"Exceptional shopping and dining within a sophisticated urban atmosphere, Buckhead Atlanta offers distinctive retail stores, upscale restaurants and affordable..."
As much as I try to avoid the area and it takes me a good 25 minutes to get over there, for one reason or another I'll end up on that side of town from time to time. Last weekend with my Air BnB guest we had decided to check out Prohibition, one of Atlanta's premiere speakeasies. This was after I had gone to a "Jews and Drink" event at the Chabad In-Town earlier that week and listened to a talk from a mixologist from Bacardi who recommend the place.
Of course I did zero research and just went straight there which was problematic since I couldn't find "there." There's no sign just an old school phone booth with no instructions. Apparently you need a code to get in, adding to the supposed "secret-ness" or "coolness" of the place. A women then approached and put her finger on a small detector on the wall and all of the sudden an opening door is revealed (I am so not "in"). I was like "oh great we'll just follow her in." She actually turns around, looks at me, and without a word closes the door in my face. This was a just a normal customer I guess. The Air BnB guy and I just start laughing, it was too ridiculous. A few moments later a guy from the bar walks out and tells me my shoes aren't classy enough so we get turned around.
Nothing from this experience, especially again it being Buckhead, surprised me. But it did give me a good chuckle. A friend recently asked me if I missed the coffee business and after thinking about it for a bit I told him, "not much." There's a lot of pretentious ridiculousness in all of the foodie related industries. It's not an awful way to make money and don't me get wrong, I appreciate good food related things as much as the next guy, but for thinking I am doing something meaningful in life, even working in Fair Trade it could be lacking. Furthermore, while I'm all for liveable wages, $15 cocktails (probably $20 or more in NYC) seem just as overpriced as the $6 pour-over coffee.
I love these recent skits giving shit to mixology in particular:
1. Portlandia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLxC1bJmF_U
2. Fog & Smog (the Whole Foods Parking lot dudes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_id6i7OBj0
-> This one even has the lyrics: "What's the password...you enter through a phone booth" just like my experience!
And finally this Onion video about foodie chef Tim Allen is great.
A few unrelated pictures from the last few weeks:
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| My friend Marcos and I with Sherlock at Kennessaw Mountain enjoying a nice winter hike on President's day weekend. |
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| Police "Boda Boda" in ATL. Terror alert I heard |
