The Ride to Atlanta - April 26, 2009

Sunday April 26, 2009

Bernice was up and about when I woke up. I showered, shaved and dressed. You know, since I've retired it takes me about 25 / 30 minutes to do all these things. When I was employed it took 11 minutes on a slow day.

I charged my batteries as Bernice prepared eggs over easy, bacon, English muffins, and coffee. A good start to the day.

Jessica was off to meet Fred and Tiffany for their Sunday morning touring and the three of us, Den, Bernice, and myself to CNN and the Cyclorama in Grant Park. We recommend both.The CNN tour guide, Jardon, mentioned that the current president of CNN had started as an intern page at CNN in 1981. Hey I guess there is hope for Kenneth Purcell.

Did you know in Atlanta City bus drivers will abandon their bus in the traffic lane and go about their business? True. As we egresses Grant Park and walked along Cherokee back to the car a city bus was stopped at a light (green). The driver exited the bus, with his lady friend, I saw only one passenger on the bus, and walked across the street. As we reached the end of the bus, the car behind the bus, which had been waiting since we were in front of the bus, was still waiting. I called out to the passenger in the car to let them know the drive was not in there. They decided to go around as did the cars beginning to back up behind the bus.

We returned to Castlehill for lunch and discuss the afternoon activities. Bernice's was to attend a meet and greet session but it was cancelled and Den and I were a bit worn out from the morning so we decided the Carter library could wait until another visit.

Bernice is the moderator for the local Freecycle group and had found a replacement rack for her dishwasher. I needed a free ATM and Den shoelaces. Bernice became the tour guide driving us thought the Vidal section of Atlanta. It was a very nice older section with neat lawns and attractive homes. Alas no racks were found at the appropriate home. We were close to Emory University, where Jason is a computer tech (go figure) and Jessica volunteers in the children's area of the University hospital. Like any good NYC taxi driver we took the long way through. We did make the quick stop at Target for the other items.

The next stop was at Jason's apartment. After negotiating past the tight security system we parked. Jason has a first floor bachelor pad with a very excellent very large flat screen TV which he hooks up to his PC and watches Netflix movies, way cool. (Note to Grandmother and Aunts - the apartment was neat and orderly, you should visit). Before we left we checked in with Jessica to meet up for dinner.

The Ted's Montana Grill was our choice. There were three 15 dollar meal deals and four burgers. Olivia, our waitress, attended to us. Apparently an onion ring had fallen off on of the dishes on the way to the table and two other waitresses brought a replacement. I'll bet they really did toss the fallen one out!

Next time - We go to work