Birthday Weekend

Thanks to my friends and family, I had an awesome birthday weekend. Highlights included brunch at Sun in My Belly, a movie at Starlight Six Drive-In, an amazing trip to Southern Comfort (in spite of its name, it's not a strip club), and a Braves game which included a free concert by the Avett Brothers afterward.

Here is some of the awesome stuff I got:

Lands End Oxford Cloth Sheets. It's going to be like sleeping in a shirt. Obviously superior to t-shirt sheets.

Amazing monogrammed koozies courtesy of my friend, Shannon. I might just throw away all the rest of my koozies.

While technically not a gift, my buddy, Whit, picked up a hat for me at the Masters.

Two years, more or less

It was pointed out to me by my college roommate today that I missed what could have been the second "birthday" for my blog. I appreciate those of you who have actually kept sticking with me for the past two years, through the highs and lows of the blog. In case you are a newer reader, I went back and found some of my favorite posts from the first year and a half or so of the blog. Consider it a narcissistic walk down memory lane. If you haven't read them before, you can also pretend that they're new posts.

A whole lotta 80s preppy goodness
The black "dress" shirt
Tor/Sufjan Stevens- "Illinoize"
Pictures from Charleston
Hot women and Land Rovers: A Match Made in Heaven
Brown "tuxedos"
Introducing: the belt koozie
Sperry Billfish: A Footwear Identity Crisis
"Photography" or "A Trip Up North"
"Making the Grade"
Make your own gin: a follow-up
Breaking News: Kings of Leon to compete for "Worst Band of 2009"


Thanks again to everyone who reads. Please keep coming back and I promise to keep doing posts on a least a semi-regular basis.

Robert E. Lee's birthday

Today marks the 203rd birthday of General Robert E. Lee.

Lee is a man who I feel like is too often unfairly used as a symbol of racism and the supposed ignorance of the South, and as a result, becomes known simply as the leader of the "bad" army in the Civil War. Unfortunately, this takes away from the fact that he was one of the greatest military leaders in the history of the United States, and also a great patriot. A fact that rarely seems to be brought up is that on the verge of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln approached Lee, a West Point graduate, with the offer to be the head of the Union Army. Lee, after much debating, finally made the decision that he had to be loyal to his home state, Virginia, who had entered the war on the side of the Confederacy.

Lee was a man of honor, courage, and principle, and someone who deserves a better legacy than the one that is widely given to him. Read more about his life on Wikipedia.

25 Years

This past weekend I went back to my parents' house in suburban Atlanta to celebrate not only Easter, but also my 25th birthday (which falls on the same the day that Lee surrendered to Grant back in 1865, for those who are curious). Before I went home my mom asked what type of cake I would like for my birthday and "red velvet" was my automatic response. She got one from Piece of Cake down in Buckhead, and it was quite good. Please feel free to vicariously enjoy it based on the following photo.



Here's to another 25 years (and hopefully more) in the South.