Spot Training. Good News, Bad News.
My guest “blogger”, Beth Estes points out some good news and bad news about our exercise habits, and that all important one…WHAT we eat!
Hot Time In The City! Tips For Keeping Your Cool Inside!
Hot Time In The City (or Country) — Tips For Keeping Your Cool!
Yep. We have certainly been living up to our nickname here in Atlanta this summer…..HOTLANTA! Whew! 90 something everyday! I walk out at 7am on my way to my Midtown Atlanta office and think, “Man, can’t it just stay THIS temperature for the rest of the day?” It doesn’t happen. So, here’s a few tips for YOU to keep you cool in the remaining hot days of the summer.
* Set your thermostat higher when away at work, or away on vacation. About 5 degrees will do it.
* Set your thermostat at 78 degrees or higher and forget it! By raising your temperature you could save about a $100 on your summer power bills
* Change your air conditioning filter. Whether you live in an older house in Historic Midtown Atlanta, or a new condominium, you’d be amazed at how dirty those guys get. And dirty means less efficiency, and making your a/c work harder. Set yourself a reminder on your calendar.
* Check your doors and windows for leaks. For our condo dwellers, newer buildings are pretty tight, but your older buildings might not be so. If you have cobwebs or high levels of dust, you probably have air leaks. (Shoot, I thought that was just from my extreme desire NOT to do house cleaning….)
* If in a single family home, be sure to make sure your outdoor condenser can “breathe” and is not covered up by landscape shrubs
*Have your system regularly serviced (usually spring and fall) to keep it at its peak performance. In Midtown Atlanta, we condo dwellers often forget that we have a unit somewhere (like maybe on the roof) that should be serviced. Of course this requires a bit of extra planning to the building maintenance people can get your a/c man on the roof.
Just a few cool tips to keep you cool in these remaining Dog Days of Summer in Midtown Atlanta!
Midtown Atlanta Streets to Get Make Over
Midtown Atlanta Streets to Get Make Over
Midtown Alliance announced construction will begin August 1 on Crescent Avenue in Midtown Atlanta to improve sidewalks, add lights, trees and parallel parking. Once that portion is completed, they will commence the 14th Street Streetscape from West Peachtree all the way to Piedmont Park.
Construction funds for the project were provided from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It was designed to enhance the pedestrian environment, improve public safety, and achieve a better balance between accommodating large volumes of vehicular traffic and creating a more livable urban environment. Over the last eight years, the Midtown Alliance Cityscapes Program has completed similar improvements along Peachtree Street, WestPeachtree Street, Piedmont Avenue and 14th Street (between Fowler and West Peachtree Streets).
Midtown Atlanta has been working to improve its walkability and mobility with projects that provide wider sidewalks, enhanced street and sidewalk lighting, new landscaping, granite curbing colored accent pavers, trash receptacles (AMEN AMEN!!!) and bike racks among other improvements.
Sadly, the announcement also mentions that a number of exiting trees will have to be removed on 14th Street due to utility conflicts and to allow for changes in the street function. This means some pretty big trees will probably be giving their lives up for progress. Bummer. However, some 70 new Elm trees will be installed every 30 feet on either side of the street the entire length of the project. They will be keeping Midtown Atlanta green, but it might be a few years before the trees look anything like they currently do on 14th Street, depending on which ones come down…
Constructi0n will be intense, so if you are in this area of Midtown Atlanta, please watch out. Of course we’ll be watching this program very closely as our office is on 14th Street, and we’ve got some pretty big trees right in front of our office windows! I wonder if they will escape the chain saw??
Here’s a quick look at what Crescent Avenue currently looks like….I’ll get some before pictures of 14th Street so we can all see the changes!
Top 50 Tallest Buildings in the United States
Top 50 Tallest Buildings in the United States
Let the truth be known…I have a love affair with the Internet. I mean, come on, you can hit up your friend Mr. Google, and it’s amazing what he will find for you.
Really, HOW DID WE live before him/her? Oh, we had encyclopedias…..right.
Perfect case in point….I ran across this amazing site today with some photos of some amazing buildings right here in the U.S. Did you have any idea what the Top 50 Tallest Buildings in the United States are?
While I suspect many of us don’t “trade” in these big guys, it is noted that many of them are in fact condo buildings or mixed use condo/office.
Atlanta’s got a couple in there, including our ranking at Number 9 with the Bank of America Building here in Midtown Atlanta, as seen from my balcony in this picture.
Check out the Top 50 Tallest Buildings in the United States
One Minute Sermon — Kinda Sums it Up!
While I consider myself a religious person, I don’t attend church regularly. (Duck as things are thrown at you…)
And I’m certainly never one to “preach” to anyone……I probably have no room to talk, right?
So, maybe somebody else can say it better than me?
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUQYJ77qa50[/youtube]
Lindbergh Varsity Jr To Close After 45 Years! Thanks Atlanta…NOT!
Lindbergh Varsity Jr. Shutting down after 45 Years! OMG!
But what makes this story so sad, is it’s not economics ( in one sense….) it’s plain stupid government……
Varsity Vice-President John Browne called the decision to close the 45-year-old Lindbergh diner “absolutely one of the toughest we ever made.” A makeover had been planned for years, but the Varsity and the City of Atlanta clashed over how many driveways in and out of the restaurant would be allowed. Currently there’s three, but the city would approve only one for a rezoned Varsity Jr.
Mind you, I sit on the Board of Midtown Neighbors’ Associaition and we hear these Land Use Committee issues often. And in a heavily traveled pedestrian area, I completely understand wanting less “curb cuts” and minimizing the impact on pedestrians. Also it does have something to do with safety, traffic flow and the like.
But when the rules run a perfectly good business, employing hard working people, out of business, there is just something plain WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM!!!
The company posted an announcement on it’s website, and it reads like a family saying good-by to a loved one.
And just what a neighborhood wants to see….another empty business, overgrown with weeds.
I’m telling you City of Atlanta, you screwed this one up. Period. End of Paragraph!
Read the story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution
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