parents weekend, the aquarium, the high, and house shopping • 06.19.10
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.
Seals Fighting at the Georgia Aquarium from charles breland on Vimeo.
