we made it!

we made it to philly!
the drive up yesterday wasn't bad at all. we hit some traffic, but nothing wild.

you can barely see the sign, but this was crossing into virginia.


were we found a wawa. which was really exciting for eric.


once he ate his wawa hoagie he was a much happier driver.


then we made it to maryland. when we were crossing over the bridge i was able to see the capitol. and i finally got to see baltimore.


tunnel in baltimore.

we went through delaware too, but we were stopped in traffic, and all the way over, so i didn't get a picture of the sign. and shortly after we made it to pennsylvania!



our drive in to philly was not very exciting. it was raining really hard.



but we are here! it hasn't set in that we aren't leaving. probably because we are sleeping on an air mattress at a friend's right now. we are going to look at apartments in a little bit, and have a few more to look at over the next few days.

atlanta/durham

we made it to atlanta! and are now in durham, nc. thankfully the drive to atlanta from birmingham was not bad at all. i'm not sure what i was expecting in atlanta, but it was a lot cooler than i could have ever imagined.


we stayed at the highland inn, which was a great location to be in. we were able to walk, or drive easily, to everything we wanted to see.

we went over to little five points and had a beer at porter's. i loved the way their menu's were put together, so simple, but so awesome.


later on we walked to manuel's, which i had read about in readymade. actually, almost everything we did in atlanta i found out about through a readymade story a few months ago. this place was really cool, with all this memorbilia on the wall. the coolest thing was they had pitchers of pbr for $5.65. what the hell?! that's so cheap!

they also carried texas pete, which i had never heard of. texas pete is actually made in bronx, new york. i don't get it?


if you ever go to atlanta, go to this grocery. hands down the best store i have ever been in. we went their twice. the staff was really nice and friendly, and they had some awesome products. we bought some stuff and also bought a tote bag, so we never forget it...

i also recommend going to soul vegetarian. we went their twice. best food ever. here i am chowing down on some vegan cornbread.


and eric eating his kalebone roast sandwhich.

we left atlanta earlier today and drove through south carolina and north carolina.




stopped for gas in north carolinoa and i found shiner!!! i had to buy a few bottles.



once we made it to durham we went to duke to meet up with joel and rachel, eric's brother and sister-in-law.


and joel showed us the lazzzzzzzers. sadly no cats were shooting lazzzzzzzzers out of their eyes.


and tomorrow we are off to philly! and hopefully we find an apartment within the next few days. so i will have an address and can resume my online shopping.

we made it to birmingham!

after almost 12 hours of driving, including stops, we made it to birmingham!


one of our first stops was in tyler, to see morgan! hey morgan - i am not sure if you read this, but you are awesome. i am so glad that you have been one of my best friends for so long. yay for design class.

then we continued on I-20...there are casinos in gas stations in louisiana.

our second stop was in jackson, ms. we stopped to eat at cool al's. they probably had the best french fries i have ever had! it was a hole in the wall, but if you ever go there, i recommend stopping there.


and then we made it to birmingham, and i am currently sitting on one of those beds. ahhh. we are staying at aloft.
hopefully in the morning i can use their awesome gym, then it's off to atlanta! thankfully it's a short drive.