While walking the unusually quiet streets of town yesterday evening, my wife and I noticed a couple of semi-notable developments among Decatur’s establishments. Alone they probably don’t warrant a post, but together they are a blogging dynamo (kind of like Captain Planet).

• Renovations for the new Cakes and Ale at the old Viet Chateau are well underway at the corner of Ponce and Ponce Pl. There’s now a sign in the window with the restaurant’s logo and website. And if you peer inside, you’ll see some lovely new benches.
• The new satellite branch of the Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur has added an artist’s touch to the once staged office furniture setup that looked down over Ponce at the 1 West Court Square building. The new art gallery space already has red and tan walls with small, red lights dangling from the ceiling.
• Something is definitely going in where Tropical Smoothie once sat in the 335 West Ponce condo building, but I’ve yet to figure out what it is. A little help? Anyone?
• Another way-finding sign has appeared in front of the SunTrust building at Ponce and Commerce.