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Happy Thanksgiving from all your friends at PaidinSunshine!

Hope your holiday was merry and bright! We had ourselves a feast and a half -- but we're saving our turkey for dessert. ;-)

Another Year, Another Day at the Races

Yesterday, an elite crew with a special in-field pass set off for an artisan sandwich picnic and some annual Montpelier Hunt Race fun.

In between the races, we scoped the tweeds, riding boots, and braided manes. (Hat shopping involved mixed results, and ultimately no new acquisitions.)

There was steeple-chasing galore. Even when jumping the box hedges--or losing their jockeys (read: not underpants)--, the equine specimens maintained their composure in the slightly elevated altitude.

...And the day ended with a pink nose after cheerful hours in the sun.
Take that, potential Vitamin D deficiency!

Exciting Times in the ATL

Highlights of our visit to Atlanta last weekend: Amazing FroYo, swank downtown hotel, first snow of the season, Confederate bas relief monuments, the many flavors of CocaCola, time with our favorite seminarian, puppetry, biscuits and grits.

Stone Mountain: where we learned about the importance of proper footwear, quartz monzonite outcroppings, "heroes" Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis, and a carver named Lukeman.

Snow machine! Stone Mountain was preparing for winter festivities as we sweat our way down the mountain.


Serendipity. Our rental was silver Corolla, which we took to the Ponce Whole Foods.

A stolen image at the Center for Puppetry Arts prior to an unexpectedly good performance, The Ghastly Dreadfuls. Unpictured: creepy, creepy puppets.

Can one man try all 66 flavors at the World of CocaCola?

Only after a 4-D experience featuring water and wind (note the droplets on Ben's shirt!).

Perfection! Thanks for a lovely trip, Jenna! It was a wonderful crash course in Atlantia.