Tuesday night at camp was family night at Camp Kingfisher. So I packed up a picnic, doused the baby in bug spray and cajoled Honey into coming home from work early so that we could make the most of it. And that we did! We started with a hike through the aviarys. We picniced on… Read More
In this day and age of iPhones, wii games and way too many cartoons, I signed John up for camp at the Chattahoochee Nature Center hoping to reinforce that the outdoors is a marvelous playground – a place for aimless roaming, lazy daydreaming and unrivaled adventure. In that vein, the PCP spent the last glorious… Read More
Along with besties C, E and N, last weekend I took a walking tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta’s Grant Park. Founded in 1850 and the first public burial ground in the city, the sprawling forty acre cemetery is a historic Atlanta landmark and the magnificent final resting place of more than seventy thousand souls.… Read More
I have a confessed slight obsession with donuts. So much so, that sweet friend M called me Friday morning, just in case I didn’t already know (which of course I DID already know) that it was National Donut Day and dear D posted a second reminder on my Facebook wall. Those that know me know… Read More
Opened in 1928 and known as the world’s largest drive-in, The Varsity is nothing short of an Atlanta institution. You simply cannot call yourself a true Atlantan, much less a true Southerner until you’ve savored the dogs, rings, strings and F.O. of the famed North Avenue establishment. Just across the street from Georgia Tech, our… Read More
It’s no secret that I adore silhouettes. Soooo, I just had to share that Clay Rice, a renowned so-Southern silhouette artist and second generation master of his trade, will be in Atlanta cutting these delightful little memoirs in just a couple of weeks! Mr. Rice will be at Limetree in Vinings (Atlanta) June 8 – 9… Read More
We joined throngs of Atlanta parrotheads for our lost-track-of-how-many annual excursions to the Jimmy Buffett concert yesterday. In true Buffett fashion and with the top down on the Jeep, we hit the parking lot hours before the the concert kicked off for a festive, margarita-fied tailgate. Zac Brown? Or a spot on doppleganger? Skinny Girl… Read More