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No Wake … No Problem
The tragedy of the failing water supply really hit home today when I visited part of Lake Allatoona, one of the two lakes that supplies Atlanta with drinking water. One area of the lake is completely...
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Venting My Disgust
I just paid my property taxes. I am enraged. How on earth can my property tax TRIPLE in just six years?! I guess someone has to pay for all of the needless security cameras that line the roads...
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My Office Pano
Yes, born in this place are all of the great ideas to solve all of the world’s problems. The room also serves as a guest room and media room. The bright light from the windows made the pano a bit...
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Me in the Kitchen!
Since no one believes me, obviously I need to prove once and for all that indeed I do know how to get around in the kitchen and the dining room. So here is a pano as irrefutable proof! Copyright ©...
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Make Mine Succulent & Juicy!
Well, after almost an entire year, here I sit in “my” old booth at the re-opened Silver Grill in Midtown. It has almost the entire same group of employees– just new owners. I walked in, sat down, and...
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The Wind Chill Was Unbearable …
But the pictures were great! Copyright © 2012 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader,...
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The Ellis
I was just recently in Atlanta. The construction that was underway when I left has just about all been completed. Buckhead looks great. The new construction along Peachtree looks spectacular. However,...
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Sad News
Over the years I’ve blogged many times about The Silver Grill, a midtown Atlanta institution that started in 1946 and remained in the Walton family until it closed 60 years later in 2006. [I started...
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Navigon iPhone Navigation Application
I haven’t posted much to my blog lately because I have been intensely busy, mostly with traveling, writing, and physical therapy. And I have made some minuscule effort to avoid the computer as typing...
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Fall in Atlanta
When I first moved to California, I was amazed at the very unique smell of the plant life, very dank, pungent and earthy. At the moment, I’m in Atlanta for the weekend. The smell of Fall is in the...
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Traumatized!
On Saturday, October 23, 2010, I walked nearly 18,000 steps!! Â Yes. Â Yes, indeed! Â I walked all over Atlanta! Tragically, since I didn’t travel with my computer, just my iPad, my Fitbit didn’t...
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An Atlanta Toilet Experience…
The Talking, Self-cleaning Toilet in Piedmont Park I just returned from a very quick weekend trip to Atlanta —lovely city in late Spring when the weather is temperate. I did a lot of walking, over...
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Women in the Men’s Toilet!
Tanya Ditty speaking to the GA legislature Though longer than normal, I hope this post is worthy of your time, thoughtful consideration, and comments. Today I saw an article in the Huffington Post...
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Atlanta Visit Comes to an End: Stories from the South
Advice: This post deals with the very serious subject of suicide in a very flippant way. If you have a sensitivity to this issue, you should not read this post. This visit to Atlanta was longer than...
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Signs of Our Times
I saw this on a friend’s new red Mini Cooper with big bold black graphics and intended to mention it in my Stories from the South post. It’s not cute. It’s mean!” Love it! But, I have bad news… It is...
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Goodbye, Old Friend!
This is a sad, sad day! I’m distraught! Do you have old clothes that become like good friends? They stick with you through thick and thin for years, and years? That’s how I feel about these shoes....
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ATL & SFO: A Study in Contrasts
Piedmont Park I lived in and around Atlanta, Georgia, for over 20 years. I have many friends and colleagues there. I’ve now lived in California for almost 5 years. I can not tell you how different...
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Came Together Nicely
So I’ve been in Atlanta for a couple of weeks putting together our pied-à-terre. All of the lights are the new LEDs which use very little electricity and are barely warm to the touch. Inexpensive...
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How Could I Forget?!
I normally don’t pay attention to shoes, but who could miss these?! (Her walk appeared very difficult because of the shoes.) This was out in front of a restaurant in Atlanta. I asked her if I could...
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Burly Bakers
Back: “If you’re gonna be bad, it better be good!” On Saturday I walked over a mile to meet the Burly Baker, himself—Bill. From Atlanta, he was in town for the weekend. Bill is actually a computer...
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