What does a family of nerds do during Spring Break? They go on an edu-cation. That's right. This week Don and I took the kiddos on a nerdly adventure through Atlanta. We started at The Varsity, feeding trough for all the Georgia Tech geeks. After feasting on chili dogs and onion rings, we went to Fernbank Museum of Natural History where we got our geek on in an exhibit of mythical creatures. Later that evening we checked out the Book Nook, a nerd paradise of used books, comic books, and sci-fi collectibles.
Wednesday we got our hair cut, let the nerdlings go crazy in Toys R' Us, and did some shopping. We went to R. Thomas for dinner where I discovered the sinus cleansing powers of wasabi. Ahhhhh...!
Thursday was gorgeous, so we went to the zoo. I tried to give the boys back to them, but they didn't seem that interested. Hmmmm...
I geeked out over the pandas. The new baby panda, Po (his name is Po!) was out on display and I oohed and ahhed and snapped lots of pictures. I even bought another stuffed panda to add to my collection. Timothy and I checked out the reptile house. Super cool. Paul was more interested in riding the train, which happened to be in repairs. We all rode the carousel instead.
After the zoo, we indulged our inner food nerds at Harry's in Marietta. I bought cheese and scones and a huge bottle of olive oil. I couldn't help buying a big tub of delicious (if not over-priced) mozzarella pasta salad too. Yum!
We were all thoroughly tired when we finally got home, but we had a great time. We ate lots of great food, learned a bit, bought some cool stuff, and relished every nerdy second of our time together. Like the old saying goes, the family who nerds together...well, you get the idea.
