Atlanta

We spent 4 days in Atlanta this past weekend, celebrating Andrea's Alumni weekend. Andrea and 25 others were introduced during the G Tech v NC State volleyball game, and we tailgated on campus during Saturday's GTech football game. Great times.

Besides talking fly fishing with some former olympic runners, the highlight was the food and the High Museum; the lowlight was staying at the W Midtown.

The food:

We had two fantastic diners. The first at the Tamarind Seed Thai Bistro on Peachtree in Midtown.

http://tamarindseed.com/. This was some of the best thai I've had in a friendly atmosphere. The second was some "new" southern at the South City Kitchen on Crescent:

http://www.southcitykitchen.com/midtown/index.htm

The party of 6 had fried green tomatoes (with goat cheese) and fried oysters for apps. The en trees were Fried Chicken (mine, and it was incredible), catfish and some braised pork. Pecan pie for desert was perfect. I highly recommend both places.

On Thursday night, we stayed at the Artmore hotel on West Peachtree. This was convenient to Tech, but also great for getting off at the Art Center MARTA (1 block away) and access to the museum. Friday and Saturday nights were spent a few blocks away at the Midtown W. The Artmore was a nice boutique hotel. Rooms were small, but comfortable. The staff was friendly. The wifi was free. But, the bar was obnoxious in its modern decor and trance music. boring.

Speaking of club music, the W is obnoxious. First, they block wifi and force one to pay $15/day for internet. c'mon. Second, patrons treat this hotel like a club in Vegas. The floors are loud and the guests are, mostly, young and annoying. The W should supply white noise makers in each room to dampen the revelers running up and down halls at 3am. The hotel just tries a little too hard to be cool for my tastes. Besides these complaints, the rooms are very nice.

Friday was spent wandering around midtown and checking out the High Museum of Art:

http://www.high.org/

We loved the art and architecture.

The veil on this sculpture was stopping. I didn't write down the artist, but believe it was a Renaissance era Italian.

Room at the W. Bed was comfy. Staff was helpful. Guests were trying way too hard.

Room at the Artmore