Thank you to everyone who commented on the last post. I’m so glad dress #4 is a hit!

Believe it or not, this post is not wedding-centric even though Lar is getting married in two days AND she and Matt just got legally married today at the courthouse (I’ll post some photos soon of them signing their marriage license).

Instead of wedding talk, this post is about what Lar and I were up to last Saturday. Can you spot us in the photo below?

Yep! That’s us on the left at the judges table. Impressive, no?

The folks over at Lenox Mall invited us to be judges for their Model for a Day contest. It was a pretty sweet gig considering all we had to do was sit at the judges table, maintain a look of importance and judge the contestants on a scale of 0-15. Actually we suck at looking serious and just ended up grinning eagerly at all the contestants. Anna Wintours we are not.

The other judges were really nice. In the photo below that’s Vinny (on the left) from Bare Escentuals, me, Lindsey from Banana Republic, Lar and not pictured is Anne from the Lenox Mall.

The reason for judging? The winning models get to walk in the upcoming Banana fashion show on April 2 that will be part of Lenox Square Mall’s Simon Fashion Now – a weekend of fashion on April 1st and 2nd. If you’re in the Atlanta area, click here for more info.

All in all it was fun pretending to be a judge and it was so nice to have a break from wedding planning.

A big thank you to Jordan and Mary Elizabeth with BRAVE PR for thinking of us!

(All images courtesy of BRAVE PR)

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Things are getting a little hectic here for the wedding – especially since our mom is home sick with a fever – but I’ll try to get at least one more post up before the wedding. Thank you all for being so supportive and sweet!

Before a mega much-over-due wedding update, I had to share these photos with you that Cath and I took last week with our friend Ali.

So sometimes Atlanta is magical. Like 70 degrees in mid-February magical. Last weekend we took advantage of said magical-ness by playing outside in sleeveless attire. We had sandwiches at Victory’s, Kombucha at Savi’s, and then we strolled over to the 4th Ward to take a look at the photogenic, Miami-esque, appropriately named Wigwam (???) Condos.

Aren’t they so kewl? And so very not Atlanta. Also very not wigwam-ish (they are named for the silhouette of what I thought was a cupid but happens to be a 3-ft. pink Native American chief – see above). I love its incongruity. It’s right by Martin Luther King Jr’s historical home and Lotta Frutta which has deeelicious smoothies and slightly taciturn smoothie makers.

I highly recommend visiting historic sites and eating delicious sandwiches this weekend if you guys can. Or, you know what? You guys should just all come down here and we’ll take you around! Okay, good. It’s a date. See you tomorrow!

In the meantime, here’s Cath dancing up the Wigwam stairs:

On Cath: shirt, thrifted; jeans, Blank; shoes, TOMS

On Lar (moi): awesomest dress in the world is a gift from Cath from Creatures of Comfort in L.A.; bandeau (see in photo below), AA; belt, Madewell; skirt, Citizens of Humanity; boots, years old from Target; purse, my favorite and least practical bag and I have no idea where it’s from; bracelets are assorted, one is from my future in-laws from Egypt!

xoxo,

Lar

On Cath: sweater, Target; belt, H&M; shirt, thrifted Helmet Lang; skirt, Limited; tights, Walgreens; shoes, Aldos.
On Lar (moi): pleather jacket, Express; tee, belt, boots, AE; jeans, Earnest Sewn; necklace, c/o Novica.

So Cath and I lived together for most of college and post-college, but for the last nine months we’ve lived <gasp>.<sob>.seven minutes away from each other. I hate it.

Oh, and we even work about five minutes apart. But somehow we see very little of each other. We hang out maybe twice a week, and that’s only if we schedule it. That’s what we did last week. Date night for the AsianCajuns. Actually we kind of had two date nights (but one included the mens).

At our local bbq place Burnt Fork (god bless Southern food!!!):

(Below) My favorite new cocktail at Leon’s Full Service (in Decatur) called the Gutter Pop. I forget everything that’s in it, but I do know there is gin, gin and more gin, garnished with a peel of orange and a bit of clove. I love you, winter cocktail!

When we “grow up” Cath and I plan to live, if not next door to each other, in the same neighborhood. There is a chance that I might be moving outside of Atlanta for just a bit (my smartypants fiance is looking far a-field for postdoc employment). I haven’t told Cath yet, but she’s coming with us. I mean, 2-3 years living more than 10 minutes apart- possibly even an ocean apart!- unfathomable. Kitcath, I hope you don’t mind 😉

ps- A wedding update to come soon! Remember those bookshelves I was talking about? Yeah, two thirds of all the books? Now covered in white paper. Woot, woot!

We tend to mention Decatur (our adopted hometown) a lot on this blog. For those of you not familiar with it, Decatur is a teeny-tiny, progressive city that borders the east side of Atlanta. As individuals and as bloggers, we’ve gotten a lot of support from the local community so we try to give back every chance we get.

In addition to some local volunteering and seeing if we’re smarter than Decatur 5th Graders (turns out we’re about on par), we’re also contributing to the Decatur Tourism blog – the perfect place to go if you are a first-time visitor to Decatur or a long-time resident. You can see a list of the other blog contributors here. I just finished our first post so have a look around.

We also shot a short video a couple months ago for Decatur’s Tourism site that I’ve been meaning to post. I always kind of cringe when I see myself on video, but I love that I’m side by side with Lar. Plus, there was a professional involved – thank goodness for the power of editing!

So let us know when you are next in town! We’d love to be your tour guides.

Let’s see. 5th grade was about 12 17 years ago, and it took me a while to do that kind of math.this doesn’t look good.

Cath and I were invited to be contestants in Decatur’s very own “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader.” And you know how they got us to agree to embarrass ourselves in front of a large audience? They called us “celebrities!” So we of course humbly accepted. (I’m fairly certain there will be a number of disappointed 5th graders on Wednesday night when they realize they aren’t going head-to-head with a real Decatur celebrity like the Mayor or Fire Chief. Sorry, kiddos!).

Also, it turns out this isn’t just about us being local celebrities, the proceeds go to the Glenwood Academy 5th graders so that they can create a legacy gift of art for the new 4-5 Academy in Decatur. Sweet! Art and education. I really can’t think of a better reason to make a fool of myself, can you?

Locals, you can still get tickets here for the event for this Wednesday night. Non-locals, we’ll be sure to ask someone to capture our most embarrassing moments for your viewing pleasure. Below are some of the real celebrities we’ll be sharing the stage with:

Need a fashion fix? Catch us on Sally’s latest post about work-wear (we’re at the bottom of the long list of inspiring ladies who do the 9-5).