WoW, what a night!Well, my friend Marina and I, went to this beautiful restaurant called La Grotta in Buckhead. When we first arrived we weren't sure if we had come to the right place. Outside, it looked like an apartment building, but when we got inside there was a special elevator that took you below the first floor. When the elevator opened, there was a romantically lit gorgeous hallway leading to the restaurant. Marina and I looked at each other and just said Wow. We were seated by the maitre d' and the service was amaaazing. If we used one plate, they would quickly come by and take it away. Or if we used one of our forks, they would come and gives us a clean one. Marina and I proceeded to do some people watching. The place was full of old, rich people. One man, in particular, who was sitting in the left corner, his jacket perfectly matched the wall color- taupe yellow. Marina and I were slightly worried about the bill, because we were using Russian Club money from the Emory credit card. We wanted to take the Executive Board Members for an end of the year celebration for all of the work we've done. Sadly, practically nobody came to our last meeting, and since me and Marina did all of the work for the club anyway, it turned out to be a night just for the two of us. Finally the floor manager personally came up to us and was asking us where we heard of this upscale place and how was it that we came to get reservations for it. He was kind of a sleezy guy, therefore I didn't feel it necessarily to divulge personal information to him. So we stated that we were food critics. "Then maybe we should let you into the kitchen." " That would be lovely." But we didn't go back there. We said that we were from Emory, in our third year and that we were roommates. That was fun. Then our appetizer arrived: artichokes with parmesan cheese- delicious. For our main courses, Marina ordered the veal and I ordered the Capellini. The food was scrumptious. But then something chewy got in my mouth. Hmm, i thought, this doesn't taste like a mushroom. And then i looked down at my plate, and in the center of the dish was ham or something sprinkled. I was like noooo. So i had to work around every little, tiny, finely cut piece of ham. Nevertheless, it was still delightful. With our check they brought us divine italian chocolate and biscotti. We left a huge tip because we could.
Next, we proceeded to Intermezzo, a hip, classy upscale cafe. But, before we got there, me and marina naturally had to get lost. So half an hour later, we walked into Intermezzo and proceeded to order our cakes. Now, this place has a cake specialist, and every time one cake is finished a completely, different new cake is brought out. The list of drinks is like a novel. Marina got her coffee cheesecake, and i got butterfinger cheesecake. We sat back down, and our waiter came. He saw two dashing girls sitting and proceeded to make small talk; unfortunately, that didn't go so well, and he became extremely embarrassed at the remarks he had made. He suggested the Swiss Mocha to me, and their signature drink, Intermezzo, to Marina. Before, he brought out our drinks he apologized for his remarks, and seemed rather nervous. That was more so confirmed after he spilled coffee right by my leg. The cakes were DIVINE. the drinks were equisite, the conversation was lovely, and the atmosphere was just perfect. We left our waiter a nice tip as well.
Lastly, we drove to GA Tech to hang out for a bit; Marina filled me in on gossip going on at school. and she said that me and her were deemed the prettiest girls in our class. Not to be conceited, narcisstic, stuck-up,etc. but i think that seriously made my semester. She said that I also get mentioned in conversations. and i asked, but how?? i'm either invisible, or in my own world? she said apparently not... hehe makes me want to dress up more ;) I never really thought anything of why random guys would just talk to me and know my name when i didn't know them.hmm....anyway, after hanging out at Tech me and Marina finally came back.
WHAT AN EVENING! it was EXACTLY what i needed, right then, just to get me through the rest of the semester. Could this be the opening act to my new beginning?9:53 AM 3 Falling Stars
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