georgia state of mind

It was only a matter of time.. Georgia parody on Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind. Makes me want some Waffle House and Coke.

2 Fingers in the air for the A-Town
Got my seersuckers, Sperry’s and a buttondown.

Full lyrics after the jump

twin. terrors.

The Twins go to DC! Well, technically little J already lives there. The real reason for the trip was to try on bridesmaid dresses for the upcoming nuptials of Big Brother. Turns out, a bridal store like David’s Bridal was everything I dreamt it to be and more:

Average bridal customer

The worst part? We had to register our information since the bride didn’t have an account (got her dress elsewhere). Which means we inevitably are on 39473865 wedding mailing lists now, great! But on the bright side, the dresses were cute (& inexpensive), the wedding will be in Puerto Rico, and The Twin bought me a burrito afterward.

After the suburban scare known as Springfield, VA.. we headed off to Georgetown, where I was able to acquire my much-lusted after whale hat from Vineyard Vines!

For professional preps only

First seen at the Head of the Charles last year, I had been on a mission to get one of my own. The VV store in Copley was giving them away to children last November (I was too mortified to ask for one), but finally I was able to procure one in Georgetown!

Afterwards, we headed back to The Twin’s abode in Columbia Heights, where there were presents for yours truly waiting:

Yes, that’s a WALL-E toothbrush, al paca figurine from Peru, and CHOCOLATE COVERED BACON!!

Next day: Nat’s game. Sorry to say to my beloved Bravos, Nationals Field is pretty much the nicest ballpark I’ve been to (although have not made it to the new Yankee Stadium). Even the recycling containers were awesome.

The Twin demonstrates how to recycle at Nat's Field

The best part? The Presidents race, of course. Like sausages except our fearless leaders and not in Milwaukee.

Abe takes a huge lead

But then stops to tear up a Mets sign

George, Tommy J and Teddy all take advantage

But Abe doesn't seem to care

After the game, the Presidents were out and about in the stadium. I got to say hello to GW.

George really liked my new Dooney

And of course, the best president of them all..

Tommy J!

And this is totally unrelated, but I really like this shirt:

Prey Twin weekend = success.

grand. opening.

Just in time — Nike will be opening a Nike Sportswear Flagship store in SoHo this Friday. Hmm, any guesses whether I’ll be packing for Boston or checking out some new diggs?

Nike Sportswear announced the opening of 21 Mercer Street in New York City’s SoHo. It is the first Nike Sportswear-specific store of its kind. Opening August 22nd, the stand-alone shop will be the only location globally to carry the complete NSW collection and seasonal 21 Mercer products.

nikesportswear.com

QOTD: “it’s so happy. and heart wrenching.” -the twin’s review of wall-E

QOTD2: “those stupid kids wont appreciate that bear like we would!!!” -the twin, on the Washington Nationals giving away stuffed panda bears to kids under 12

More twin:

Belatedly: in honor of Skip Carey.. “Well, we can mourn Skip Caray with this luscious impersonation of his dad by the Braves’ own (for now) Will Ohman.” http://ballhype.com/video/ohman_does_carey/

another day. another dollar.

Who knew I’ve actually been working for five weeks now? Certainly not my bank account. HA!

Let’s recap the latest week in the big city..

Today I was pleasantly surprised by a mysterious looking package from The Brit with enough packing tape to make you want to buy stock in 3M products. And after a 5 min struggle with scissors and cursing (you know how I wasn’t allowed to have scissors at my desk in the newsroom..) lo and behold, my very own TexMex bobblehead! Now I only need a second baseman and a left fielder (Chipper’s goes to 3rd), and I’ll have a whole lineup. And look, Tex has already made friends with my Dwight Schrute bobble:

Despite not having a paycheck (yet), I had to venture to my beloved Ralph Lauren Rugby. In between polos and manicures, I found quite possibly the greatest. thing. ever. at Virgin Megastore..

GIZMOS! Me want! I think the only thing that could possibly make this better is to throw in a bunch of Ewoks.

Randomly decided to enter a 5miler race around Central Park today, and placed 5th — with the 4th place finisher ONE SECOND in front. How irritating. Esp since I had to stop to adjust my knee brace.

