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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Ah, you wonder where Salem is?  I think there are like three “Salem’s” in Georgia, but the one we know is near Conyers - and we stopped at the local Chevron off of I-20 to use the bathroom after a long day on the lake.  Alley and Alison could not make it home.  Jennifer and […]

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CAKE!  Hahah - you naughty minded people.  I am just very excited that , Piece of Cake - the world renowned cake bakery in Buckhead is opening up a location on College Avenue in Decatur…walking distance from my own home!  They don’t just bake amazing cakes either - they bake cookies, cupcakes, brownies, chocolate covered […]

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So, I broke down and tried on a darn Spanx bra today.  If you don’t know about Spanx, you are either a) not a woman or b) not up on current things.   Here is the story: Sara Blakely, a girl from Atlanta, gets tired of her panty hose back in the 1990’s.  She cuts out […]

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If you need anything, plan on going to The Place!

Unless of course, you are looking for luxury sheets.  Those are on a different corner…

And if you need an attorney because you did not find what you wanted, seek this car out…

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On a whim - while driving on Highland, the completely re-developed strip in Inman Park - Ashley and I decided to drop in to one of the new Atlanta restaurants on that road – Parish Foods and Goods. Not Perish – as in death, but Parish – as in the geographic boundaries used […]

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Brutus and Little Girl wish they could enjoy The Little Market as much as I did…
I have always wanted to open a great market that serves sandwiches and snotty things like cheeses, olives, lotions, and fabulous honey, but alas, I have never done it. Well, thank goodness, Ms. Marchet Sparks has! […]

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