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I agree with Mickey on the aquariums in part. The ...

2008-07-25T14:23:00.000-04:00

I agree with Mickey on the aquariums in part. The Tennessee Aquarium has a better oganizational flow where you never pass through the same section to see something new and it's much more educationally focused. The Georgia Aquarium has a decided dearth of information on the animals on display. They've improved that a little as they've gone along, but it still pales in comparison in that aspect to the Tennessee one. The Disney World/Movie Megaplex feel they have in the Atlanta Aquarium also turns me off a bit. It's like they were going for spectacle over education.

That being said, the variety of fish and extremely rare species they have make up for it in part. That and the Deep Sea Voyager's huge glass wall room is awesome. I could sit in there for hours.

To answer your question, Chris, yes, those are sna...

2008-07-24T18:51:00.000-04:00

To answer your question, Chris, yes, those are snakeskin loafers. Light blue snakeskin loafers. They were rad.

I think that picture may make my legs look fat.

a friend of mine got married last fall in the hunt...

2008-07-24T14:26:00.000-04:00

a friend of mine got married last fall in the hunter addition- it was way cool. though drinking scotch with all those curvy walls was a little difficult.

i have to second mickey on liking the noog's aquarium better. it at least has something to with the ecosystem it's in. the other ones (atl and ripley's) are like, "wow! looks at all these weird looking fish! and pirates!!!" kids come out of there thinking great whites co-inhabit with rainbow trout.

noelle- Yup, I think Chattanooga is sort of off th...

2008-07-24T13:41:00.000-04:00

noelle- Yup, I think Chattanooga is sort of off the map for the rest of the country. It's a surprisingly cool place, even if you don't See Rock City.

mg- Don't worry, I won't be going back to Taco Mac anytime soon. Any recommendations are welcome.

npw- Casino said he got his keytar off ebay. Go for it.

julie- It's the organization of the Tennessee Aquarium that I like, how you walk through it from the mountains to the sea. Atlanta's is like a schizophrenic shotgun blast.

amelia- I haven't been to Ripley's, but Atlanta's is worth a visit.

chris- I would not mind an excuse to get back to the Noog.

jacob- It's true, I've become acclimated to the 81-degree temps of our apartment.

dianne- See I thought it had changed a lot since the last time I was there about five years ago!

allie- You'd like 'Nooga. Lots of scenery and people on bikes.

Wow. Not a place I'd ever thought of visiting, bu...

2008-07-24T13:28:00.000-04:00

Wow. Not a place I'd ever thought of visiting, but now I want to. I'm a sucker for aquariums.

Wow Chattanooga doesn't look like it has changed m...

2008-07-24T12:39:00.000-04:00

Wow Chattanooga doesn't look like it has changed much since the last time I was there! I went to the aquarium with a friend from UT back in '94 or '95...

I prefer The Noog to 'Nooga. The Noog is how all t...

2008-07-24T11:35:00.000-04:00

I prefer The Noog to 'Nooga. The Noog is how all the coolest locals are saying it.

And perhaps the Panera isn't cold, but you're suffering from what I had yesterday. I was shoveling grain in a steamy 100 degree room and when I stepped outside (in July in Atlanta) I thought to myself that the weather was a little brisk. Screw the earth and the future of children you may never have and turn up the damnedest AC.

Just don't call it Chatt'nooga around Meaghan. She...

2008-07-24T10:54:00.000-04:00

Just don't call it Chatt'nooga around Meaghan. She hates when people drop out that middle "a" sound, and lots and lots of the locals do it.

Is Jon/Casino wearing snake skin loafers? Looks like it in that keytar picture.

And we'll definitely hang out with you guys in the 'Nooga if you want to sometime, although we don't know the lead singers of any bands in the area.

I miss that aquarium. I used to go there about on...

2008-07-24T07:34:00.000-04:00

I miss that aquarium. I used to go there about once a year when I was growing up in Monroe County, but haven't been there since probably high school. It's way more unique than Ripley's. I have yet to check out Atlanta's.

Oh. And you're completely wrong. I've been to both...

2008-07-24T07:26:00.000-04:00

Oh. And you're completely wrong. I've been to both aquariums and have even had a behind the scenes tour of the Chattanooga Aquarium and it is inferior to the Georgia Aquarium.

I'm sorry you lost your internets. That sucks.I sh...

2008-07-24T07:23:00.000-04:00

I'm sorry you lost your internets. That sucks.

I share your enthusiasm for young, hip bands. Not in general. I'm not that cool. But Matt took me to a Vampire Weekend concert last month and even though I felt incredibly old while at the concert, afterward, I felt much cooler for having gone to a concert on a work night and keeping up with the kids.

That keyboard guitar is the bomb. I totally want o...

2008-07-23T19:16:00.000-04:00

That keyboard guitar is the bomb. I totally want one, and I don't play either instrument.

I had no idea that Chattanooga was such a wealth of hipness, but I do like saying "Nooga".

Any band with a keytar is a band friend of mine.Wh...

2008-07-23T17:14:00.000-04:00

Any band with a keytar is a band friend of mine.

What is not a friend of mine is TacoMac. I hate that place. Next time you go the Nooga, I have a place for you. It has velvet wallpaper, year-round Christmas and birthday decorations and a sweet, sweet jukebox and one mixed drink there will knock you on your head.

Who knew there was such a wealth of culture over t...

2008-07-23T16:44:00.000-04:00

Who knew there was such a wealth of culture over there? Not me, that's who.