June 9, 2009
I hate when people spell “country” and “cooking” with K’s - or just misspell a word all together for the heck of it. It really grates on my nerves. This is probably the reason I waited a good couple of months to go to lunch at the newer Spades Kountry Kookin in Kirkwood. Alas, I will not be waiting another two months before I return. It was delicious.
Located on Hosea Williams Drive, across the street from one of my favorite lunch places, Le Petit Marche, the restaurant is an unassuming building with a pretty big parking lot. I checked it out last week after hearing mixed reviews (all good reviews for lunch and not so good reviews for breakfast.) I was doing errands so did not walk up there, but drove in my Prius and actually got it washed while I ate. Two very nice gentlemen wash cars behind the building and did a fabulous job - inside and out - for a mere $15.00. I mean, my Prius looked sexy…as sexy as a Prius can look. I digress.
I asked the sweet woman behind the counter what I should get. I should tell you, it is buffet style, but they serve you - and it looks as if there are two or three meat options on any given day and a number of vegetable options. She told me to get the baked chicken rather than the fried chicken and I picked out stewed cabbage and collard greens for my veges. Of course, I also got a corn muffin and ALMOST got a piece of Karen’s favorite cake - the red velvet cake from Piece of Cake in Buckhead. But, I thank God, did not. I had plenty of food.
The chicken was very moist and tasted splendid. I could have eaten about ten bowls of the cabbage and the collards were good - but not as good as I had hoped. The corn bread was great as well. I watched as little of ESPN Sports Center while I sat there, and tried not to eat in 5 minutes. The food was truly excellent.
Spades is very clean and very welcoming. The owners can’t really do much with the oldness of the building itself, but they have done a good job making it look bright and fresh inside. I only wish that they did not use disposable forks and knives. It is a waste and with as good of food as it was, I hated eating with a small plastic fork and knife. Besides that, I will certainly go back soon-well, as soon as I think I can eat that much for lunch again!
Little Girl and Brutus give it 3 paws up each!
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June 4, 2009
Wow - Gotta love this…and please, take a look at the fabulous grammar and writing skills. If you go, tell me how angelic she is.
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May 25, 2009
We were wrong. And we can admit that. We first went to Repast a few years ago when it first opened. It was a good meal, and we remember the cocktails being exceptional, but it fell into our - “good but not worth repeating” category. Many restaurants suffer this fate from us because there are just so many we want to try and so few that make it on the short list of “must repeat often.” But we decided to give Repast a redo after a few years… and man, we have been missing out! Stupid silly girls.
Indeed, the cocktails were spectacular - especially the Repastini with ginger-infused vodka and a ginger salt rim. Yum. Alley joined us for the redo, and we used that as a justification to order 3 appetizers. A cheese sampler that was superb; the tuna avocado tartare (tuna + avocado = always a winner); and bacon-wrapped dates (which went well with our cheeses). Next, Ashley and I shared the “butter poached” halibut which was no doubt the best halibut we have ever eaten in our lives…and we have eaten some serious halibut. This one was perfectly flaky with a light wild mushroom broth. Alley went for the “repast style” crab cakes which were also excellent.
The dates wrapped in fabulous bacon and the Repastini in the background.
The owners are a husband and wife pair of chefs - he is from rural Louisiana and she is from Japan. We spoke with Chef Joe Truex and apologized for our former Repast rejection and promised to put Repast on the repeat list. And you should too. Note: Ashley was unable to write this post because during the entire meal she was distracted and as nervous as a schoolboy over our Penelope Cruz look-alike Argentine waitress.
Ashley blushing over Penelope Cruz
Brutus gives it 4 big paws up!
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May 24, 2009
Wow. I am not sure even what to say to this one which we saw in the parking lot of a Waffle House in Gainesville, GA on our way to the outlet mall. Does this mean that God drove his Jag to the Waffle House on a Saturday morning? Or, does it mean that God purchased this Jag for the owner who was eating scattered, covered, and smothered hashbrowns at the Waffle House?
We just don’t know.
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May 13, 2009
Have you ever heard of The Bridge? I have because I have a couple of good friends who work there! And I think they do spectacular things for troubled youth across Metro-Atlanta. They have even been around since 1970.
Their fabulous mission is to improve the quality of life and social functioning of Georgia’s troubled and abused adolescents by providing innovative community based and family focused services, specialized education and residential care.
One of the coolest things they do is to bring wonderful doggies into their program and use the pups for therapy. The “Animal Assisted Therapy Program” works to help youth who have been physically and sexually abused learn coping skills and find a sense of security and comfort with themselves and others. This year, they are doing a First Annual Run Walk Bark 5k Race/1k Dog Walk/Fun & Games fundraiser on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Brook Run Park in Dunwoody, from 7:30am to 12:00pm. Run Walk Bark is a family focused and pet friendly event to benefit The Bridge’s Animal Assisted Therapy Program. YEAH!
The 5K Run and 1K Dog Walk registration is $20 per runner/walker in advance or $25 after June 23. The 5k Run will begin at 7:30am. The 1k Dog Walk will begin at 8:30am and game stations will open at 8:00am. You can form a team and raise even more money for The Bridge and the animals who help the kids so much!
They anticipate 500 participants in this first annual event to benefit The Bridge. Come and Run, Walk or Bark with them to help teenagers in Atlanta, or make a donation to The Bridge! Brutus, Little Girl, Alison and I hope to be there!
