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

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.

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?

athletic. support.

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

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

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

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.

hammerin. hank.

Rach and me, with one of the last photo ops with Hank as the homerun king.

about last nite..

At the game with The Brit , witnessing the Greatest. Play. EVER.

Bob goes boom.

tex. mex.

“Hi Scott, I’m your two-time Gold Glove replacement.”

free. willy.

Boyfriend of the moment: Willy Harris! (complete with Princess Leia earmuffs helmet)

Willie Harris became the second player in Atlanta history with six hits in a game, going 6-for-6 with two triples and six RBIs to help the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 14-6 on Saturday night.

Felix Millan, in 1970, was the last Braves player with a six-hit game. Harris is the franchise’s seventh player to reach the mark.

Not to mention, we set the single-game franchise record with a crowd of 53,953 at Turner Field. Rachel and I were 53,952 and 53,953, respectively. So we claim.

Be sure to ask Rachel what a ’till’ is. And also, any story involving her sister as a cop. Reeeeally.

SI.com – MLB – Harris nets 6 hits and 6 RBIs in Braves rout

hammerin’. hank.

From one of the three Cubs game last week:

Courtesy of Jared/Wiki:

In Atlanta, 53,775 people showed up on April 8, 1974. It was a Braves record for attendance. Aaron hit career home run 715 in the 4th inning off Los Angeles pitcher Al Downing. The ball landed in the Braves bullpen where reliever Tom House caught it. While cannons were fired in celebration, two college students ran alongside Aaron around the base paths. Aaron’s mother ran onto the field as well. A few months later, on October 5, 1974, Aaron hit his 733rd and final home run as a Brave.

Thirty days later b the Braves traded Aaron to the Milwaukee Brewers for Roger Alexander and Dave May. Because the Brewers were an American League team, Aaron could extend his career by taking advantage of the designated hitter rule. Aaron broke baseball’s all-time RBI record on May 1, 1975. On July 20, 1976, Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final home run off the California Angels’ Dick Drago at Milwaukee County Stadium.

base. brawlin.

Not only did I catch 3 out of 4 Braves games this weekend, but also had a front row seat to the bench clearing near-brawl on Sunday. What great timing!

Renteria is hit by a pitch, starts heading towards the mound, the benches emptied and the pitcher is ejected.

Even the bullpen came storming out!

I kept screaming for Lou to kick his hat.

No punches were thrown, only an 8th inning Braves rally to bring out the closer..

Bobby lights the Wick!

And just for good measure, I’m including this pic.

bad. bobby.

Bobby Cox will soon hold a new distinction: most ejections all-time.
GO BOBBY! Lou Pinella is clearly jealous.

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Mr. Ejection
Veteran Cox closes in on all-time mark for dismissals

ATLANTA (AP) – With Bobby Cox, it usually starts this way: Sitting in an obscured corner of the dugout, he’ll remove his cap with one hand, rub the other through his hair and begin grumbling in a not-so-subtle tone that’s sure to catch the umpire’s attention.

Before long, Cox is bolting from the dugout on two surgically replaced knees, waddling along like a duck trying to make it across a busy highway. It might come across as amusing – until he unleashes a rapid-fire stream of obscenities with such venom that one might think these men in blue had just done something horrible to his family.

Of course, their offense is usually nothing more than barking strike when Cox thought it was a ball, or calling a runner out when he saw it the other way. No matter. He’ll stomp around angrily, his head twisting this way and that with impertinent disgust, his arms flying wildly for emphasis, a 66-year-old man resembling a petulant child who’s just been told he can’t go outside to play.

And then it’s done. The offended umpire hears the magic word – sorry, it’s never fit for print – and whirls his right arm in a half-circle. Cox knows the drill. He goes back where he came from, muttering all the way, and keeps right on going.

He’ll watch the rest of the game from the clubhouse.

goodmorning. gift.

What a great way to start off the morning.. a surprise koozy gifting for taking the Brit to Opening Day last week! I will be extra klassy sitting in the VP’s seats behind homeplate at the Cubs game.

Opening Day

Also, it was the coldest. day. ever. Not even the beer kept us warm.