a tale of two venues – part 2

When we walked into Café 290, the crowd was lighter than I expected (in more ways than one), so we were able to get a good seat with no problem. For a moment, I thought there was an opening act on stage, because I didn’t recognize the funky-cute white guy strumming away on his guitar or the teddy-bear-cute brother sitting on the far right of the stage, nor did I recognize the song that they were singing. But what I did recognize was some damned good music – a mix of deep, soulful sounds intertwined with highly inspirational lyrics. Once my eyes adjusted to the dark room, I also recognized that the guy seated with head bowed in the middle of the two strangers was Anthony David.

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A tale of two venues – part 1

Thursday afternoon. One of my girlfriends is in town for training and I’m on the hook for figuring out what devilment we’re gonna get into for the evening. I just got word that 2 of my favorite local artists are performing tonight…but in two different places! Julie Dexter is set to go on at the Harlem Bar in Edgewood and Anthony David is taking the stage at Café 290 in Sandy Springs. Hmm…what a predicament (mental note: add this to the list of reasons why I need a clone). Since I’ve never seen Julie perform in an intimate setting, and since Harlem bar is only a stone’s throw from the crib (gas is high!), we decide to go there.

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a shocking discovery

I was trolling through a fellow Atlantan’s blog last week and happened upon a post she’d written about a site called, ‘Stuff White People Like’. “Oh this oughta be interesting,” I thought and clicked on over to check the site out. After about 5 minutes perusing the list, I made a shocking discovery.

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GA wine delivery – soon to be legal?

Whoo-hooo!!!

According to this article in last week’s AJC, I’m one step closer to not having to get up off my couch to get my drank on!

cheers,
k

be kind, rewind

I wish I could say that I loved this movie, because I so wanted to love this movie. I mean it has my future baby daddy Mos Def in it…how could I not? Alas, I can’t even say that I stayed awake through the whole thing. Read more

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