... in atlanta we visited the coke-cola headquarters ... enjoyable, in a touristy sort of way, especially all the hype about the "secret formula" ... of course, there was no mention of what was originally coke's "active" ingredient ... the "tasting room" was quite fun, even if it did end up costing me a supper after i lost the bet that jon would swig down a full glass of what has to be the most absolutely horrible soft drink in the world, some sort of italian beverage that tastes like quinine water laced with black pepper ...
... adrien, it seems, was deeply moved by the whole experience ...
... we had a good time visiting stone mountain ... the park is wonderful, a place where city people can bring their children for repeated excursions to enjoy the outdoors ... while the mountain is clearly not as advertised, "the largest exposed piece of granite in the world," the towering carving of jefferson davis, robert e. lee, and stonewall jackson, which took forty-nine years to complete, is the world's largest bas relief sculpture ... while this tremendous artistic effort was conceived as a monument to the confederacy, and in great part funded with the support of the kkk, it is a sign of the progress our nation struggles to maintain that all sorts of colors of people seem to have no problem mingling together on the great lawn below the carving, snacking from picnic baskets and playing catch with their children as they all await the nightly laser show ... as for the klan, it seems that it's been thirty years since they gathered to do their thing on the top of the mountain ...
NIKON D200 & OLYMPUS E-PL1