every so often...

you have to watch amelie 

so you can romanticize

your social anxiety.

& maybe listen to beautiful music.

...

marathon course.

these are just for me. i wanted to remember my first marathon course & i didn't want to spend $6 for each print. but for the record, i think columbus, indiana is adorable! i still can't believe that i train stopped everyone.. photos found here. & more on the running of this thing later...

young the giant.

jonas & i used to listen to young the giant all the time when we were first married.
this band holds a special place in our hearts.
they had a free concert at 4th street live. very excellent.
here are some photos from the night...

^^super late night awkward selfie after the concert. we are cool.

a bicycle for two.

we rented a tandem bicycle & took it across the walking bridge from kentucky to indiana. it was so awkward to ride and when i tried to pedal from the front i found that i could not steer. we had a good laugh :) i am so glad jonas tried it with me, even if it was a little silly. he didn't say he felt that way, just guessing ;)
it was such a beautiful day, so windy and cool near the river. i am really excited about the developments on the indiana side in jeffersonville. they already have the most beautiful old homes but things are going to get even better. this bridge is going to be good to both sides ! oh, they have yogurt on the indiana side, so that's a good enough reason to go over already...

sushi on fire.

we broke away from our regular sushi place (dragon king's daughter) to have dinner in clifton. the sushi was good, but i really loved the open flame under one of our plates. it was cold outside and it felt nice. i had a jacket tonight. last weekend i was sweating in a skirt...i will really miss summertime.
...we have determined that sushi is the best date idea because its a little adventure, you get to share and have lots of conversation :)
anyway, we found the statue of liberty on frankfort avenue. jonas took me to target AND we rented a redbox movie while eating count chocula at home. awesome date.

piano guys.

we bought tickets for the piano guys so many months ago- it was jonas' choice :)
he chose very well. we had the best time!
we arrived a little early and enjoyed the gorgeous day and the magnificent theater.
we saw lots of our church friends, an albino(no disrespect, it is way cool), the cutest little boy i have ever seen(he had tiny glasses!) and mitchell from modern family(well, his look- alike anyway). we also sat next to a sweet couple that we got to know a little.
my favorite song was 'king fu piano' and jonas loved 'bring him home'.  i really just loved the cello though, it is the most beautiful instrument ever. jonas actually bought one for me a few months ago, i love playing it.
just something funny- my first concert here was ashlee simpson (i was a teen and i loved it, haha). i have also seen monsters of folk and the avett brothers at the palace, i am happy to say that my taste in music improved from the ashlee simpson days.

atlanta. part two.

One morning, we hiked up Stone Mountain. It was only a mile, but it was steep and extremely humid. It was so rewarding to finish! Jonas even ran up the mountain towards the top. He is awesome.

we had "german" food after stone mountain, but it was not so good. some german places just fail.

we have two anniversaries because we were married august 31st in denmark for our civil marriage (visa issues) and september 1st in the frankurt, germany temple. we had planned to go out to a nice restaurant the first night, but i had a migraine so we ended up having one of my favorite foods, neapolitan pizza. it was so yummy. then i laid in the hotel room while jonas went running. haha. luckily we had another date to try again..

the next day we went to the georgia aquarium. i was so excited about this because they have several whale sharks and beluga whales. unfortunately, with your way overpriced admission, you get tickets to a dolphin show which is really just a hilariously horrible musical. i mean, it was so bad. we just laughed the whole time and i loved the guy sitting next to me who had his arms crossed the entire time and a look on his face that showed how idiotic he felt to be in attendance. but we will never forget it :D also, i felt violated by the security checks to get into the aquarium. here safety, have some of my liberty- sorry, these situations make me say these things...
anyway, it was fascinating to watch the giant manta rays doing flips and the whale sharks were so neat, we got to watch one of their feedings. and then we walked outside to a group of people protesting the aquarium and i felt a little ashamed of myself :/ but here are some photos before i felt like that...

i have mentioned dragoncon already, but it was the best to find the different characters walking around. night time was particularly interesting.

we tried out the atlanta food truck park, we need this in louisville! atlanta has it every weekend and there are some good ones. i tried a spiedie, some sandwich from new york :) afterward, we went to ikea because we usually do if there is one nearby, yay for ikea dates!

i decided we had to stay in the marriot marquis. it just looked so beautiful (and it was). the lobby is gorgeous and riding down on the elevator was thrilling. their fitness center was nice and so was the pool, but it was a bit more crowded than the westin and switching hotels was not jonas' favorite thing. BUT, the view could not be beat and we got to see the other side of atlanta.

we had the good old anniversary on labor day thing, where so many restaurants are closed. we ended up taking a taxi to a place that was actually open. but that was fun, i never need to take a taxi. jonas was nice to arrange that so i didn't have to walk in the rain. we had a great sushi dinner at RA and coconut creme brulee, yes! after, i actually did want to walk back to the hotel (even in my heels) because we weren't in midtown much this trip. we got to see where gone with the wind was written, the fox theater and even found some sister missionaries and walked around with them for a while. 

on our last day, jonas picked out an awesome brunch place (yes, i did have garlic grits. i love the south) and i had to see a little bit more of the city. this included their little flat iron building...

on our way home we stopped in nashville for some edley's bbq and to pick up some dr. oetker pizzas(we used to buy them in germany and they used to be the thing i wanted to bring back but now they are sold in the us, just not where i live). ps- sometimes i wish i lived in nashville.