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February 17, 2006

The View from KT's Office

A colleague of KT's took this awesome photo from a balcony near the top of the SunTrust building - just down the hall from KT's office.

Her building also has peregrine falcons who nest every spring in the moulding. I'll post a link to the webcam when they set it up next month.

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February 12, 2006

Not Wal-Mart, But . . .

This place is on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn, GA, in the same shopping center as my comic book store. It captures where the real creativity in the American economy is today: hybrid retail for immigrant communities popping up out of the husks of abandoned bigboxes. I've heard there's also a great converted ice cream joint on Buford Highway run by Indian immigrants called Basket Rabbit. And the best pastries I've had in years came from a Korean-owned "French bakery" in Norcross. They didn't taste like any croissants I've ever had, but they had this sweet, nutty center. They were an amazing amalgam of French, Korean, and American tastes.

UPDATE: I almost forgot to mention Madras Saravana Bhavan, the amazing Indian restaurant also on Laurenceville Highway, in Decatur. They serve these incredible six-foot-long dhosai that managed to convince a skeptic like me that vegetarian food can make a satisfying meal. (Screw the Enchanted Broccoli Forest - this will be what I'll eat every day if I ever listen to my guilty conscience and go veggie.) MSB took over an abandoned Folks - you can still see the faux Southern kitsch bleeding through the Hindu decor.

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