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Atlanta Streets Alive! is an event where a street is closed to automobile traffic. The asphalt is taken over by people, dogs, and non motorized vehicles. Businesses along the way are open, and restaurants do a brisk trade. If you don’t get run over by a bike, you will probably have a good time.
The strategy was simple, Drive into town. Cruise around the hosting neighborhoods, one block away from the event. When you get a parking spot, take it. After avoiding a collision with a determined oncoming vehicle, PG made his way down Lanier Drive. A few feet away from Virginia Avenue, a prime parking spot appeared, as if by magic. It is almost like a reward for clean living.
The event was a quadrangular loop, going from North Highland, to Highland, to Boulevard, to Monroe, to Virginia Avenue. If one had a bicycle, the entire loop would have been easy to navigate. PG and Uzi were on foot. They made it as far as the de-Northification of Highland Avenue. When they got back to the car, they had gotten enough exercise.
SAA was a great counterpoint to the FLUX event, held the night before. PG saw one person that he knew at FLUX. At SAA, the one person he knew was Angel Poventud. While PG talked to Angel, four people that knew Mr. Poventud greeted him. Some people are more connected than others. While PG enjoys his quiet life in Brookhaven, he sometimes would like to know more people intown.
As the walk was going by the Plaza for the second time, a young man rolled by on a skateboard. His T shirt said, I know what I am doing. He had a beer in his left hand. He nearly fell off the skateboard. On the other side of Ponce de Leon Avenue, a three legged dog was in the parade.
After getting all that exercise, PG and Uzi were ready for dinner. The Piccadilly cafeteria is convenient and cheap, but there are issues. A few months ago, PG saw a server in the men’s room emerge from a stall after delivering a number two. He went back to the kitchen without washing his hands. On the way out to the parking lot, PG saw the report from the health department. The Piccadilly cafeteria, on North Druid Hills Road, got a score of 60.