Fire & Ice

Yesterday, we went to lunch at Doc Chey's and then stopped by the new Emory Point development because I "needed" to get a few things at one of the boutiques there. ;) I saw a poster earlier in the week about a "marathon ice carving" charity event they would be having over the weekend. I've never heard of such a thing, but we decided to check it out anyway since we were already there. (Sorry for the phone pics.)

There was an Atlanta ice carving team working on a dragon sculpture, and the rest of the action was mostly setup for the evening VIP event. A couple of guys near us were unloading what looked like a bunch of sleeping bags.

And then they started unrolling them! They put a pillar candle in the top of each one, so I guess that was the "fire" portion.

At the end of the carving session, it became clear that most of the rest of the people in the crowd were groupies! Icies? "This is your best dragon yet, guys!" "You know we have to take a picture!" Definitely random, but it was an interesting little Saturday afternoon event! It was in the 50s, so I hope the sculptures made it until the cocktail hour.

Today we went to brunch at Haven Restaurant & Bar in Brookhaven (really good) and then drove over to Costco nearby to see what all the fuss is about. Sadly, we were not impressed, and I really wanted to love it! It seemed like you have to be more bargain-loyal than you are brand-loyal, and that is just not necessarily going to work for us. Oh well. At least "we" got to gaze at the $30,000 diamond necklace on display at the front!

Hope you had a great weekend. :)