Though my Amanda Thompson-esque schedule sometimes keeps me from Decatur parties, we’re lucky to have plenty of folks out there, pro and amateur, documenting city events.

• The AJC’s April Hunt has a neat, little profile of the folks that lined up to cart off the 90 tons of sand dumped on Ponce de Leon for Friday night’s Beach Party.  [Should we be concerned?  Cheryl Burnette sounds so excited about watching stuff disappear from Ponce, I'm afraid she might just start dumping all kinds of stuff in the street just for kicks.  90 tons of M&Ms! Parakeets!  Vidalia Onions!]

• Over on his website, Josh D. Weiss has some of the best shots I’ve seen of the sealess beach event.  [h/t: InDecatur]

AJC Photo

And I’m not talking about a little blurb.

I opened the paper this morning to find an extensive profile of Decatur’s dancing, city planner Amanda Thompson. As noted through example in the article, Amanda is the go-to person for many of the city’s most contentious and complicated issues, such as zoning law and transportation.  Despite the challenges, she remains unfazed..

“How does she do it?”, people wonder.  Well, now the whole metro-area knows.  She has a first passion that serves as her release at the end of a long, wonk-filled day: dance.

Amanda mentions how she likes to keep her work and art separate, but after this article, I bet she’ll be answering a lot more questions about her dance group, Zoetic Dance Ensemble, down at city hall.

For all us artists out there with day jobs, cheers Amanda.  The secret’s now officially out that you rock.