Atlantafag here
There's so much security here that you'd think the Patriots were playing Afghanistan
I'm staying way the hell outside I-285
Buckhead hasn't been cool since Ray Lewis shot it to death
Atlanta is nothing to me since Rich's and Muse's closed down.
But oh boy, was Buckhead fun in the 70's and early 80's. Are the Tams still alive? When I die, I'll be young, foolish, and happy for eternity.
Tap that keg and let's dance. Pic related.
Dude, amen
I never wanted to live in a city, but Atlanta metastasized way out to get us
My favorite watering hole lately is this little bitty joint on the edge of a North Carolina state forest area
Good bar, no wait staff, clean up after yourself
Parking is iffy, watch out for the creek and wear your hiking boots, kinda muddy
No cell signal, but great huntin' & fishin'
Cool history post.
Couple things to keep in mind about money during early days just before & after the Revolution
Tobacco was sometimes used as currency
USA didn't mint its own money until 1794 silver dollars
Before then, the Spanish dollar– "pesos de ocho", or pieces of eight– was so popular worldwide that Thomas Jefferson himself suggested the new USA just use Spanish dollars as currency until we could get our own money cranked up & working
Not hard to find old US legal docs that show financial transactions in "reales" or Spanish milled dollars/pieces of eight.