ATL 3/10/08

1...2...3 shots you're out! (or why Vitamin (Jim) Beam makes a poor nightcap...
You can't spell wedding w/o YMCA..."No thanks"...All the sibs
Daylight Saving Time Sunset

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/NATIONAL/FRENCH

We made it to the stepsister's wedding in B'ham with S.'s family. Here are some of the highlights:

GROOMSMAN: "Who are you?"
ME: "I'm the bride's step-domestic-partner-in-law. Or out-law, rather."
GROOMSMAN: "Okay...huh?"

S (on seeing a woman enter the reception hall wearing a patchwork rabbit fur jacket): "Who's the lady in the pound puppy coat?"

BRIDE (on being asked to "repeat after me: I, C_____, do take this man to be my lawfully wedded wife, til death us do part."): "Wait...what now?"

GROOM (while opening all the wedding gifts): "This is great! I want to get married all the time."
ME: "As of tonight, you are married 'all the time'."

MOVIE NEWS - "Doomsday" comes out Friday; looks like "Mad Max" and his "Twelve Monkeys" trying to "Escape from New York" "28 Days Later". I think I'll skip this retread and rewatch the originals. -trailer-

ART NEWS - The Roller Girls are now "performing" at the Yaarab Temple on Ponce...huh?...oh, well...cool! -here-

Cool place to hang out - Apache Cafe on 3rd St - Why aren't I -here- more often?

LOCAL NEWS - Sign-up for the Peachtree Road Race...even though this year's finish line is at the Civic Center...and even though I think the City Council is working with developers to promote/improve the appeal of SoNo at the expense of Midtown, now that Midtown is "done". Get the Sunday paper on Saturday and get that application in the mail!

Shamrock & Roll in ATL STA on Sunday, March 16. -sign up-

The brightest, most positive and green vision I've ever seen for Atlanta; a city design contest winner for the year 2108 from EDAW.

New highrise at 17th and Peachtree? -ajc-

How do you cut your prison sentence short? Well, if you are the former mayor of Atlanta, you first plead that your sentence should be short because you've never had an abuse problem (other than abusing public funds). Then, when that doesn't work, once in the Big House, you enroll in the substance abuse program! Don't put me in there, I never abused drugs. Let me out of here, I abuse drugs! -nyt-

NATIONAL NEWS -Clinton/Obama Presidential ticket? Gas at $4.00 per gallon? Pharmaceuticals in metro drinking water? America "Idol"-izing a gay stripper? Recession? Inflation? Lisa Marie Presley...just another unwed, pregnant mother?

FRENCH NEWS -Inflation* is a big topic in the news, with reports citing increases in the prices of basic foods, which in France include butter, camembert, and yogurt. I'm not sure what the inflation rate has been in the U.S.; how much has the price of a bag of Cheetos gone up? -lemonde-

*(Inflation - The percent change in the CPI).