On The Road on The Big Screen

The trailer for the film adaptation of On the Road dropped this week to coincide with what would have been Jack Kerouac's 90th birthday.

North Beach is the place for the Beats.  City Lights Bookstore is thriving, but be sure to  check out the Beat Museum as well during your next trip to San Francisco.    Need to make the scene in the ATL?  Pop by Acappella Books in their new digs on Haralson Avenue in Inman Park.

Col. Bruce Doc Debuts March 30!

Great news this weekend that Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton will debut March 30 at the Plaza Theater as part of the Atlanta Film Festival. 

Bruce Hampton ate sardines with Frank Zappa.  He fronted the Aquarium Rescue Unit, the greatest band ever.  He told me at age 22 that when I have children, they should only be allowed to stop at Stuckey's to pee during road trips.  I base my life on his teachings.

 Buy your tickets here.  Cheese Frog!

Intown Photorealism

Atlanta artist Christina Bray has a great installation of paintings (through March 23) at the Callanwolde Art Center Gallery featuring her take on some favorite Atlanta street scenes, including the venerable Krog Tunnel.

Pop by the Callanwalde center (closed Sunday) to see these fun paintings, then get out and enjoy on of the city's best gardens.

A Last Taste of Tierra

In the 13 years since Tierra opened on Piedmont Avenue in Midtown Atlanta, I have gone from casual foodie, to corporate entertainer, to a once a quarter escapee from the kids on a weekend night. In all these years Tierra has remained remarkably the same: impeccable food, warm service and, of course, purveyor of the city's most famous desert.

News that my favorite Atlanta restaurant was closing hit the wire right before Christmas.  While I feel I am loosing a great friend, based on our meal last weekend, owners Ticha and Dan Krisksy are going out on a Seinfeld-like high note.  

In Atlanta?  You still have a week before the final dinner service on Friday, February, 17. Not in Atlanta?  We have the world's busiest airport, make the trip.