Category Archives: Atlantaish

Hello, Summer

It got hot.  Fast.  The city is sweltering, the smog hovers above, and we’re all gross and sticky.  Luckily we have a few sweet treats around intown to cool ourselves off with:
First is the King of Pops.  Steven Carse’s mobile popsicle unit at N. Highland and North Ave. (in the Buddy’s lot) is a lifesaver [...]

Men In Black

While the Mr. and I were headed to another OB appointment yesterday, we noticed something … um.. fuhreaky.
At the corner of 10th and Peachtree, there were not 1 or 2 bald white men in suits, but at least 9.  There were groups of them at every corner of the intersection.  They all looked a bit [...]

Voter

Unhappy voter. Originally uploaded by mingaling

I voted yesterday after complaining about having to do so all week.
The hot ticket was the Atlanta mayoral race, which was my biggest complaint of all. I can’t get really excited about doing my civic duty when I have to choose from the least shitty candidate out of 6, [...]

Star Wars and More

Last weekend I took the Mr. to his very first symphony performance.  Of course not just any performance would do, it had to be ASO’s Star Wars and More.

I hadn’t been to the Verizon Ampitheater yet, and although it’s all the way up in Alpharetta, I have to say I like it.  It’s probably one [...]

PSA for the day

Apparently Atlanta and its infrastructure don’t know how to deal with RAIN.
Please take note.