Little Friendship Baptist Church is a basically block from our home and we have recently found out is slightly famous!  We just learned that it was the set in which Idella’s funeral scene was filmed in Driving Miss Daisy.  We were told this by a couple of parishioners the others day as we chatted with […]

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And I am too lazy to go back and take them over, but you get the point.  I love Little Five Points!                  I mean, seriously.

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On Friday night - let me say that again -on Friday night, Alison and I drove to Duluth in 5:00pm traffic.  Why you may ask?  Good question.  And one that may be too long of an answer.  Let’s just say we were going to see a wonderful young man in his first interpretive dance production […]

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So, I visited the new Kirkwood Corner Market like two weeks ago and am just writing about it.  I apologize - because I really did like it!  What a fun, fresh, new shop located on Hosea Williams Drive next to Coan Middle School.  It is a true market - with groceries, fabulous retro candies, chips, […]

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I forgot to post this after Michael Jackson’s death.  Our friend, Erika, took this fabulous photo of a poster that had just been put up.  It says “Keep Dancing” and I absoultely love the way the light of the sun is shining on it.  Enjoy.

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I should have posted this last week, but alas, I was drinking wine in California.  Don’t forget about Jazzoo Atlanta tomorrow night!  This fabulous new event for Atlanta benefits Zoo Atlanta and it looks fun as heck.  Not only are there 4 live music stages, there are 30 great restaurants cooking for you, and 20 […]

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We love Cantina La Casita in the East Atlanta Village  We usually end up at the bar watching football on their really crappy HDTV - but who cares about that.  What we  go for is the good authentic Mexican food (from the cooks’ family recipes) and of course the Margaritas for Two.  I don’t know […]

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This home is in EAV, not Cabbagetown (photos taken by Dave Coustan, a resident.)
Why has the Atlanta media completely ignored East Atlanta Village? I know the damage is not as extensive as it was in Cabbagetown, but indeed quite a few homes were hit by massive trees, debris flew around, and people were left […]

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