That weekend we snuck away

"Let us step into the night and purse that flighty temptress, adventure!" - Albus Dumbledore

Thanks to an amazing beautiful and thoughtful gift from my beautiful, amazing and thoughtful friend, Blair, Guy and I got to sneak away to Chattanooga for a small weekend adventure.

We were able to stay at a Bed and Breakfast in downtown Chattanooga, called the Stone Fort Inn. I made Guy take off work a little early so we get there right at 5 so that we could explore a little before dinner at their restaurant, Terra Mae Appalachian Bistro. 

Our room was gorgeous and it had a giant whirlpool tub (my favorite). Honestly, I probably would have been okay just hanging out in the room all the night, because it was that good.

But instead, we got dressed up and went to dinner and tried not to feel too out of place at a real restaurant (that you know, wasn't a Chick-fil-a).

I had the Applewood Bacon Wrapped Scallops which were pretty good, but Guy's meal definitely took the prize. He got the Appalachian Lunchable, at seen below. Yes...that is bacon in a mason jar. Something about that mason jar just made it taste better.

After dessert, we wandered around downtown for a bit. There was a free concert that night so there were a lot of people roaming around. Chattanooga slowly wins a bit more of my heart every time we go there. It might just be that I have soft spot for small cities with rivers, but whatever it is, I love Chattanooga.

The next morning we met up with our favorite Mary, to do some thrifting and to look at her new house. She then took us to eat fried food, like any good Southern host should do. We ate at this restaurant called Champy's, where I had my all time favorite lunch food, a buffalo chicken salad. To top it off, Mary told us as we were leaving about a gelato place, Milk and Honey that had just opened (be still my heart). I obviously had to take a picture so I could instagram it as I was told all the cool people do.

After that, we wandered around an antique store to keep out of the heat before heading to my parents' house to celebrate my dad's birthday (which meant more good food: roasted duck breast, four cheese risotto and strawberry pie). I'm realizing that if you're thinking all we did was eat on this trip, you would probably be right.

We were only gone for a night and we were home before we knew it, but this little escape was a beautiful and much needed adventure.

Thanks, Blair. You have no idea how much this meant to me!