A couple of weekends ago Alex and I had our first weekend get-away since our honeymoon back to Charlotte, NC. As I mentioned in a previous post, we stopped in Atlanta on the way to Charlotte to go to the Coca-Cola museum--fun, as always. We were hoping there wouldn't be very many people since it was Friday afternoon, but boy, were we wrong. There were a lot of kids! It was still fun though.
We got to our hotel in Charlotte and realized that two NCAA tournament games were being played that weekend in Charlotte and one of the teams was staying at the Hilton as well. We didn't see anyone, or atleast I don't think we did. I don't think I would have known if I had seen anyone from the team, but cool nonetheless. For dinner, Ruth's Chris was on our list for Friday night. It was a little more awkward than the last time we ate there because I had made the reservation on the phone, so every time the waiter came to the table he addressed me, which was annoying after a while. Getting dressed up for dinner though is always fun! This trip to Charlotte was much warmer than in December so we spent more time walking around downtown.
The next day we had "Young Frankenstein" on the schedule for the afternoon, so we checked out of the hotel and headed out to walk around and eat lunch before the show. Little did we know, there was a St. Patrick's Day Festival and Parade going on. It was very crowded, but an awesome surprise. We caught a glimpse of the parade (Stormtroopers wearing kilts was our favorite) and walked amidst the booths of wood carvings, Guinness and fried foods gallore. The weather was gorgeous and this really was a fun surprise before the show. It was a good way to pass the time. "Young Frankenstein" was...amazing. I vowed not to listen to the music beforehand and was really entertained. We love Broadway shows and this one makes it into the top of the list, granted we have seen some really good shows. Personally, I've seen Wicked on Broadway in New York, Jersey Boys, Chicago, Rent and Cats (all traveling shows). It surprised me how much I liked "Young Frankenstein." There's a video posted of my favorite song. What I like most about this song though is the dancing. I love the dancing.
Saturday on our way home we decided to pit stop in Atlanta again and stay there Saturday night which was fun. We played putt putt and ate out some more. It was Alex's idea to spontaneously prolong our mini-vacation which turned out to be a good one. Our next opportunity to take a trip together won't be until after the summer so we took advantage of the time we had.
Alex and I had a lot of fun and it was a great time of relaxation and time to ourselves after the busy months we've been through.
Here's the video! This is our favorite song, but not the best part of the show--it gets so much better! This is from the Today show Halloween edition 2007.
best weekend!
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