Open road and an empty itinerary.

"Hey, I have an interview in Birmingham this weekend. 

Wanna come?" - gal pal Jordan.

"My cousin will be out of town, but she said we could stay at her house." 

The view from the back yard.
 Jordan's cousin just happened to live in one of the nicest parts of town.

The inside was just as gorgeous.

"My interview is at 9:00 AM on Saturday, so I guess we can just spend the rest of the weekend exploring."

Photo cred: Jordan

Some gorgeous church downtown. 

English Village. 

Photo editing cred: Jordan.

Photo cred: Jordan. 

"I heard FLIP Burger Boutique is really good. Wanna check it out?"

Country fried beef, pimento cheese, bread and butter pickles, and SWEET TEA SAUCE.
The stuff dreams are made of. 

Our swanky view. 

"Remember that MTV show 'Two-A-Days'? That high school is only like ten minutes away."

If somebody were to stop and ask us what the heck we were doing I had
an elaborate "well, we graduated a few years back..." story all planned out. 

"WOAH, I just saw a sign for a Blockbuster close out sale!!!"

99 cent DVDs.

Just happened to find Season 1 amid the Blockbuster chaos.

And then we found Tim Tebow as a high schooler. 

"Isn't David Platt's church in Birmingham?"

The author of Radical/pastor of The Church at Brook Hills.

photo cred: Jordan.

Obviously, I had a blast this weekend. 

And obviously, my friends are awesome. 

And obviously, I'm blessed way, way, WAY than I could ever deserve.

Sooo....when can I move to Birmingham?