I would have been happier with a burger from 5 guys and a milkshake from Steak and Shake.





But after that bummer of a meal..we went to Atlantic station for ECLIPSE. It was so good. It really puts the two previous movies to shame. Based on the trailer I thought it would be all action and no romance, and I couldn't have been more mistaken. It was Edward and Jacob at their best, and most of all Hilarious. I was enthralled the whole time, especially when Jacob was on screen. (TEAM JACOB)! If you haven't seen it yet, its a must see movie this summer. Go for it!

1st is the worst.. 28,801 is the best

Happy 4th of July Everyone!

Well this is the second year in a row I have ran/jogged/walked the Peachtree Road Race. While it is insanely hot and humid in Atlanta, it was still a good time. I didn't come in first place this year, but I did manage to beat my time from last year. At the end of the day everyone gets the same prize, a lovely T-Shirt!

I hope to see you all out there next year!

Sleepless in Seattle

This year my family went on a cruise from Seattle to Alaska and Canada. This is Part 1 of my trip. I'm not sure how many parts there will be, but it may be a few;), so stay tuned.

So we began our trip in Seattle. It was really exciting to see the Space Needle, we went to the top to get a good view of the city. I didn't get to see Dr. Shepard or McSteamy but it was still fun to see the city. They whole time I was there all I could think of was how cold and rainy it was and how I could see why it would be the perfect place for Edward Cullen to live. LOL.

Here are a few pictures.

The Norwegian Pearl

Me, Mom, Brandon and Elizabeth on top of the Needle

Space Needle
Unquestionably our Country's Greatest Needle.

Next stop, Juneau Alaska.

new menu

"Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces." ~Judith Viorst

Its that time of year when I have to change my dessert menu at work. Here are a few of the newest!

~mocha torte~

"layers of Almond Genoise, caramel marmalade, chocolate mousse and coffee brulee, served with butterscotch ice cream and a salted peanut butter cookie"

~Strawberry Mascarpone Tart~

" A white chocolate tart shell filled with sweet mascarpone cream and topped with glazed strawberries. Served with Strawberry Keylime Sorbet"

~Tiramisu~

"Kahlua soaked ladyfingers layered with sweet mascarone mousse and topped with Chantilly cream. Served with rich coffee scented chocolate ice-cream a top an amoretti cookie"

Bon Appetite!

Who is at your table?

At the Parker dinner table conversation is never dull, especially when you put my brother Scott in the room. So he begged the question.. "If you could dine with any 5 people who would you choose?"

This question was not something I took lightly. I felt like Ross from Friends narrowing down my choices to a final laminated, wallet sized card I could carry with me at all times. We all went around the table suggesting who, dead or alive, we would want to have at our dinner table. We decided that there should be categories for each of the people.

1 Actor, 1 Actress, 1 Literary Figure, 1 Athlete and 1 Musician.

Behold! I give you my choices..

Actor- Robert Downey Jr.
Actress- Grace Kelly
Literary Figure- JK Rowling
Athlete- Sidney Crosby
Musician- Elvis

So much for wishful dining. Well.. Who do YOU want sitting around your table?

26

I never thought it would happen.. but last weekend I turned 26! I feel old. The weekend was full of fun.. my birthday was celebrated three days in a row. When I walked into work on Friday my employees had decorated the pastry kitchen with lot of decorations. Then I got called up to the sales office for a meeting when I was surprised again with flowers, gifts, and pie! It was lovely.


That night, the plans we originally made were rained out, so me and a few close friends ended up at my favorite Italian restaurant, Scalinis, for my FREE birthday meal. It didn't disappoint.


The next night was mine and Chris' duo birthday celebration. We dined at Pappadeaux, I had the bisque.. yadda yadda yadda... then we went to see Iron Man 2. Lets just take a moment to talk about how damn sexy Robert Downey Jr. is. Beautiful. The movie was ok, the scenes RDJ were in were fantastic.



I couldn't ask for better friends to celebrate the day with. I am thankful for everyone who made my day so special.

Stay turned for my party with my family..