Looking to buy a house or just curious about the values of other properties in the neighborhood?  Well, then zillow.com is the place you are looking for.  According to their website, “Zillow.com is a leading online real estate marketplace dedicated to helping homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, real estate agents, mortgage professionals, landlords, and property managers find and share vital information about homes, real estate, and mortgages.”  As someone who is thinking about purchasing my very first home, I think this site is especially interesting these days as you can see the highs and lows of what people purchased their properties for on the same street.  It will give you a better sense of your possible property value and reasonable bid amounts.

Check out this new way of searching that was just released by Google called Google Goggles.  Basically, it allows you to a photo with your mobile phone, analyzes the photo and conducts a search based on it.  It works currently for objects such as landmarks, books, contacts (like business cards), and logos.  Unfortunately, it’s only available to users of Google’s Mobile OS, Android.

I’ve been watching this show for a while now and it recently came up in a couple conversations so I thought I would write a post on it since it doesn’t seem that many people know about it.  Anyways, Three Sheets is a show on FLN (Fine Living Network) – it used to be on MojoHD but the channel was canceled and for a while there was a campaign to “Save Three Sheets” while they looked for a new network.  I would have never watched FLN if it weren’t for Three Sheets.  Comcast doesn’t have it in HD but at least they have it.  I actually never watched it while it was on Mojo because I didn’t have an HDTV so I used to watch all the episodes on hulu (which I still do because sometimes I miss the new episodes on Monday night). I was a little worried for the first couple episodes of the 4th season that were the first on FLN because they seemed kind of dry and not as good as the other ones.  I wasn’t sure if the network made them change a couple things but things got better.

Anyways, the host, Zane Lamprey, takes you all over the world showcasing the local drinking customs and usually one hangover cure.  It’s pretty funny and actually, very informative.  After a while you’ll get used to all the lingo like “Ski Patrol” and find out who is Steve McKenna.  There also are apparently a couple drinking games associated with the show like you have to drink everytime his little stuffed beanie baby like monkey, Peepleus, shows on screen.

So yeah, catch new episodes Monday at 10 pm EST and another older one following right after.  They also I believe show two episodes at 10 pm Tuesday through Friday as well.  You can also follow the show on facebook.  Sometimes they like to do contests for the first person to respond to the post with the answer to a question while watching the latest episode.

I’m trying to think of some of my favorite episodes… probably Philippines, Ireland, France, Belgium, Scotland and Saigon.

This is really for people in Atlanta or I guess if you happen to be visiting the area but if you’re looking for a great place to get craft beer (especially in the perimeter) then you need to visit Hop City.  They’ve only been open for about 6 or 7 months I believe and I only recently discovered them about 3 weeks ago.  For the most part, Tower Wine and Spirits on Piedmont was my usual beer store of choice.  Total Wine near Perimeter Mall was another place I would go to every now and then.  Hop City is the best of both those stores because 1) it’s very conveniently located to where I live and 2) they actually allow you to buy single 12 oz bottles so you can create your own six packs.  Everyone at the store is very nice and knowledgeable.  Also, if you homebrew or you’re looking to get into homebrewing, they sell ingredients and equipment there.  I have a few buddies who do so but I have yet to try homebrewing myself.   Hop City also hosts alot of tasting events and today, they actually had a homebrewing workshop which I was able to attend (see a few pictures below).  If you go to the store, make sure you also sign up to be a member so that you can earn points with your purchases and also get on their distro lists.  They’re also on facebook so become a fan so you can keep up with all their events, recommended beers, and the latest stuff they get in the store.

Oh yeah, and if you like wine, they have that too.

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