Here are some landmarks around the city.
Agnes Scott….
The Atlanta White House….
Taste Of Britain, in Historic Norcross….
Manuel’s Tavern….
Centennial Olympic Park and Sky View…..
BAPS Shri Swaminarayam Mandir Atlanta……
Oakland Cemetery….
Krog Street Market….
Ponce City Market…
Turner Field…
More to come later….
I received a jury summons in the mail a while ago. I know it’s our duty, privilege but does anyone really enjoy it? I do know there a few people that do but I think it is very few.
So, you can call the day before to see if you have to go. I called at 5:31 (5:30 is the time to call) and YAHOO!, no jury duty por moi!
Now, if I can just win the lottery….
My niece and I sporting our shades!
If you have lots of tomatoes then you make Panzanella! Bread and tomato salad…
I chopped up some tomatoes, a couple large ones, and a bunch of small ones and a few yellow ones. I put them in a strainer over a small bowl. Then, I had two hoagie rolls. I cut them into bite size cubes and tossed them in olive oil and threw them in the oven to bake for about 15 minutes. I sliced a red onion. I put the bread in a bowl, put the onions over them and the tomatoes then I took the tomato juice and made a vinaigrette. I poured the vinaigrette over it all and stirred and threw it in the fridge for 30 minutes. I chopped up some calamata olives and tossed them in. 
But the most important step was adding basil and some arugala. it is the most refreshing salad and just shouts SUMMER!!!
I started out in search of this place…
It’s a deli, a gallery and a place to live upstairs.It is in Lakemont Georgia. I have never been there and thought it would be interesting. So, you drive up I-85 to 985 to 441, it actually just changes into each interstate, then Highway. You go past Tallulah Falls, Tallulah Gorge, Tallulah River. 
This in itself is a great Staycation! We will visit again soon!
So, I ended up not stopping but drove on to Lake Burton. It was a new road to me, in the mountains, windy and super fun! The road approaches Lake Burton from the Dam. I had only seen the dam from a boat. 
This lake is fabulous, gorgeous and so blue. My photos do not to it justice. 
This is a great Staycation. 
The campground was totally full, but it looked like fun. Hey anyway to get away for a little bit.
Meatless Monday on the Fourth of July, I decided to make an easy lentil soup.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium celery stalk, small dice
1 medium carrot, peeled and small dice
1/2 medium onion, small dice
3 garlic cloves, minced
kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 quart low sodium vegetable broth
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes with their juices
1 1/4 cups lentils (any color except red)
1 bayleaf
1/4 teaspoon finely chopped fresh Thyme leaves
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
2 ounces spinach leaves
Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, carrot and celery and cook until softened. Then add the garlic cook till you can smell it. Then season with salt and pepper.
Add the broth, tomatoes, lentils, bay leaf and thyme and stir. Cover and bring to a simmer about 15 minutes. Reduce the heat and continue cooking covered about 15 minutes more.
Taste and add more seasoning, if needed. Stir in the vinegar. Then I used an emulsifier.Then I added in the spinach
It is better the next day! (Oh and I added Tumeric and some cumin)
Staycation Atlanta 