Leedle is looking for answers…

Does anyone know what happened to all of the newspaper boxes at the corner of Ponce and Ponce de Leon Place? Skirt Magazine, Creative Loafing, Sunday Paper, etc have all gone missing and no one seems to know why/how. A woman from Decatur dispatch told me that she had contacted the City of Decatur and that they didn’t know either…

If anyone knows the answer, please post.  Otherwise, I think we might need to call in the Hardy Boys and/or Nancy Drew.

Sometimes I feel kinda psychic.

These days whenever I come across an article by a food writer that invokes the word “rant” in the title OR apologizes for ranting in the first two sentences, I can  accurately predict that 9 times out of 10 the name “Michael Pollan” will show up within three paragraphs.

Thus was the case this morning, when my eyes fell upon food critic Cliff Bostock’s Year-End Rant in the pages of Creative Loafing’s Year in Review.

Since its publication in 2004, Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and follow up, In Defense of Food, have really hit a nerve among those in the U.S. that have a passion for food.  Omnivore helped propel the slow/local food initiative, which today is exemplified by CSAs and in restaurants like Decatur’s Cakes and Ale, highlighting local, in season foods.

Why bring all this up (again)?

Well, a few weeks back, DMoholic Scott pointed out to me that Pollan is coming to Decatur on March 21st to speak at Agnes Scott as part of Georgia Organics 12th Annual Conference and Tradeshow.   The conference runs the 20th and the 21st and registration will begin in January, with preference given to GA Organics members.  So if you want to see Pollan, you might want to become a member if not already one.  Registration will open to the public in late-January if any openings remain.

Decatur Heights Dad forwards the announcement of a public hearing about moving MARTA bus route 125 off of residential Sycamore Drive and moving it to Ponce, Arcadia and Winn Way.   Here are the details fit to print…

January 5, 2009
Community Exchange: 6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. – Hearing begins at 7:00pm

Maloof Auditorium
1300 Commerce Drive
Decatur, GA 30030
Walk one block west of the Decatur Rail Station
Bus Routes: 15, 18, 19 and 123