Monday, February 23, 2015

A Weekend in Birmingham

This weekend I ventured off to Birmingham, AL with my Aunt Gail and mom to see The Book of Mormon. We left Friday once I got out of class. We had to drive through a little winter mix (which I enjoyed...I like to watch it snow). We stayed in downtown Birmingham at The Tutwiler, which is a National Historic Landmark. The Lobby is filled with really photos from the explosion in growth of the city to the civil right movement. Everyone was very nice and helpful throughout our visit (even though they were super busy with 2 wedding parties, cheer leading competition, and 5k runners). I highly recommend staying at The Tutwiler. 

(Street view of The Tutwiler)

   (This is where we pulled up to valet.) 

(The view from our room of the front of the hotel.)

(The sitting area in the room.)

(Our room was really nice!) 

(The front doors to the hotel...original marble.)

(The lobby had coffee 24hrs :)  I just loved the cups. They had different mouths and the sleeves had different accessories. Come on Starbucks get with the cuteness.)   


Friday night we ate at the hotel restaurant. (Above is the menu) We had the best time at dinner (it could be because we had some drinks in the room before coming down to dinner) . My mom and I split the pork ossobuco. It was served on cheese grits....yummy!!!   

(Fried oysters...no picture of the pork ossobuco. We were so hungry we just started eating...sorry.) 

Saturday, we took our time getting up and getting ready since the show wasn't until 2pm. The hotel breakfast was the best fee breakfast I have eaten...and it was on the 8th floor of the hotel. Once we checked out, we ventured to find a place for lunch that was close to the BJCC, which is where the show was playing. We found this place called, Uptown. It had a lot of restaurants. 
 

We ate at Cantina Laredo, which is modern Mexican restaurant. I ordered Tacos De Barbacoa (slow-roasted brisket, with marinate onions, monterey jack cheese, & cilantro). It was amazing!!! My mom ordered Torta De Carnitas (griddle baked sandwich with slow-roasted pork, fried egg, apricot spread and goat cheese). 
  

We got finished with lunch in perfect time to walk over to the BJCC. I enjoyed the show. (You do have to keep in mind that the writers of South Park wrote the show.) 


Saturday night Alex came to Decatur to stay with me. Sunday morning, we got up and went to breakfast in downtown Decatur. Sweet Melissa's is the place to go for breakfast. I have been there many times (And my mom and aunt are regulars, every Saturday morning). 






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