Grow where you’re planted?
We returned to Chez Polka Dot after a quickie trip over to the NC mountains. I visited with an old pal from high school and an old pal from college. Well, they’re not really old, of course. Although I sure felt old after driving home. Seems like a lot of driving lately. And I Hate [...]
Water Fun
Hi, bloglings! Sir Buffalo Sushi here. It’s been 100 degrees Fahrenheit here, four days straight! So, Mr. Steel and I decided to have some fun. Instead of buying Slip-n-Slides every year, we a huge tarp and covered it in water so it was like a big Slip-n-Slide. We also bought 300 water balloons. We came [...]
On the road again…
We’re heading back out for another short trip. This time, I’ll be in Asheville and the guys will be in South Carolina with their grandparents. I’m far too disorganized this week to have any posts while I’m gone (hoping Sir did his, though…he’s much more disciplined than I’ll ever be). But after this weekend, we’ll [...]
Variations on a tenting theme
So, as you know, we went tent camping down in Georgia recently. I mentioned earlier my parents have a camper they let us use occasionally, and I hadn’t tent camped in a while. (Turned out great, BTW.) But what happens if you want to go camping, don’t have a camper, and you think that tents [...]
Stone Mountain
After one last bathroom stop at World of Coca-Cola, we headed out of downtown Atlanta. Destination: Stone Mountain. Here’s the thing about Stone Mountain. It wasn’t initially on our plan of stops. But about two days before we left, a friend said, “You’ve got to go to Stone Mountain.” I thought, eh. Not interested. But [...]
World of Coke
We knew the Georgia Aquarium was going to be a tough act to follow. But we had to keep pressing on. So after leaving the peaceful waters behind, we walked on over to the World of Coca-Cola. When you first enter, you mill about, not sure what you’re doing. There’s a countdown clock, though, so [...]
Georgia Aquarium
Next up on our tour of Atlanta was the Georgia Aquarium. In a word: Amazing. Get thee to the Georgia Aquarium if at all possible. It’s laid out in manageable sections, so although it’s inevitably going to be crowded, you can plan your visit so you easily dodge school groups and such. Just skip one [...]
Collector for life
Hello, bloglings! Sir Buffalo Sushi, here. Well, first off, I took some nice pictures from our trip to Atlanta. First we went to the Atlanta Zoo: First thing was the flamingos: This one is perfect! You have to admit that it’s pretty good… And even a turtle giving a piggie-back ride: Then we headed to [...]
Zoo Atlanta
First stop on our tour of Atlanta: the zoo. Not “The Atlanta Zoo,” mind you: “Zoo Atlanta.” Is it me, or is that wardsback? Maybe a little French? Hmm…”Suitcase Polka Dot.” Something to consider. Adds a little class to the blog, wouldn’t you say? Anyhoo. If you’ve never been, Zoo Atlanta is a city zoo. [...]
Return to Chez Polka Dot
So we’re back. We did a tour of Atlanta, about which we’ll share in upcoming posts. Glad to see last week’s posts appeared as they were scheduled to do — how weird to see technology functioning properly! Too bad the house couldn’t clean itself, too, while I was gone. We tent-camped the whole visit. I [...]