QOTD (via Twitter):
Curt: @dpnation Clean your teeth the tasty way with Bacon Floss: http://www.mcphee.com/items/11847.html
dpnation: @curt omg not the first person to recommend bacon floss to yours truly. what does this say about me?
Curt: Only that your love of bacon transcends that of mere mortals
dpnation: @curt i hope they put that on my tombstone.
Ken: @dpnation @curt That your tombstone would reference ‘mere mortals’ is delightfully ironic.

Mr. A, earlier: I don’t know why whenever I see “bacon!” it reminds me of you…LOL.  But I also can’t argue with this [bacon floss] logic. Is there anything bacon can’t improve?

Skybversations, con’t:

Guess who leaves for Paris in a week from Wednesday? Hope those Frenchies enjoy my Spanglish and pathetic Italian.

weekend. wonder.

First it was the Yanks, now I can cross off the Mets from my to-do list. Sorta.

The new Citi Field is rising up in the outfield. Shea = not quite as a dump as Yankees stadium. But totally loses points for serving Pepsi. Bleh. Not to mention, as a die hard Braves (and Cubs) girl, there’s really just no way I can root for the Mets. Between that and my disdain for the Red Sox, I’m really not sure if that makes me a Yankees fan by default. Eek.

Anyway, last nite was Shea Stadium replica nite, where the first 25,000 fans received their limited edition stadium giveaway.

Not only did we manage to get an extra replica (three of us, four tix.. so I just entered twice), but we also found THREE more replicas just on the ground as we were walking down the ramps out of the stadium, which you may now freely bid for on eBay. Did I mention there was a torrential downpour? Yeah, so we left 45 min into the rain delay, which was a good call since the game was canceled shortly thereafter.

Today still had fluke rain (IE it was NOT in the forecast. Again.) After some ice coffee at SJP’s coffee shop, New York bagels (I’m addicted), and an $18 mani/pedi (yes, you heard me — $18!), I headed to Harlem for the Harlem Rocks cycling race. Sure, I could’ve raced in it, but I’ve been avoiding the bike since, oh, the Dartmouth disaster. And I suppose running 9 miles yesterday probably wouldn’t be the best race prep anyway.

Rock Racing is the loud and brash cycling team sponsored by Rock & Republic. (See Wiki). I do have to say, as a Ralph Lauren Rugby kind of girl, I’m loving the team’s kits and clothing.

Somewhat controversial cyclist Tyler Hamilton at the line for Rock Racing.

The pro race ended with a down to the wire finish, where the guy who won (Eric Barlevav, Time Pro Cycling) ended up crossing the line and then faceplanting at 40+ MPH. But he seemed alright and was happy with the win. I bet tomorrow will be a little less fun, once the adrenaline wears off.

My acclimation to New York is coming along nicely. Today I yelled at a guy who was asking me for a dollar for the subway because I was obviously on the phone (wishing daddy a happy day like the good daughter that I am) and that was annoying, which is only slightly better than the time that someone on the sidewalk asked me “Do you have time for the children?” to which I replied “No.”

I’ll be fine as long as I don’t get one of those New Yawk accents.

hoops. heaven.

Visiting the Nike House of Hoops in Harlem..

LeBron wall

Kicks of pro players (in their actual sizes – smallest was a 12 in Steve Nash)

As for the rest of life in The City..

The office.. next to Radio City and waayy to close to all the 5th Ave shopping.

Unfortunately, I missed this in the ATL:

The Brit collects her Mark Teixiera bobblehead. All I gotta say, is thank god for eBay. I too will have my TexMex bobble.

What else..
Kissena, the team that at some point I’ll be riding with this summer. (Yay for UVA colors). Who knew that it would take over a month for the bruises from getting run over by bikes (twice) to go away?

Speaking of which, what do a Tour de France Champion (Alberto Contador) and I have in common? Turns out, we both like to fracture our elbows!
“The 2007 Tour de France winner crashed during Saturday’s eighth stage to Tivoli. He finished in the bunch on both Saturday and Sunday but an x-ray carried during Monday’s rest day revealed a small fissure fracture at the head of the radius bone of his left forearm.”
cyclingweekly.co.uk

Neverfear, living in New York will not deprive me of my favorite clothing store ever: there’s a Ralph Lauren Rugby store in the Village.

