October update

It's October! Finally!!

And no one could be happier that it's October more than myself. Considering how I entered September, with so much anger and emotional turmoil, I am soooo happy it's finally October. This month I am hoping to put the emotional turmoil behind me and hopefully, try to pretend that it all happened to someone else...that person was not called Anita, maybe "Schmanita"!

Okay, to set this month off right I will do a quick rundown of some of the awesome events from September (rolls eyes, I can't even mention that month without rolling my eyes). Granted since it's been so long (or not) these updates may be very brief and straight to the point. But there are pictures!

DiningOut Atlanta Magazine Party

- I attended this event with my mum. They threw out the red carpet at Paschal's (which at the time of my visit I didn't know was some type of historical Atlanta landmark) and treated all guests to a true red carpet experience. We had our pictures taken as soon as we walked in, drink tickets were handed out swiftly and light jazz played as we perused the event. They had lovely fried chicken tenders that they thought we could not get enough of so they kept it coming, with more, more and look some more...you get the picture. At the end of the evening, I was all "panko-chickened" out. Then, finally they brought out something else: warm bread pudding. Yum, I was stuffed.  And happy! DiningOut Magazine Atlanta definitely kicked this event up a notch compared to their past events.

Me and the Mom Unit

Opening Reception at Bill Lowe Gallery - Jacqueline Herr and FAWS

- Once again, mum was in town so I decided to treat her to an evening of art and wine and those cute triangular shaped sandwiches that taste so delish that you wish they had more, and then, oh wait they do. This time they had those sandwiches plus some fruit. Lots more fruit, not much else. So I found that people were standing over the fruit tray holding conversations about nothing at all. The Art itself was meh! Sorry, nothing jumped out at me.

Bill Lowe Gallery always has the best sculptures. This is me wishing I had her waistline

Beaujolais and Burgers at Flip Burger Boutique hosted by George DuBeouf

- Very well attended, and professionally scheduled to a T. I commend the organizers highly for a great turnout and their professional treatment of the guests. The Beaujolais-Villages wine was not memorable. The supposedly sweet white wine had a tart after taste that wasn't for me, leaving us white wine drinkers with only one other choice - the "dry option". But the pours were generous and we could go for as many helpings as needed, no restrictions, until the event was over. The burger sliders were very tasty, freshly prepared and had a zing to them. I actually tried and enjoyed my first veggie burger! Then, I met some lovely ladies (@thegreatdanaj) and took advantage of the tweet capabilities to instagram the heck out of the event.

Tater tots

Burgers and Beaujolais wine - Great pairing

Burgers and wine - even better with red wine

A shot of me with the lovely ladies I met.

Creative Loafing Birthday Party at the Goat Farm

- I actually paid to attend this event! Instead of being this fancy schmancy birthday dinner which for some strange reason I thought it was going to be. It ended up being this bonfire Rave filled with hipsters, tripsters, Rastafarians and wannabe artists. Interesting mashup. Needless to say I didn't have one amusing conversation in there and my feet hurt like hell cos we packed on the street and hiked it up to Goat Farm. Did I mention that I paid to attend this event? I forgot to bring one of my personalities with me, perhaps, "hipster Anita" might have had more fun. But classy Anita, who was unleashed that night, definitely didn't have any fun. I guess I haven't read Creative Loafing in awhile. I had more fun tweeting about the event and in the end scored quite a few retweets, etc.

This very cool communal table was like a big Italian family dinner.

I observed the table from a distance

Sweet Auburn insisted we take pics by their food truck b4 getting served

In the end, what have I learned from an emotional challenging month filled with fun (and not so fun) events? I've learnt that you should laugh through the pain. You need to get up from the couch, put your best face (and outfit or in my case personality) forward and just experience the world away from the confines of your home/couch. I mean, I love sitting home and watching a marathon of Sex and the City, don't get me wrong, that can be therapeutic too. But the laughter and wonders of the world around you just puts a smile on your face that lets you know, everything is going to be okay, so the phone doesn't ring, it is going to be okay. It always is.

Here's to a new month!

If you want a live rundown of these happenstances as they occur, common, follow me on Twitter - @aphy201 - already!