i recently drove by the big chicken in marietta for the first time. how did i not know there was such a cool 50s relic in marietta? the eyes and beak even still move! – ryan

we had quite the southern new year’s day! we cooked some greens and black eyed peas, grabbed takeout from fox bros. bar-b-q, including their amazing fried ribs, and managed to stay in our pj’s all day. what a treat! it was probably our best fox bros. experience to date. we aren’t the biggest fans of [...]

i gathered a list of my favorite concerts from 2011. i hope to also put up a list of my favorite albums later in the week. archers of loaf & band of horses – sun, jul 24th – the earl broken social scene – thu, feb 10th – the buckhead theatre casiokids & strfkr – [...]

this year’s annual sterritt family chinese food pilgrimage took us to golden budda on clairmont road in decatur. the entryway featured this huge showcase filled with fake plastic chinese food entrees. they were each labeled with those awesome old plastic labels that my papa used to label everything with. they were pretty amazing in a [...]

we recently re-visited the hickory pig when we traveled up to north georgia for our christmas tree. we first tried it out for ryan’s birthday ‘week of bbq’ when it was voted atlanta’s #1 bbq. gub got take-out then, which we enjoyed at the drive-in, so this was the first time ryan had actually been [...]

congratulations uncle addie on finishing your phd!!! – ryan, gub & clementine

we went in search of the sterritt family christmas tree a few weeks ago and ended up here: kinsey family farms in gainesville, ga. the drive wasn’t too far… about an hour outside of atlanta. We drank hot cocoa, made s’mores by a warm fire, visited a goat that tried to eat clem’s hat and [...]

they just painted a huge mural under the bridge near arizona ave and dekalb ave in kirkwood that is awesome! we wish they would have done a similar mural under the rocky ford rd bridge, ours is not nearly as fun. – ryan & gub

don’t miss the first ever battle of the beards this saturday at the highland inn ballroom! there will be food trucks, live music, local artist vendors, a full bar and lots & lots of facial hair. how can you go wrong? – ryan

the indie craft experience holiday shopping spectacular was fantastic as usual! we nearly finished our holiday shopping, so i would consider that a full success. and in case you missed it, don’t worry, ICE is also hosting a pop-up shop inside criminal records from december 1st through the 24th! they will have a ton of [...]