as you may or may not know we got a pretty good snowfall on sunday night which was followed by a really strong ice fall that locked up the city for most of the next 4 days.
here’s our patio as the snow is starting to come down pretty good
by the next morning we had about 4 or 5 inches outside.
we took our lunch break in piedmont park the next day
with our snowboards in hand. it wasn’t the super soft fabulous snow from last year, but i wasn’t recovering from a probably cracked rib as a result of a hemlich manuvuer gone terrible awry, so i’ll take it.
lillis didn’t try snowboarding this year, but she did snap plenty of video of drew and i.
so, it was terribly interesting snow, such as i’ve never seen before. 4 or 5 inches of snow, with a thin layer of ice on top. never seen that in any northern winter or western ski trip. it was like a thin candy shell. another thing we learned is that it is EXTREMELY difficult to land a snowboard on grass
anywho, here’s the overly dramatic snowboard video of the day….enjoy!
my parents drove up to atlanta to spend the weekend with us. they got in on friday night and we took them to the jazz evening at the aquarium (they have the georgia aquarium open on friday nights during the summer….MUCH better than going during the day and being crammed in like sardines – which of coursh the fish would love to eat).
mom wanted her and lillis to have their pictures taken in front of the nemo’s
here lillis is checking out a jellyfish
this shark looks mean, but he’s actually quite friendly. i think that’s why he was smiling at lillis, and not because he plans to eat her when she goes diving in the aquarium (her last year’s bday present that she still hasn’t used yet).
best thing about friday night at the aquarium isn’t the jazz….eh, it’s ok, but not as good as at the High Museum; but the lack of crowds. if this were during the day, you’d see lillis, and 74 other people. at night, just lillis. i like lillis better than those other 74 people combined.
this shark tried to eat my finger, but i was too large.
here lillis gets to know some more of the fish that plan on nibbling on her soon.
my mom and i both thought this eel looked like one of the old grumpy dudes on the muppets.
and here my mom is experiencing life as a penguin.
the museum was great…..for the rest of the weekend, we went to the High Museum to see the Cars exhibit. beautful machines. two of clark gable’s old cars. one duesenburg (i think) that belonged to some german baroness that is worth $8M. steve mcqueen’s old jaguar convertible classic bugattis and aston martin’s, even some actual racing cars from mercedes and porsche….oh yeah, and “the tucker.” cool stuff, and definitely worth seeing.
later we headed out to roswell to look at homes OTP. it’s AMAZING how much more home one can get up there. it’s just kind of a bummer that there aren’t the same kinds of parks and all up there as we have down here, but it is close to the river, and downtown roswell has quite a few little neat shops and restaurants (that aren’t chains), so i think i could do roswell.
anyway, the next morning it was off to church (where my mom was able to successfully identify that the preacher wasn’t actually there, but was indeed a video projection this week) and then they headed home while lillis and i headed out to the pool. good times.
oh, and here’s a video of some seals fighting, or mating….honestly, i couldn’t tell which. regardless, something was happening there.
sooooo, i was able to convince john and stephen that it would be a good idea for us to spend a weekend out in the woods with no food and no hair dryers (more a concern for stephen than for me - and less so every day). we found our way up to the greater […]
we went to huntsvegas for our end of the season volleyball tourney with the tsunami club i've been working with. below are a few picks of my team (13 black). we had a tough opening day, but did manage to upset the #1 seed in the tournament on day 2 before bowing out.below, allie poses […]
i took a second trip to nicaragua in april. this time brent nix (the mystery 4th in our group) and john headed down as well. it was john's 3rd trip and we were taking a look at a couple of places that he had visited before as well as some new places that peter wanted […]
sorry, no pics for this one. soooo, Atlanta was hosting the inagural ING marathon on March 25th. several of my friends had been training for months, but i had been nursing a sore leg and had not jogged for about 2 months. for some reason my friends (most notably jason, drew and blake) thought it […]
well, i'm sure everyone was jonesin for an update on the fantasy baseball draft update. i know it's like a monkey on my back. well, we were very excited that our draft angel was still there this year and had not indeed been killed by the fans of the Dominican team last year. as you […]
soooo, i decided to wing on up to DC to check out the WHO at Verizon Center with my friends Jeff and Todd and my brother Jeremy. We had a pretty fun weekend there, highlighted by either the girl who claimed she had political asylum, or the one whose belt was "Hermes" (as i was […]
all apologies for my lateness in getting this post out. the lesson here? i'm a slackass. a special note, going forward, all blog pictures will be clickable. clicking them won't make you smarter, but it will increase the size of the photo. this service i supply to you free of charge.sooooo, stephen, jason and myself […]
soooo, as you may know (if YOU are indeed reading this, and it's entirely possible you're not) i am now coaching volleyball. i'm coaching a girls 13's team that plays out of Woodward. often times those practices are the highlight of my week. there's something really amazing about having 12 people scream your name every […]
i usually try not to really mention what i'm thinking here, as it is my general supposition that no one really cares, but today will be an exception. i'm not even going to pretend that any more than 3 people in america might find me insiteful, but i figured i'd just put it out here. […]
nothing really to tell here. drew and i went fishing. i caught my first bass (more of a fly fisherman, i am)you may remember my phat hat as being the same one i won for catching a barracuda on drew's bachelor party. it still looks every bit as good as it did the day i […]
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