I was awake before the alarm this morning. Even though (why do I always think that should be one word?) I rolled around and lallygagged for about and hour before getting out of the house I still managed to get in to the office at a reasonable hour.
I Hope Buckhead Chokes On The Wads Of Cash They Seek
When I moved to Atlanta in 1995 Buckhead was the place for good times. Sure, my definition of “good times” was drinking beer and attempting to pick up women. If I could have afforded to live in Buckhead in those days I would have been all over it.
I remember Buckhead being the best thing about the 1996 Olympics (at least for me). I remember talking to members of Dayroom at $4 Cafe. I remember hanging out at McDuff’s and Fado on St Patrick’s Day and Rio Bravo on Cinco de Mayo (these were the days before the St Patrick’s Day <-> Cinco switch-a-roo was implemented). And I remember being pleasantly inebriated (nice euphemism for “drunk”, no?) in many establishments which no longer exist ($3 Cafe, BAR, Uncle Charlie’s / Buckhead Saloon, Lulu’s Bait Shack, Pat O’Hurley’s (probably the most apropos name in Buckhead, The Dixie Tavern, Jellyrolls (when desperate to meet women), Bellbottoms (when even more desperate to meet women), World Bar, Rose and Crown, and a few more I can’t remember).
I understand that Buckhead changed both in the days in which I picked East Atlanta over Buckhead as a drinking destinationin and then further the days following the 2000 Super Bowl (think “Ray Lewis”).
When I read yesterday that Tongue and Groove agreed to be bought out of the last eight years of their lease to pave the way for the destruction of that block to make way for million-dollar condos and boutiques I suddenly became angry. Even though T&G is one of the few places that I did not inhabit (no blue jeans meant no Paulie) they were one of the remaining links to Buckhead’s recent past. I am tired of Buckhead whining about the drinking days, their pretentiousness, and their desire to be like Rodeo Drive. Buckhead I’ve got news for you — you are not Beverly Hills nor will you ever be.
Home Base For Seattle Has Been Located
I’ve booked my hotel for my Seattle trip next month. Hopefully learning from Arizona I have ponied up a little extra for the hotel room in order to stay closer to the action. Oh, and you can bet your last dollar that the hotel I booked has the internets.
I am going to try and stay in Seattle without renting a car because the cheapest car rental deal I can currently find is $50-a-day (pre ridiculous-car-rental-taxes) for a compact car. I may attempt to rent a car for a day or two if I find it necessary to escape the city.
ITP Flickr Pic
I went back to the proverbial well last night and reworked a dish I made last week. This time I tossed in a half of a red onion in with the tilapia, tomatoes, garlic, capers, and basil.
The dish was visually more appealing to me than last week’s effort, but last week’s taste was better. Looks like I still have some work to do on this.
Talk Nerdy To Me
This summer I want to learn the programming language Ruby and the developmental framework Ruby on Rails. Any nerds out there have pointers on the best way to do this? Consider this a Life Redux for me.
CD Pick Of The Week
It’s another lean week in the world of music for me. Other than Toby Keith the only name I recognize on the list is Queens Of The Stone Age. Frankly, I not a fan of either.
Instead of buying a new disc this week why not head out to a local CD store and pick up something used? If you go somewhere like Decatur CD you can even put your name on a list for a future new release (The Polyphonic Spree? The Mooney Suzuki? White Stripes?) and save a few bucks when it’s released.
And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood – frustrated, but not miserable
Current Music – Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Beirut — “Postcard From Italy”
Website Of The Day – Find By Click is an interesting Google Maps mashup that will map out the locations of a handful of coffee and donut shops. I wonder if there are any Starbuck’s in Seattle???
Exercise (b)Log – none
Mode Of Transportation To Work – My car
May Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)
Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]
John Doe has a new cd out today. You listen to Husker Du/Bob Mould and haven’t heard of X/John Doe?
Oops. I failed recognize “John Doe” as X’s John Doe. I guess that’s what I get for waking before the alarm and spewing venom toward Buckhead.
Thanks Andrew! Perhaps I will go out and pick up some new music today after all.
If you want to check out something new… Sean Na Na had a new cd out last week (which I haven’t heard), but I loved his last disc My Majesty. If you enjoy the whole power/pop thing, I’d recommend it. Haven’t listened to the new John Doe, but it is up on emusic.
Oh, and the new disc by Ian Hunter is worth checking out too.
I was talking (or shall I say emailing) with a younger ex co-worker the other day & she was telling me there still are good bars to go to in Buckhead. Her choices are: East Andrews, Red Door, Tin lizzy’s, Kramer’s, and I think she is 23 or 24. She & some girlfriends live in Buckhead as well. But, I can’t believe Mike ‘n Angelo’s will ever go away, and the Elbow Room has been holding out, you gotta love the high rise next door. I like those 2 bars.
Shhh, don’t tell Buckhead residents that bars still exist. They will be out with flaming torches and pitchforks in order to run them out of town too. 🙂
I too enjoyed many an innebriated night in Buckhead during the mid-90’s and am sad to hear that it’s all but gone. I had ALOT of fun down there….from what I can remember…