I finally finished my death march of an install today in the Village. I didn't get out today until after 8:00. On a Friday...
Still, I was thinking on the train home about how much happier I am here than I ever was in Atlanta. I also thought of several things that Atlanta sorely lacks.
1. Mass transit. MARTA is a joke. This is its map. It seriously may be worse than Detroit's Peoplemover.
2. Newsstands. Seriously, where do you buy a paper in Atlanta? The gas station? Barnes & Noble? I know I had to drive ten minutes to get a Sunday Times. Here, they're on every block. I can think of six that I can walk to within two blocks of my place.
3. Pedestrians. MARTA and walking both saw their heyday during the 1996 Olympics. I think people stopped walking even before the APD scapegoated Richard Jewell. I walked from 4th Street to Grand Central every night this week. Yeah, that was a bit extreme but it really is great exercise.
4. Bakeries. Driving to Alon's doesn't count. There are no neighborhood bakeries. Even my little hometown in Michigan had a bakery. Here I can walk to three from my place and we can afford to splurge a bit.
Why? Because we walk...
Posted by mikewolf at January 17, 2003 10:38 PMYay!!!!! You're back. I missed you. Don't do that to me again. Your public waits for you, longingly, when you go away like that.
Now, on with the saga of J. ...
Posted by: Paige on January 18, 2003 03:37 AMActually Mike, there are several good Jewish Deli's/Bakery's throughout Atlanta, especially in the N.Druid Hills area. Also several in Buckhead (which isn't my favorite destination, but if you're looking for something specific).
You're right about walking and Marta though.
Okay you may have all those bakeries in such close range, but do they carry "Louies Nut Rolls"?
Posted by: Brad on January 18, 2003 07:36 AMAwwww... don't knock the people mover. Like there's any place other than Greektown (Gambling), Cobo Hall (Auto Show), and Joe Louis Arena (Hockey) that you'd ever want to go to anyway.
Plus, it's such a quaint reminder of the Coleman young era...
Posted by: K. Britt on January 18, 2003 02:03 PMWe are loving that we have 1, 2, and 3 here now that we're gone from Atlanta, too. The bakeries here apparently make everything too sweet, though. I guess we can substitute "hawker centers" for bakeries.
Posted by: Mark on January 18, 2003 09:34 PMOh... and ever hear of getting the paper delivered? I think it's a new concept...
Posted by: K. Britt on January 18, 2003 11:42 PM