Gleaning Facebook: An Excursion to Summerhill

\Sheila and I made our first venture out of town since the first week of March.

Now before I discuss the hedonistic abandon of today, I must emphasize that Weight Watchers just sent me a special charm to celebrate the fact that I had reached my original weight loss goal.

Our trip was to see -- using face masks and/or social distancing -- our baby girl, Lillian.

As soon as we reached her apartment we headed to Big Softie for unbelievably scrumptious softserve ice-cream. I splurged on a huge waffle cone filled with swirled strawberry and green tea sherbet coated with a layer of delectable chocolate. Oh, my! We took our treats back to Lillian's deck to enjoy them with some good conversation.

On the street near Big Softie.

How many Weight Watchers points are in this picture?

We ate on the little back deck of the apartment that Lil shares with two other women. The deck is shaered with one other of the four apartments in the little structure in Summerhill.

Having devoured our dessert first, we crossed the street again to Woods Chapel BBQ to further indulge our culinary passions with huge pulled pork sandwiches on fresh toasted and buttered buns served with thick jalapeno potato chips... AND since we were her last customers of the day the manager threw in two generous slces of bourbon chocolate pecan pie and a large cup of "Frosé" for us to share. Oh, my!

I highly recommend Wood's Chapel BBQ. Delicious. 

Back to the deck for supper. 

We took a 30 minute walk in the beautiful Summerhill and Grant Park neighborhoods to assauge our consciences before we said our goodbyes and got on the road back to Rome just before the 9 p.m. curfew.

Our walk up Georgia Avenue from Summerhill into the adjacent neighborhood of Grant Park illustrated the gentrification of this area that Evan Ross talks about in his comment to this post. Though we enjoy the beauty of these beautifully redecorated and updated homes, -- in easy walking distance of the former Turner Field --we must also mourn the loss of the neighborhoods that predated these. Most of the folks who once lived in this area likely could not afford these houses now.
In major city after major city ordinary workers have been priced out of homes there. We must find a way to restore affordable housing for those who work in cities. One step in the right direction would be to find ways to reduce and reverse the extreme redistribution of wealth toward the already wealthy. In this wealthy republic very full time worker should have a comfortable income. 

I may have consumed more Weight Watchers points today than on any other day (excluding Fourth of July) since I joined WW.