The subway is a place of marvel for a small town southerner. The things I’ve seen in one week.. most notably, the guys who were breakdancing in a relatively full train, doing flips on the pole/handrails and a two-person somersault down the aisle. It was absolutely ridic, in a good way. Other ridiculous things happen on the subway that don’t need to be mentioned.
(Two-person somersault example here.. but the subway one was way better)

In regards to the legend of the $18 mani/pedi in NYC: it’s TRUE.

picture. perfect.

Best sign ever!

And the new Nats ballpark debuted tonite.. against the Bravos! Check out the new unis. Love love love. (Brit, this pic’s for you)

MLB.com – Braves don new alternate uniforms
“Beach” patch as seen on the Braves unis
Check out ESPN’s World Series pick..

Trivia tidbit: Chipper Jones hit the first homerun in the Nationals ballpark

Braves home opener tomorrow (Monday). Remember last year? Winter coats + baseball = so wrong.

bacon. fest.

Baconfest, ING Marathon and Braves home opener all this weekend. And I’m sitting here in 30 degree temps. Life is not fair!

From Skybil:

Look at all the deliciousness pooling in the left hand corner. Baconshot, Wes?

cuban. cubs.

Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban said that he is waiting for the Cubs to release financial information in January, and then he “will try to move forward with his attempt to buy the team from the Tribune Co.” (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 12/4).

YESSSS!!

series. sweep?

I’ve decided that I should at least root for the Red Sox to win the World Series tonite, not because I’ve all of a sudden become a Sox fan*, but because it would be FAR WORSE listening to Sox fans whining and crying about how they were up 3-0 and lost, rather than them just winning the damn thing altogether. So, for my on sanity, go Sox.

* General sports fan rules being you can only be on one team’s bandwagon, in which case, would be the Cubbies, having grown up with ‘rents from Chi-town, of course.

buried. treasure.

A bulldozer working on the Cubs’ project to remove the crown from the playing surface at Wrigley Field yesterday was forced to come to a stop between home plate and first base after hitting something.  It turns out “cement blocks surrounding the bottom parts of the old goal posts from Bears games at Wrigley had been buried under the infield … for nearly four decades” (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10/26).

athletic. support.

Finally, I have found a Boston team that I can root for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Braves

turf. management.

Did you know that UGA has a ‘Turf Management’ major? And did you know it’s one of the best in the country (go figure).

Awesome article on how they get all those lines and various designs on the grass for baseball.

diamond. bob.

Looks like Bob has landed in Arizona (his 5th team), and hey, at least he managed to be on a team leading their division.

Arizona Diamondbacks | D-Backs sign reliever Wickman
Roster – Bob Wickman
Previous:

http://dpnation.wordpress.com/2007/08/25/closers-closure

And just for good measure, I’m posting the greatest. play. ever. (again)

mixtape. monday.

Mark Teixeira tribute! (thanks Jared)

and apparently they are performing this at Turner Field??

closer’s. closure.

Poor Bob! As soon as I leave ATL, he does too.

SI.com – MLB – Braves designate Wickman for assignment

slammin. salty.

Salty hits two HRs in a close one..  I would say I miss him, but The Brit might kill me over her precious Teixeira.

bobby. booted.

Congrats to Bobby Cox, the new all-time leader in career ejections!

SI.com – Atlanta’s cantankerous manager was tossed after the fifth for arguing a called third strike on Jones – the 132nd ejection of his career to break the mark originally set by Hall of Famer John McGraw.

wonderous. willy.

Willy saves the day by catching the would-be tying home run in the bottom of the 9th versus the Mets!

Total Boyfriend of the Moment honors. That is, if The Brit allows this (having staked her claim first). The only thing that could have made this pic better is if Willy was wearing his Princess Leia earmuff batting helmet.

Full resolution here.

braves, cheese dip, etc.

Bravos

Photos updated! Well, one gallery at least.

Unrelatedly:
The farewell bash with secret theme hosted by Skybil is on. Unfortunately, no clues as to what the hell is going on have been unveiled.

A sampling of edited evite quotes:
“If they only XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, life would be perfect!”
“I will be there along with my large vat of cheese dip!!!”
“XXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXX?”
“i better keep my response tentative, since XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX may draw me in from miles and miles away…is Boston ready for this!?”

If you haven’t received the evite, get in touch with Cybil. I’m not allowed to view the evite until 7:30pm on Saturday.