we went to see the lights before christmas at the riverbanks zoo in columbia, sc! there were lots of lights to see and a petting zoo where gub met a nice lama. – ryan & gub

we have been busy wrapping our gifts and getting ready to head home for the holidays! we are very excited to see everyone. – ryan & gub

there will be a total lunar eclipse this evening visible to most of north america. hopefully the sky stays clear enough that we can actually see the eclipse, unlike the last one in atlanta. the eclipse also coincides with the winter solstice, something that hasn’t happened in almost 400 years. on top of that, the [...]

i headed home from canada this weekend. the trip went great, however i’d be lying if i said i’ll miss the cold canadian weather. i’m looking forward to driving on roads that aren’t icy and not having my hands hurt because i forgot to put on my gloves. – ryan

to purchase alcohol in ontario you have to head to an lcbo, which stands for liquor control board of ontario. it’s a state run store that sells beer, wine, and spirits. if you are just looking for beer you can head to the beer store, a privately owned operation that sells beer. it definitely seemed [...]

i love grocery shopping in foreign countries, even if it’s just while visiting our neighbor to the north. you always notice subtle differences from shopping at home and find totally random things for sale. not surprisingly, most items are labeled in english and french in canada instead of english and spanish like down south. it [...]

we have had a decent amount of tim hortons while up here in the great white north. it’s in essence the canadian version of dunkin’ donuts. i’ve enjoyed it, although as you can see from the photo, the snow has been quite crazy. – ryan

i have a sweet view of hamilton, ontario from the my hotel room at the crowne plaza! – ryan

i headed to canada today for work. there were some great views from my airplane ride on the way up! – ryan

i recently saw a beautiful sunrise while working on st simons island. the ocean breeze was freezing that early in the morning however. – ryan

we had some flurries and a very light snow coating today! – ryan

we had an austin-healey sprite for a prop car on a recent commercial and boy was it beautiful! the headlights gave it a cartoon face that totally reminded me of speed buggy. of course i hopped in for a photo, although my legs barely fit under the steering wheel. it made my mini cooper seem [...]

we did some holiday decorating today while listening to loretta lynn’s a country christmas! ’tis the season. – ryan & gub

john portman is a world renowned architect who designed many of the buildings in downtown atlanta. he graduated from georgia tech in 1950 and has been designing beautiful buildings all around the world ever since. his atlanta structures are known for being connected with these great hallways, also known as the buildings “arteries.” – ryan

check out this great swimming pool! it’s on the rooftop of the holiday inn near the braves stadium. it has a sweet view of the city! – ryan