Gluttony to Austerity

Lovely Midtown Atlanta

The trip has begun. I am in Atlanta. I fly out Wednesday evening for Dubai.

Update (oops, forgot):
Our first stop in Atlanta with the guests was the High Museum. We stayed for about an hour and a half. I spent the entire time wandering about the Andrew Wyeth exhibit, wondering why I don't get off my ass and start producing some serious artwork again. His skill with a brush is amazing. Incredible drawing skills as well. Aargh!


Beautiful, beautiful dead birds

Our international guests were re-released into the wild around noon (at Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport). Loved having them, but being a round-the-clock chaperone for almost 5 days is hard on a guy who is kinda anti-social in the first place. Now I need some hermit time. I can't really complain though, we had some incredible meals. For instance, last night we went to Emeril's in Atlanta. Great, great meal, if you can ignore the fact that it was served during the hours corresponding to the Super Bowl, and a place like Emeril's has no TV's. Here is a tip: If you need reservations for a good restaurant, try for Super Bowl Sunday. If it has no TVs, it will be empty. For good reason. But again, it was a great meal (crab cakes, sausage encrusted redfish [yes, you read that right], layer cake and wine). We also dined at many of the best restaurants in Southville. Now I'm feeling a little bloated. Time to get back to a healthy diet, but not yet. I ate two burgers today - lunch and dinner. But to mitigate, I did go work-out.


Happily working from the hotel room.

So, I decided to blow off a little steam tonight. I met up with a couple of college chums at Limerick Junction. Call them Winter Nun and Xmas Tinsel. It was actually pretty tame. A few pints as we recounted old stories, rather than a lot of pints and making new ones.

Tomorrow I get the hair cut. I'll post an after pic.