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Hibernation is over...

Sorry, we've been hibernating for the long, misearable winter. Don't worry, we woke up just in time for this....

Best night ever! Thanks for the crazy ride, guys! NCAA, here we come...

Weekend in Georgia

I was finally able to make it to Atlanta and visit the CDC while still an employee. Dj and I got to spend a three day weekend seeing the sites. We got a city pass and were true tourists. I was surprised by how much I liked it there.

Olympic Centennial Park, still decorated for the holidays.

Woodfire Grill

For any Top Chef fans out there, this was our favorite season. We had to visit the Woodfire Grill, home to the best chef-Kevin. We treated ourselves to a tasting menu. Well worth it.


If you look closely, you can see all the goodies we got to eat, including antelope. It was amazing. Should have taken pictures of every dish (which half the resturant was doing--it was just that good).

Kevin was super friendly and took a minute out of his cooking to pose with us.

We were seated at a table with a direct view of Kevin's woodfire grill, so we were able to see him cook all night.

Atlanta High Art Museum and CNN

The City Pass included tickets for CNN, High Art Museum, Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, the zoo, and a natural history museum. The CNN tour I was least looking foward to, buy ended up enjoying it a ton. It was really cool! First, we got to ride up this giant escalator that made me dizzy. Then we got to see everything, including the actual broadcast room.

We walked from the art museum to CNN and passed by the house Margaret Mitchell lived in while writing Gone with the Wind. Yeah, one of my favorites.

The art museum was having a special display on the drawings and sketches of Leonardo di Vinci. A lot of horses and battle scences.

Atlanta Aquarium and World of Coca-Cola

The aquarium is pretty awesome. They have a huge aquarium filled with a ton of fish and four whale sharks. They call this area the theater. Dj and I sat there for a long time just watching everything.
We were lucky enough to be there for feeding time for the whale sharks.

Everyone enjoying the view.

Sea otters = adorable. Can I have one?

Jellyfish.

And of course, the world of Coca-Cola, my favorite pop.

The famous tasting room. I was hoping I could get a Turkish Coke, my ultimate favorite, but no luck. They only had weird, fruitty stuff from around the world.

Atlanta Natural History Museum and Zoo

We happened to be in Atlanta during the coldest weather they have seen for ten years. This made our visit to the zoo a little short--it was way to cold for the animals. Eventually the sun came out, some some of the animals came out to say hi. The zoo was nice and gave us two free tickets to return. Anyone planning a trip to Atlanta in the next three months? Here are some of the animals that came out to say hey:

And finally the natural history museum. Kind of cool place. Had an entire floor dedicated to hands on science stuff.