our friends ben & meredith brought us some delicious pickled goods they made from their garden this year! they included pickled peppers, okra, cucumbers, squash, green tomatoes, as well as jams and tomato sauces. we are so thrilled!

– ryan & gub

fall is finally upon us! it’s actually cooled down enough so we can pull out our firepit again.

– ryan & gub

clementine looked adorable wearing ryan’s giant blazer! too bad the photos were a little blurry. she totally reminded us of david byrne wearing the oversized suit in stop making sense.

– ryan & gub

my brother and i headed up to the cobb energy center last week to catch david byrne & st vincent. the show was really awesome, i’m glad i was able to attend. it wasn’t quite the life changing concert that songs of david byrne & brian eno was in 2008, however it still held its own.

the concert was the end result of a pretty ambitious collaborative project between the two artists called love this giant. the concert entailed david byrne & st vincent playing a few talking heads & david byrne songs (naive melody, burning down the house, road to nowhere, strange overtones, lazy, like humans do), a few st vincent songs (save me from what i want, marrow, cheerleader, northern lights, cruel, the party) and then songs from their collaborative album.

all in all it was a cool concept and a great show. hearing them sing backup on one another’s songs was pretty special. in particular, st vincent’s backing on stranger overtones was amazing! it actually sounded better than the album version, which is saying a lot. here is the full setlist.

– ryan

clementine recently got a new desk to draw on in our kitchen! it’s the perfect size for her and she loves it. the table was in gub’s family and her mom repainted it to fit in our bright house!

– ryan & gub

gub’s due date is quickly approaching. to celebrate, here are some cute recent photos of gub & clementine!

– ryan

my brother and i recently attended the jesus & mary chain at the variety playhouse. after all these years, the reid brothers can still put on a great rock show! they weren’t touring for a new album or even new material, so they just played the hits, which was perfect. they covered classics from psychocandy though honey’s dead, while passing on their 90s material besides snakedriver from the crow soundtrack. check out the full setlist!

the jesus & mary chain were actually the first small concert my brother and i attended some 18 years ago. they played at the ritz theater in ybor city (tampa) on october 13, 1994. they were touring for stoned & dethroned and had mazzy star & velvet crush opening up! it was also the last show at the ritz before it became known as masquerade for 10+ years.

– ryan

clementine has gotten into brushing her teeth, which is super cute! although, we’ve realized she really just likes the taste of the children’s toothpaste.

– ryan & gub

clementine recently went for her first haircut! to say the least, she was not a big fan. we took her to salon red kids in downtown decatur, which was super adorable. clementine sat in this cool car during her haircut, although she did cry for most of it. the front of salon red kids had lots of fun toys and gifts to check out as well. we will be heading back for sure!

– ryan & gub

salon red kids

123 east ponce de leon avenue
decatur, ga 30030

i was able to capture a close photo of a praying mantis on our front porch recently.

– ryan