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Musings on Life in my Fifties . . .

This Sunday, May 11th, there will be a Milonga ( tango dance party) at the Moulon Rouge in the back of the Paris on Ponce antique shop on Ponce de Leon Place in Atlanta. There will be a beginners class at 1:30pm, and the Milonga will go from 2:30-5pm. There is a real treat this [...]

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Sunday evening Rathbuns celebrated their fourth anniversary with a blow out blues barbecue for several hundred people in The Stove Works parking lot. I remember back in 1998, I was looking for a cool space to move my software company into. Twice a week I would drive around town with commercial Realtor, Harry Jenkins looking at Intown buildings and getting an education in commercial real estate on the side. Back then Harry showed me the Stove Works which was for

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I just called Retromodern and ordered a Philippe Starck, Bubble Club Sofa from Kartell with two arm chairs in pale green. I was having a hard time deciding between the Bubble Club or the Ploof, but just found out that they stopped making the Ploof so “too bad” or maybe it was good that my decision was made for me and I could stop procrastinating.

The Bubble Club is very cool, made from polyethylene and this is just the thing for my retro-modern garden patio and Basset Hound ranch. I thought (for about ten seconds) about getting one of those comfy outdoor sectional sets but what would happen is that my dogs would each claim one and without us outside all the time telling them to get off the furniture it would be bad. After two weeks no one would ever want to sit on them again.

I guess if I want comfy, I’ll have to go next door to Kevin Rathbun Steak. They have a very cozy outdoor area with comfy sectionals and coffee tables on what was the loading dock of their building and it faces onto the Beltline (actually its the same setting as my back deck but without the dogs). When I go there, I actually prefer sitting outside. And since I am not a make a reservation a month in advance type of girl, its a great secret ( well, it was anyway) since I can usually count on walking right in and getting my favorite seat.

Maybe since I am buying this furniture from Retromodern, they will put me on their mailing list. Before this I hadn’t ever done more than drool on their stuff, I was not on their list and I missed out finding out about their HUGE moving sale last year – until the week after. Ever since I keep hearing of the fabulous pieces that this or that person picked up for 40 dollars or so. Oh well. They were supposed to have their new store open in January or February, but as we in the construction business know, it always takes longer than you think. Their store is now planned to open in May over in the West Midtown area a few blocks from the new Knoll showroom.

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My brother, Charlie Knight, is the youngest of seven children – but, the worst of it for him, his older siblings are all girls! That may explain why he is still single at 44. But really, it is because he is an artist maniac.

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There is a fantastic nursery, Grower’s Outlet out in Loganville, Georgia that has the best prices around and a really nice selection of plants. They have things that you’re not going to find at your local Home Depot and if you did they would be double in price.

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Wow. Today was just a normal old day when I decided to take a break from trying to sell my condos and go for a walk with my buddy Joe. Joe just happened to mention earlier that he had to take some photos for his friend Grant and I just happened to ask him “Photos [...]

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One of my favorite stores in Atlanta is City Issue which specializes in Mid-Century Antiques and collectibles. They use to be located on Peachtree Road in Buckhead near the Garden Hills theater. Anytime I went to Buckhead I would

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Buenos Aires Originally uploaded by judith.knight Here is Darcos Shoe store, the site of our compulsive shopping binge where Eric, Duane and I bought a gajillion pairs of Tango shoes! I over heard a guy talking to a couple of women in one of my tango classes and he asked them how many pair of [...]

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After seeing photos of La Boca barrio, in Buenos Aires, I just had to see it myself. La Boca was the seaport here until Puerto Mudera. Back in the day the poor working class people who lived there painted their homes with all sorts of paints that they got from the ship yards. The explanation [...]

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