Little Girl is very excited about this walk!
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April 24, 2009
This festival sucks. Do Not Go.
Actually, the Inman Park Festival is one of (if not the) best Atlanta in-town neighborhood festivals. The only real negative is that everyone knows this and drives from the burbs down to Inman Park to pack the streets like sardines. So,take Marta if you decide to go. There is no where to park - I am serious. No where. So, this is why I selfishly try to limit attendance. But you really should experience this festival. It has the most unique and diverse compilation of artists (musicians, potters, sculptures, painters, photographers, dancers, balloon-makers, etc…) than most of the other Atlanta festivals.
This year, you can check out the musicians playing bluegrass, Cajun, alternative rock, folk, or gypsy jazz - to name a few options. And who could miss the opportunity to sip on a cold beer while listening to G-Force - apparently a pre-teen rock sensation?
So, go buy yourself a hand-crafted all-recycled wood wine stopper and some cutting edge photography and let the kiddos play in the park. I think this year I will make myself have even more envy of the people who can afford to live in Inman Park by taking the famous Tour of Homes. Oh, and there is a parade - with human butterflies. I mean, what’s not to love?
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April 20, 2009
I’m really behind here on writing and I apologize. I know you all wait anxiously for our next posts - you know, all you fans out there. Lately, I have been obsessing about the trash across this city, and will probably bitch about that in another post. But, I thought I would write now about PEDS - the movement to make Atlanta and its sidewalks safer for all pedestrians. As Michael Orta, the Director of Community Education, said to me: “Broken sidewalks are a real problem in Atlanta, and especially irksome for homeowners and people who like to walk in their neighborhoods. Peds is inviting City of Atlanta residents to use our survey form, take a walk, and determine if sidewalks need to be repaired or replaced.”
The survey is pretty easy and you should get off your lazy butt and help out here. Anything to make this city more attractive is well worth it - and there are prizes of course! Of course, the catch is that is is over at the end of April - so if you can get out there this week or weekend, go for it and let PEDS know!
Thanks!
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March 28, 2009
My neighbor, Johnnie (Big Mama) called me on Friday and asked if I could take her to the post office to “pick up her brother.” I was slightly confused and asked if she meant a package for her brother and she said, “yea, I need to pick up a package.” So, off we went in the rain to the post office. On our way, she started telling me that she was so mad her brother had died and that no one in her family wanted him. I asked her if it was the brother I had met, and she said that it was and that he had died and was being shipped to her. Finally, I got it. We were actually going to PICK UP HER BROTHER AT THE POST OFFICE!!!!
At this point, I was kinda excited about the whole trip - because I had been terribly annoyed to go out in the rain to pick up a package. But alas, no more! This was an adventure- something I had never done before - pick up a cremated body at the post office.
We got to the post office down the street and I told her I would go in so she would not have to get wet…secretly I wanted to be the one to pick the package up though! I walked to the window and told the lady at the counter that I had a package to pick up and whispered, “and it’s a person!” She said, “Girl we get that all the time and sometimes the boxes are all ornate.” I really really really wanted an ornate box, but when she brought it back, it was only a cardboard box. I did all the signing and brought it back to Johnnie in the car…and proceeded to take a picture of the box on her lap.
I would have felt I was being disrespectful, but Big Mama did not want her brother in the first place. ” I can’t believe it is not heavier,” I said, and Johnnie quipped back, “They burned all the fat off of him.” I asked her what she was going to do with him, and she said, “I am going to put him in the attic.”
The End.
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March 26, 2009
This hip new(er) spot from the U Restaurant Group in Midtown was packed on Saturday night when we arrived with our party of 8. The neighbors in the condos above were out on their balconies having cocktails, complaining of the building wide smoke alarm that the restaurant, Cuerno, had set off - one of many times this has happened we were told. But for those of us crammed into this tiny restaurant, we were grateful there was no fire as we would have had a hard time getting out of our chairs.
The space is very nice - complete with an anatomically correct large metal bull sculpture and some big-ass chandeliers. As we looked around the place, the staff was hard at work gathering extra chairs from some undisclosed location in order to convert our 5-top into an 8-top. Good thing we like each other and do not mind touching strangers because we were all packed in there real tight.
We ordered two pitchers of Sangria which was very tasty and the fruit in the Sangria could put you on the floor. We got a variety of tapas items which included tuna tartar, hot peppers, potatoes, mussels, a beet salad, and an “Americana Paella.” The best items were the tuna tartar and the beet salad -oh, and the Paella. The rest of the food can be summed up in one word - okay. The potatoes were yawn yourself to death boring and I know they are just potatoes, but the sauce was lame and there was nothing tasty about them. The mussels were nice, but really just okay. It was all just okay.
The crowd was a great eclectic mix of sexy people, tourists, and locals. The service was not bad at all considering they had to practically jump over people to get to each table and the price was very reasonable. It was an enjoyable evening out with friends - but I can think of better places to go get tapas next time.
Frank and Ashley get close at Cuerno.
Little Girl gives it 2 and a half paws up.
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March 17, 2009
Oh my! Who is this Vagina Jenkins? Well, whoever she may be, she is a big ole tease.. and someone decided to tell everyone on the Krog Street Tunnel.
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Little Girl and Brutus give it 3 paws up each!
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