Good weekend. Aimee and I took advantage of a beautiful spring day to head up into Northern Georgia to the Chattahoochee National Forest – home to the Amicalola Falls and the start of the Appalachian Trail. It’s plainly beautiful up there and a good place to do some hiking. We did the Appalachian Approach trail which takes you up to the top of the falls through a strenuous incline and then up 600 steps (the first picture below was just for the first part). In addition to the pictures below, check out our Picasa Album for Atlanta.
After taking the pictures above, we took the East Ridge Trail back down which was a lovely wooded descent back to the lodge. The photo above is a portion of the falls during the ascent. The photo below is on our way back down. You can’t quite see it in the picture but the Atlanta skyline was barely visible from the top, way off in the distance.
Taking advantage of being in the suburbs, we decided to have a dinner of Italian comfort food at the Olive Garden in Roswell, GA. We had soup, salad, and breadsticks (obviously) and split the cappellini di mare which was pretty decent. Only at Olive Garden though, can you order Lasagna Fritta (we did not):
For Sunday brunch we found ourselves at Wahoo! a Decatur Grill. I was thoroughly impressed. It’s a little out of the way in Decatur but the setting was lovely: quaint but not old-fashioned, sophisticated just enough without feeling like the trendiness would overshadow the food. Aimee had French Toast brioche with vanilla-lemon cream cheese and seasonal fresh fruit and I had the goat cheese-chive polenta topped with black beans, two fried eggs, and pico de gallo.
For Our List of things to do in Atlanta before we depart, we’ve added Braves Game and also checked off the Fox and the Falls. Updated list below:
- Aquarium
- CNN Studio Tour – check.
- High Museum of Art
- Something at the Fox Theatre – check.
- Spend the day at Stone Mountain
- Spend a weekend in Savannah at a B&B
- Visit Amicalola Falls / Appalachian Trail, bring camera – check!
- Take in a concert at the ASO (planned for May)
- Continue to meet more friends
- NEW - Attend a Braves game in the spring
Finally, on the music front… piano lessons have been going well. My repertoire so far this year is:
- Nocturne in F minor, op. 55, no. 1 – Chopin
- Excursions No. 1 – Samuel Barber
- Prelude No. 2, “Voiles” – Debussy
- Piano Sonata in F major, op. 10, no. 6, I, II, and III – Beethoven
- Prelude in G-sharp minor, op. 32, no. 12 – Rachmaninoff
- Etude in A-flat, op. 25, no. 1 – Chopin
- Intermezzo, op. 116, no. 4 – Brahms
I also wrote new psalm this week for Psalm 62. I’ve utilized the new translation of the Grail Psalter to make sure it is compatible with future edition of the English Lectionary for Mass. Also many of you know that I’ve been working on a mass setting to be used with the upcoming Third Edition of the Roman Missal, due to “Go Live” Advent 2011. I hope to send these both in to GIA or OCP or World Library in the next couple weeks!
Off to Austin in a few hours…
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