Comments on: Free-For-All Friday 9/23/11

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:26:14 +0000

I have found their service very high quality and the stuff comes back beautifully packaged but I spent a fortune there once on a large load. I’ll bet I spend about 1/4 of that at Kim’s Cleaners. My stuff isn’t that nice and sometimes there’s a lot of it so cheap pricing is key.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:22:53 +0000

And I don’t think we can even be sure that the Mr. Kim who died in 2001 is the same Kim who owned the store or worked at it in 1983. Kim is evidently a common Korean name as evidenced by the fact that the current Mrs. Kim is not related to the previous Kim wife and husband team (or their children who worked there and eventually went on to Public Health doctoral programs and the Air Force Academy.) I think it’s fine to avoid a store about which one has bad memories but just recognize that the folks at fault may have nothing to do with the current establishment. I used to avoid the Emory Commons Publix because I was pickpocketed once while shopping with a baby there. Then I realized that the store had changed a lot in ambience, clientele, and security and it really wasn’t the same place.

By: Yvette in Decatur

Yvette in Decatur — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:32:25 +0000

Camp Kitty is great! Great care and they take daily photos of your cat and post them.
Plus, their prices are very reasonable.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:16:46 +0000

Weekend comments:

– On Saturday morning, saw a fairly shocking example of a cyclist not obeying the rules of the road. He was no spring chicken but seemed rash nonetheless. He went right through the red light on Clairemont at Commerce. Even my child in the back seat saw it and gasped. I completely understand the temptation to avoid stops on quiet streets, especially at the bottom of a hill. But I would always assume that I should stop at the Clairemont and Commerce intersection even if I were traveling on a pogo stick.

– Big shout out to Auto Zone on Lawrenceville Hwy just north of North Druid Hills. After a grim start to the day when my car wouldn’t start several times and I couldn’t tell if it was bum battery, the alternator, or something else, they efficiently and pleasantly helped me diagnose the problem as a battery problem only and then installed a new one with no wait at all. I would go there again in a heartbeat.

– German Bakery, which happens to be quite near Auto Zone and was a worthy way to celebrate the return of my car’s functionality, is still great. This month only, they’ve got traditional plum cake; get it while you can.

By: Rebeccab

Rebeccab — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:43:56 +0000

Maybe we should start a yahoo group or some other forum for every time you see a cyclists with riding skills that disturb you. I don’t have enough time in the day if I stopped to log the same scenario with vehicles, but lots of friendly drivers waived me across here and there today, so I’m all cool on that front.

I biked on the path, then through downtown Decatur, and Oakhurst today. Saw tons of riders, and several families (mom or dad in front and kids in the middle) out riding.

Went through the part of the path that virtually cuts through people’s back yards and this nice guy with a wheelbarrow and his grand kid waived me by and as I slowed down they spoke, very small town friendly experience, fun. It was a sunny delightful afternoon (made all the more better by a new Snickers flavored yogurt from YT.) The kind of day I’m going to miss terribly in a few months.

I hope you took away more from this amazingly beautiful day than that experience. This incredible weather is coming to end, and I’m going to enjoy every last second of it, before it does. I hope you do the same.