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Flex Car Mighty Cool

Sometimes Atlanta gets a bad rap for not being a “real” city. Compared to Gonzales, Louisiana, the ATL seems like a real city to me, but I feel further validation in that view now that we have [tag]Flexcar[/tag]. Flexcar is a private form of “public” transportation that allows members to rent cars on an hourly basis. Flexcar members can take MARTA into work and then rent a car for lunch or business meeting – gas, insurance, maintenance and a great parking spot are included!

The idea is [tag]environmentally friendly[/tag] and the cars keep popping up all over the city – they are sitting in prime spots at Emory, GA Tech, some of midtown’s finest condos, Decatur, and Atlantic Station, among others. According to Flexcar’s website, it looks like they have over 80 cars in metro Atlanta including mini cooper convertibles, minivans, hybrids and a Honda Element or two – just to name a few. I would love to hear from folks who are actually using this program instead of just writing about it. So, send over some comments if you have used it. I imagine once you get over that whole germs on the sterling wheel thing, this is pretty cool.

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Atmosphere C’est Bien!

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Bonjour!  Alright, I have now expired my full recollection of high school French.  Whatever.  You do not need to speak Fench to enjoy an evening at Atmosphere- a French Bistro in [tag]midtown ATL[/tag].  Ashley and I celebrated the 2nd Year Anniversary of our non-legally sanctioned Commitment Ceremony by having two nice glasses of champagne followed by an excellent ahi tuna appetizer special.  Ashley thoroughly enjoyed the duck special except for that nagging feeling that wild game is so 1999 and maybe one day soon she should go veggie.  I had no guilt as I enjoyed my ravioli filled with goat cheese and some other non-meatstuff.  Very nice.  The portions are just enough to save room for the MOLTEN CHOCOLATE dessert which is also nice and small so you can feel good about having the Atmosphere coffee drink with a touch of Baileys.  Yum. 

But the real joy was not staring into Ashley’s eyes, but ease-dropping on our fellow dinner guests.  The”corner table” arrived with our entrees.  She was clearly loaded on Peachitinis or some other random girlie cocktail.  Her poor date- who had no doubt met her acquaintance on eHarmony – was a nice gentlemen approximately one foot shorter than she.  He politely listened as she busted up with such stimulating one-liners as “This sure isn’t Kroger Sushi” and ”How many times have you ever been head over heels in love?” – not to mention her excellent demonstration of druken-slurred French – “c’essst biieeennn!”  Sexy!  Speaking of sexy, we loved our waiter Julien- with an “e” – from Cannes.   And the other waiter – a Hugh Grant look-alike named Daniel was full of all the smooth moves you might expect from a career server.  Excellent service and yes – a nice “atmosphere.” 

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Horizon Theatre in Little Five Points – Ever Been?

Don’t be frightened by the cheesy title – “The Water Coolers: An Office Musical.”  This “musical” now playing at the Horizon Theatre in [tag]Little Five Points[/tag] does not involve men in tights carrying water coolers on their heads while singing “Where’s My Fax?” in falsetto.  It is not that kind of musical.  It is more like if all the employees at my Bank of America branch office randomly decided to burst into song over their boss’s new I-Phone.  Full of all the painfully true stereotypes of the office environment, the playwright must have actually served some time in the cubes.  And the Horizon Theatre with its intimate setting makes every seat a good seat.  (Plus they have really good cookies.)  Mix up your night life with a little office cube musical comedy before this show ends on November 11th.