I guess I'm not in Alpharetta anymore

I miss those old Volkswagon Hippie Vans!

Where do you get this yellow pointy-tent? I didn't see it at REI

Lake Eden Natives threatening to attack our right flank!

We carefully approach the natives' settlement

There are a lot of rowdy types at LEAF. Proceed at your own risk!

See you at LEAF Fall 2009!

Dancing in the Gym while it rains hard outside

“Elixir” played for this dance, and was the main contra band for the LEAF Spring 2009 weekend. They are a great band, and THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY FOR OUR ATLANTA DANCE WEEKEND THIS NOVEMBER 2009!!

Feel that Luxurious Leather! I've guess we've left 'Taco Mac'

I had lunch here for the first time today. Used to be “Micks.” I’ve heard that banks will not loan money to a restaurant which is replacing a restaurant that just went out of business, unless the new business model is a little different. “Parker’s” describes itself as a “Steak House” and looks to be angling more towards the “fine dining” classification than was “Mick’s.” For instance, the servers at “Parker’s” have fancy green chef-like jackets.

All very nice, but I’m worried that “Fine Dining” in Decatur is a difficult place to be if you are a new restaurant in Decatur. There are already the excellent restaurants, “Feast,” “Wahoo’s,” and “Watershed,” and “Sage” just went out of business. The new restaurant “Leon’s” is also going after that “near fine-dining” category. I think it would be a better financial bet if they could have aimed for a lower-cost menu category. But I wish “Parker’s” the best though, and it is true that there are no other “Steak Houses” in downtown Decatur and that patio is really choice–a great place to take someone who’s from out of town

Core Body is the very decent gym I’ve belonged to for three years. It has a “Loft” feel and the lighting is more pleasant than the “bank” fluorescent lighting you find in bigger “chain” gyms like “LA Fitness.” It looks like the light bulbs are just circular fluorescent, but it sure seems nicer.

A clean and stylish gym. You can relax during your workout in big black chairs and read from their collection of sophisticated newspapers–New York Times, Wall Street Journal–and magazines–Forbes, Time, Money etc. And there’s even a computer to hop on and check your email