Piedmont Park!!!!!!

Piedmont Park

I am new to this city, and one of the things that I find most intresting are people’s infatuation with the Piedmont Park. Its nothing to see Atlanta’s Piedmont Park bustling with local suburbuinites(what I call them) walking there dogs, playing some football, or marching for the "cause of the week". It seems that this park in part is a huge back drop to the city of Atlanta. It’s that nice scenery you see but never really acknowledge. You definitely take it for granted because it’s so beautiful all the time. I have walked the paved paths to find your typical Jack Russell, Chihuahuas, Pugs, and Miniature Pincher’s being walked by what seems to be a large amount of burly, clean cut Abercrombie & Fitch guys who one is only assume are clearly of the homosexual lifestyle(calm down gays I could be wrong). I notice people unfolding there blankets, and unpacking the cooler to start there day of grilling, and relaxing in the shade. This park crowds at night as people all come together to watch Screen on the Green. A city sponsored event where old movies are played on a big canvas projection screen. If you sit quietly you will notice lots of interaction between the movie and the people who came to watch it. On the particular night I was there they played Faye Dunaway’s critically acclaimed movie Mommy Dearest. We all know that scene when she says “No more Wire Hangers!!!” almost in uniform everyone shouts it out, and laughs and cheers. You can look to your left or right and notice senior citizens dancing together, truly lost in the moment of romanticism. Though it was nice to observe, this is totally odd to me. I’m a southern Florida boy, and where I am from the climate is so humid that you’re drenched in sweat before you even got the cooler out of the car not to mention watching a movie outside “Are you insane???”. But I digress its apart of Atlanta’s culture and I can appreciate it for what it is.. Should you ever come to this truly fantastic city? Make sure the park is on your list of things to see. All the different people that roam these paved paths, walking there dogs, or swinging there children in the air, adds character to Piedmont Park. http://www.piedmontpark.org