Sunday, September 5, 2010

Real-Life BBQ (photos)

In honor of Labor Day and meeting new friends, Karen Gowen is hosting a virtual BBQ party this weekend! The official details are at her blog.

I'd like to welcome all of my new followers who've come over thanks to her! Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

I had a very special day yesterday: Husband Evan and I had the distinct pleasure of brunching with DL Hammons (Cruising Altitude) and Nicole Ducleroir (One Significant Moment at a Time) and their wonderful spouses.

DL and his wife were in town for the LSU/UNC game, which was hosted at the Georgia Dome. (Don't understand that? Join the club. Something about Chick-Fil-A.)

Nicole and I are near-neighbors, as I mentioned from the first post in which we had coffee. But this brunch was special, since it included our spouses. We were at the restaurant for over three hours, so I think it's safe to assume we all had a great time!

And it was a beautiful day to cap it off: in the upper 60's when Evan and I arrived, and in the low-80's when we all left, not a cloud in the sky...


The very sunny entrance to the restaurant. 

DL and Kim, all geared up for the LSU game!

Christian and Nicole

Evan and me, borrowed from Nicole's blog... 

Trying to figure out where to stand to take the 3-Bloggers photo 

Evan told us that the downward angle was a superhero pose, so I tried to look heroic. 



Happy Labor Day!

23 comments:

Talli Roland said...

OK. Deep breath. I am SO jealous I'm having trouble breathing!

I want to meet you all! I do, I do!

Ahem. Glad you all had a good time... :)

Jamie Gibbs said...

Happy Labor Day!
Sounds like an awesome day, and I like the superhero pose too, hehe. That should definitely be your official author pic on publications!

Tricia J. O'Brien said...

Oh, this is such a fine post--to see all of you and the great time you had! Some people may wonder why we blog, well, you just showed them.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

That's so cool - two blogger buddies in one day!

Unknown said...

A real-life get together. Does that really happen? Oh, I need to get out more. Glad you had fun.
CD

Old Kitty said...

Awwwwww what a fun set of pics!! Yay!!! Glad you all had a great brunch. Have a lovely weekend too.
:-)
Take care
x

Unknown said...

What a great day! I love the superhero shot (gonna snag it for my own!) Can't wait until we get together next time <3 Have a great weekend. Hi to Evan!

Lola Sharp said...

I LOVE that you guys had such a wonderful time together! Y'all look so cute and happy. :)

My favorite picture out of all of them (including Nicole's) is the angled superhero shot! Did Evan climb a tree to get it? Stairs? Anyway, that your arm is up and you're ready to take off into flight is awesome!!

Thank God the deodorant held up, yes?

So glad you guys all had a perfect weather, sunny, happy day of fellowship, fun, food and writer friends.

Love,
Lola

Summer Ross said...

I'm glad you got to meet up with them. amazing pictures! You all look like you're having a good time.

Sarah Ahiers said...

Awesome! You guys look so great!

Jules said...

Sounds fantastic. Wish I could meet some of my lovely followers :)

Happy Labor Day
Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow

Anonymous said...

Superhero shot? But...but...where's the spandex?

*cough*

Looks like a lovely time was had by all, despite it being too early for anything other than mimosas or bloody marys. Were any of those involved? I do hope so.

Karen Jones Gowen said...

I'm so jealous! How fun to meet up with a blog buddy. The longer I do this the more friends I make and I never get to meet them! *whine whine*

Jemi Fraser said...

I'm jealous too! I've never met any of bloggy buddies in real life. Hopefully one of these days... Looks and sounds like you all had a fabulous time :)

DL Hammons said...

What a day it was! But it left me conflicted. On one hand, I'm having so much fun strutting around the blogosphere taunting "look what I got to do....look what I got to do", but on the flip side those three hours went by so quickly and now I have to resign myself to the fact that I've met these wondeeful people and the best I'm ever gonna do is steal a few meager hours in their company every couple of years or so. *Sigh* At least we have the internet.

Summer, you and Evan are "Good People"!

Crystal Cook said...

HOW FUN!! I wish I could meet you for real, that would be cool :)

Love the pic of you and Evan btw.

Ann said...

Popped over from KarenG's BBQ. It has been a great weekend for blog discovery and reading.

Looks like you and fellow bloggers had a lovely visit. Love the superhero pose by the way.

James Garcia Jr said...

Summer, I''ve been cyber-buddies with Nicole and D.L. for a while, and heard about your wonderful meeting, so I thought I would say hello. I can only imagine how nice it must be to actually get to hang out with people that we get to know on-line.
I love the fall theme you've got here. I live in the central valley of California where it gets over 100, so I do not complain between October and May because I know what's coming!
Take care,
-James

Hannah said...

awwwww, I'm so jealous!! That looks like a great time!! You all look like you had a good time.

Hannah said...

Jedi mind trick.

Anonymous said...

Always great to see bloggers hooking up in the real!

The Words Crafter said...

This looks like so much fun!!! I'm glad you all got to get together and have a good time. Wouldn't it be cool to meet all our blogger friends? We could have a big ole party somewhere...

Hope you're enjoying the holiday!

Elana Johnson said...

There's nothing like September weather, college football, and food. Glad you had a great time!