People, if there is one parade you must attend unlike any other parade in the world (or at least Atlanta), it is the fabulous Dragon-Con parade this coming Saturday, August 30 at promptly 10am near Woodruff Park. I must admit that last year, Brutus and I went to our first Dragon-Con parade and both […]

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There were four of us who went to see Lucinda Williams at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens this past Friday night. Alison, Alley, and a friend of mine from South Carolina -Melanie, got tickets early on (because we are good members of the Gardens) and we were quite excited to see Lucinda on stage.
After […]

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Brutus, Little Girl, Fred Cat and Bella Cat have spent almost as much time at The Village Vets as they do at home. They seem to gravitate towards the vets to see Dr. Stacy or Dr. Villines (the two we see most often) when they have stomach problems, gashes in their butts, or after […]

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Hosea Williams is known in Atlanta and around the world as a famous civil rights leader who was unfortunately arrested some 125 times for things like drinking at “whites only” water fountains or sitting in the front of a bus. Today his picture is stamped on a the back of Atlanta Marta bus. […]

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My friend, Arty Schronce, is a plant enthusiast and one I admire greatly because he knows so darn much about native plants and flowers. He works for the Georgia Department of Agriculture and is a great guy. He and a group of other plant folks rescued a bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) from […]

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Decatur - Atlanta’s little sister city - is a great place to stroll around and enjoy a weekend evening.  This past Saturday, we enjoyed a nice meal at Cafe Alsace, a tiny French restaurant celebrating 10 years in Decatur, followed by dessert and drinks at a new arrival - The Chocolate Bar. 
Cafe Alsace is the epitome […]

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I have to hand it to Emory University.  I mean, goodness - how many universities in our neck of the world get to name His Holiness, the Dalai Lama  as the Presidential Distinguished Professor.  This is not the first time he has come to Emory and Atlanta - in fact, they have a long relationship with each […]

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