We took the babies to meet our friends and former next door neighbors, Erric and Pedro, for wings at Taco Mac in the early evening. Before they moved to Texas for a couple years and we moved north of the city, we spent New Year’s Eve with them every year. […]
Month: December 2014
Christmas 2014
I don’t normally take the entire day off on Christmas Eve, but I decided to this year, and we visited the new ice skating arena that opened a couple miles from our house the previous weekend. I hadn’t skated in years, and the 3 children had never even attempted it. […]
How I conquered the sound of silence
In late 2003, I came back from Iraq, finished school, and started looking to buy a house. A few months later, I moved into a gentrifying area of Atlanta. I loved my little house, as long as it was never silent. Silence reminded me I was alone. Silence reminded me […]
How to enjoy a Bama game without being at the game
Since 1988, there has been but one voice worthy of exclaiming the magical words “Touchdown Alabama!” and that voice belongs to Eli Gold. The only problem is…he’s on the radio, and if the ‘Bama game is on TV, I gotta listen to whoever the station carrying the game has hired […]