MEETING THE LOCALS--BUCKHEAD, ATLANTA

Last night was my first Atlanta/Buckhead experience...
And let me say that it was quite delicious.

Thanks to my father and a an old family friend/Maryland connection, I was able to spend the holiday--or MY HOLIDAY/Heritage Day as KM would say since I AM part Mexican :)--Cinco de Mayo in the company of a handful of very friendly and very welcoming Atlanta locals.

My host for the evening had originally planned on taking me to Rio Grande Cantina for the Cinco de Mayo festivities; however, and this is a BIG HOWEVER, he received a phone call informing him that Rio had been invaded by the policia and the whole mother was SHUT DOWN--Happy Cinco Rio!! (Sucks to be them). May I also point out... the website link was in working order yesterday, and now it's down as well... LOLz.

Instead we drove to Tavern 99 where I was introduced to a handful of my host's friends and this guy:

Ole'

This was about as wild as the evening got, and I'm A-Okay with that. Ha. Who should I thank for meeting this half naked man?? My dad? Or my host? Oh well--Mr. Cinco de Oh-May-Oh wished me a "Happy Cinco" and a "Welcome to Atlanta" and I carried on with the rest of my evening.

Next, and lastly, we headed over to Via--where aside from the environment, which had a great night-life crowd, their menu and pizza was freaking DELICIOUS!!

I ordered a Sausage pizza and pretty much died and went to "I-need-to-recreate-this-when-I-get-home" heaven. This 12 dollar pizza--which was well worth it-- was covered in San Marzano Tomato Sauce and Buffalo Mozzarella cheese then topped with Sweet Dried Cranberries, Basil and Hot Chili Sauce. Holy Delicious!!

I've got one slice left and I have every intention of savoring it all day.

I fully recommend Via, and their menu, to anyone who is visiting or just in the area.

However, do watch out... I was informed by the only other lady in the group to be prepared. After 11:45PM/12:00AM the "skanks" come out of the Atlanta woodwork. She was correct. As the night got later and the music louder, the heels got higher and the skirts shorter. Oh, and the drunk skanks fall down the stairs... hehe. You should have been there! Priceless!! I wouldn't expect anything less from a Cinco de Mayo--but I was also informed and learned first hand that unlike in Maryland, where Thursday nights are the party nights, in Georgia (specifically Atlanta and the Buckhead area) Wednesday nights are it.


Now I must go GTL and then wash the cigarette smoke and bar smells out of my hair!

Happy Hangover Day (Seis de Mayo) everyone--especially to KM--because I know her drunk ass was partying up the Cinco last night in Maryland WITHOUT ME!!!!




Ole'!