Just another pretty photo

Fort Yargo State Park, Winder, GA

From Scenic Landsc...

Near Athens, GA

Who needs Italy?

From Scenic Landsc...

For those of you that don't already know, Venice California, home to the famous Muscle Beach, was actually originally named for it's sister city in Italy. A very wealthy man purchased the current site of the city, and after considerable excavation, managed to create a series of canals and waterways similar to its namesake.

Alas, it was a big disaster. Nobody wanted to live there, and the mosquitoes were pretty bad. By the 50's most of it was filled in, and the area went downhill pretty quickly.

However, this story has a happy ending. A few years ago (don't know how many) the canals underwent extensive renovations, and about 3 miles of them are open now, and they are lined with million dollar homes about the size of a Volkswagen Van.

Seriously, it's pretty cool to see, and if you find yourself in LA, it's a top-5 thing to see as it's walking distance from Venice beach.

Lewd Behavior

We Spent Valentines Day weekend on the Central Coast, north of LA, in Santa Ynez, and in Santa Barbara.

This Girraffe from the Santa Barbara Zoo was feelin' the love...

Sorry for the delay in posting, guys. We are having some internet problems at home, hopefully those will be sorted out soon. I am busy writing fellowships, and Jason is busy selling office equipment. We will hopefully have a post up soon about our first trip to Griffith Park here in LA, as well as our recent trip to Solvang, CA in the Santa Ynez Valley. Our big exciting news is that we are planning a trip to Isla Holbox in Mexico for the upcoming wedding of our friends Melissa Lerch and Luc Rainville. We are so excited that we are going to be there to share this incredible time with them!