Weekend Thoughts for 2/7/10

The Super Bowl was a really good game last night, and congrats to the Saints for winning. Undoubtedly, the party down in the Big Easy will continue for a few days, running into Mardi Gras next week potentially.

Some thoughts from this weekend:

• Commercials during the Super Bowl weren't bad, but it seemed to me like every segment had a Bud commercial. Probably would have been better off for everyone if they would invest that money in improving the taste of their beer as opposed to advertising it. 
• The Volkswagen commercial with Stevie Wonder was pretty funny too.
• It's supposed to snow here in Murray again this week, and I'm a bit over it. It doesn't snow a lot, but it does seem to bring a large portion of the city to a stand-still in spite of this fact.
• Anytime there is going to be a fair amount of snow, everyone here in town (and apparently all over the South as well) stocks up on three things: Bread, milk, and eggs. I'm not entirely sure where these three items came from on this topic, as I am used to earthquake preparedness, which is water and canned goods.

We have locked in our next assignment: Savannah, GA. It's a really good size city (over 100K in population), and has quite a bit of history to it as well. Savannah is located right on the Atlantic coast of Georgia, with a lot of other destinations nearby:

• Atlanta - 4 hours
• Jacksonville, FL - 2 hours
• Charleston, SC - 4 hours
• Charlotte, NC - 4 hours
• Orlando, FL - 4 hours

The city really should be interesting, as we are both really big history buffs. And Paula Deen is there too! More excellent food :) We will be there from the first week of March until late June (hopefully anyway!)