Decatur, GA (pic courtesy of Andisheh)

From Paula – conflicted lover of YDFM…

Big news! Went to YDFM this morning, and they didn’t make me check my bags! The customer service person said they were “trying it out”.

Finally, they’re responding to our copious rants from mid-2008!

Marcia sends in this pic…

First Christian Church is back with it’s 3rd annual Christmas tree sale, right at the edge of downtown Decatur.

As in previous years, pre-order your tree online by November 28th and get 15%.  Oh and take advantage of free delivery within a 5-mile radius!

Here’s a bit more info from their website…

We will have the Traditional Frasier Firs, along with garland, mistletoe and handmade wreaths and bows. We will have trees ranging in size from 5ft up to 10ft. We also have access to 10+ foot trees as a special order. If pre-ordered the tree will be available for pick up on Sunday, November 28, or delivered on Monday, November 29.

If you wish to special order a larger tree, click here.

Dates: Sales on the lawn at the Church will begin on November 29, 2010, and will last as long as we have trees.

Sale hours: Monday to Friday from 3pm-9pm, Saturday 9am-9pm, Sunday 1pm-9pm

This morning the AJC features some quality knee-jerk reaction on the Atlanta streetcar from WSB’s Channel 2 Action News’ Triple Team Traffic member Mark Arum.  It reads like something from The Vent…

I can’t tell you how many times I have been stuck with no way to get between [Centennial Park and MLK Center]. It seems every time I want to head over to the King Center from the Park, my car is broken. And there are no cabs. And my bike has a flat tire. And I’ve got a cramp in my thigh so I can’t walk. The kicker to the trolley folly, is that the city will need to kick in an additional $25 million to complete the project.

…Listen, trolleys were great at the turn of the century. And so were typewriters. But I don’t think we’d be better off relying on either right now.

If you have time, head over to youtube.com and search “Simpsons Monorail”. Hopefully you’ll find the irony somewhat therapeutic.

OK, so all of Atlanta’s traffic solutions should be based on Mr. Arum’s personal experiences in Atlanta.  Got it.  And anything “great” in 1900 is crap now.  Got it.  Oh, and there’s some sort of irony I’m missing.

OK. So what SHOULD we be spending $25 million on?

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