le chattanooga choo choo

for the past few days i've been crashing the lovely home of julie, a friend from ocean city. the visit started with an entertaining trip to a mexican joint called las margaritas where we met a filipino waiter who we later christened Rufio after his strong resemblence to the character of the same name from the film Hook. Some highlights from the night: Rufio sits down with us at the booth, hits on Julie's roommate Bekah, then bites the cotton candy tattoo of her friend Elisa. seemed like a good start. the next day i attended a Systematic Theology class with Julie, learned about Christology and got a little lesson on Vatican II and the term ex-cathedral. I was happy to note that Julie's professor, also the Dean of the School of Religion, knew the correct definition of immaculate conception, which refers to the Catholic principle that Mary was born without original sin.... but I digress. After thrifting, going to Sonic twice in one day and eating at a Five Guys (they have those here!), we had thoroughly exhausted Cleveland, Tennessee.
today we awoke, watched a few episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and headed down to Chattanooga, where i was able to see the sign for the Choo Choo from the highway. after crossing the pedestrian bridge, we shopped and then ate some delicious ice cream at Clumpie's Ice Cream Co; i had apple cinnamon. then we walked through the art district, admiring a sculpture of a horse made out of wood, or what was actually metal made to look like wood. after a continued strolling, we ate calzones the size of our heads at Lupi's, which besides offering wondering pizza options, also has one of the widest beer selections i have ever seen.
here are a few photo opportunities:
love and kisses,
also, happy VD!