On Saturday, I took pictures in Piedmont Park and the surrounding area while the Paul McCartney concert was being set up. (The full set of the Atlanta pictures is here.)

I decided to post a better view of the Midtown Atlanta skyline.  read more »

A couple of days this week I walked around my neighborhood in Atlanta, Virginia-Highland or often simply "the Highlands", taking pictures (the full set is here). I've been trying to come up with a way to convey a sense of the area to those who don't know it. I'm not quite sure how to do that … but I'll give it a shot.

The neighborhood was developed in the mid 1920's and is named for the intersection of the two streets, Virginia Avenue and North Highland Avenue, at its heart. It is more or less the eastern half of the map I posted in my earlier blog and the Google map in the post has the neighborhood name shown right at that intersection. This is what Wikipedia has to say about Virginia-Highland.  read more »

Well, at last it has happened. I found – and bought – a place in Atlanta. It's in Virginia-Highland (aka The Highlands), my old neighborhood, and I'm very pleased with it. It's in the first complex (the blue marker) I described in my earlier write up.  read more »

I have been looking at condos in Atlanta for a few months and have found two developments I like quite a bit. They are marked on the map below.

The blue marker shows a small low-rise development made up of two courtyard-style, three story buildings. The first level of each is single bedroom condos. The upper two stories are two-floor, two bedroom, (usually) 1½ bath, townhouse-style condos. Each includes a one-car garage, a rare thing in that part of town, as well as a balcony overlooking the courtyard.  read more »