My home town. But, look which cities have the largest populations! Who knew?
The Advocate claims Atlanta is "gayist" U.S.City-------
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Ha! Look how Pennington is trying to save his butt after the Eagle raid fiasco. Idiot.
alanlendaro
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Not sure what you mean Peter...
What does a barista have to do with a raid on gay bar?
What does a barista have to do with a raid on gay bar?
Yes, my bad. I intended for this to be an informative post---- not the topic of debate.
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Flamers start flaming war, film at 11.
Honey, let me hit the lottery and wherever I reside will be the gayest city...OK?
HMMM, I thought certain villages on Fire Island, NY were the poofiest on the planet (per square mile). Nealy 100% of the polulation is you know "that way".
Honey, let me hit the lottery and wherever I reside will be the gayest city...OK?
HMMM, I thought certain villages on Fire Island, NY were the poofiest on the planet (per square mile). Nealy 100% of the polulation is you know "that way".
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My favorite paragraph!
"Atlanta is undoubtedly our gayest city -- with 29 gay bars here, there’s a reason it’s dubbed Hotlanta," .... "Atlanta guys are hunky, the ladies are gracious, the gay sports leagues are seriously well organized, and its housewives (and their gay BFFs, complete with handbags and heels) are now camp icons. And who doesn’t love the sweet lilt of a Georgia accent on a knockout guy or gal?"
"Atlanta is undoubtedly our gayest city -- with 29 gay bars here, there’s a reason it’s dubbed Hotlanta," .... "Atlanta guys are hunky, the ladies are gracious, the gay sports leagues are seriously well organized, and its housewives (and their gay BFFs, complete with handbags and heels) are now camp icons. And who doesn’t love the sweet lilt of a Georgia accent on a knockout guy or gal?"
My apologies
My bad. I read the article too quickly and confused the Pennington in the article with the chief of the ATL police Richard Pennington.
The Atlanta Eagle was raided by the police, of whom Richard Pennington is the chief. The entire staff was arrested, and all patrons were forced to lay on the ground for over an hour while the cops laughed and made a number of anti-gay/homophobic comments. All charges against the patrons were dropped. The owners and staff are still having trouble with the courts and the charges against them.
My bad. I read the article too quickly and confused the Pennington in the article with the chief of the ATL police Richard Pennington.
The Atlanta Eagle was raided by the police, of whom Richard Pennington is the chief. The entire staff was arrested, and all patrons were forced to lay on the ground for over an hour while the cops laughed and made a number of anti-gay/homophobic comments. All charges against the patrons were dropped. The owners and staff are still having trouble with the courts and the charges against them.
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Thanks for the clarification... make perfect sense now 
I had heard about the raid on the Eagle - absolutly atrocious behavior by the police. My first lover was/is a cop and I have several gay friends who are. Must be really difficult for them to stomach when one or a few of their brotehrs (and sisters) in uniform commit such acts.
Alan
I had heard about the raid on the Eagle - absolutly atrocious behavior by the police. My first lover was/is a cop and I have several gay friends who are. Must be really difficult for them to stomach when one or a few of their brotehrs (and sisters) in uniform commit such acts.
Alan
Since the Eagle has always been "the" leather bar in ATL, I'm thinking some of the cliental might have had a good night!
Believe me, NO ONE had a good night. I know several people who were there, and it was anything but pleasant. In fact, I bet a lot of people here would thoroughly disagree with the article based on what happened.
I was unaware that the raid had happened. I used to haunt the ATL Eagle quite a bit, but it's been a few (married) years since I've ventured in there. Now that the Eagle in Charlotte, NC has closed (a victim of the economy and the Internet), I was planning a pilgrimage back to Hotlanta now the leather fits again. Maybe not so quickly....
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Gee Cuffs, that's a pretty callous comment to make.
One could only wonder what your comment would be if a prostitute should get violently raped.
Sheesh!
One could only wonder what your comment would be if a prostitute should get violently raped.
Sheesh!
norgeway
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Cruisy Motor Inn!
If in Atlanta,and wishing to have fun....the Cheshire Motor Inn AKA The Cruisy Motor Inn is the place to stay in Atlanta, and the Collonade Restaurant is just in front of it,wonderful classy place to eat,the motel is a dive but fun., Cheshire Bridge Road.
If in Atlanta,and wishing to have fun....the Cheshire Motor Inn AKA The Cruisy Motor Inn is the place to stay in Atlanta, and the Collonade Restaurant is just in front of it,wonderful classy place to eat,the motel is a dive but fun., Cheshire Bridge Road.
Excuse me, Alan. I have already corrected Cuffs in relation to the topic. No need for the personal attack.
Norgeway, stay on topic. Comments like that take the thread into areas that lead us to places that causes the need for monitoring and censorship as seen in the "new, improved Super" thread. The restaurant isn't what it used to be and the inn is a complete dump; stay there at your own peril, enjoy the infestation of bedbugs you will bring home and your visit to a VD clinic.
Drhardee: no reason to stay away. The police have been thoroughly beat up by the community about the raid that it will be a long time before there is a raid again.
Norgeway, stay on topic. Comments like that take the thread into areas that lead us to places that causes the need for monitoring and censorship as seen in the "new, improved Super" thread. The restaurant isn't what it used to be and the inn is a complete dump; stay there at your own peril, enjoy the infestation of bedbugs you will bring home and your visit to a VD clinic.
Drhardee: no reason to stay away. The police have been thoroughly beat up by the community about the raid that it will be a long time before there is a raid again.
danemodsandy
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To Me...
...The Colonnade's food was never really the point; it was just that it was the last of that 1950s/1960s type of restaurant in Atlanta. The food was always sort of standard-issue midcentury inoffensive, nothing great, nothing awful. By the time I left Atlanta, I don't suppose I'd been there in four or five years. If it has gone downhill, that's too bad, because the Colonnade was always a great place to go and have a reasonably civilised time with friends, without being subjected to loud music, the latest half-baked ideas of some culinary arts graduate who would have done better to go into some other field, or fist fights breaking out among the harder drinkers in the crowd.
So far as the motel is concerned, I know nothing. Never did.
...The Colonnade's food was never really the point; it was just that it was the last of that 1950s/1960s type of restaurant in Atlanta. The food was always sort of standard-issue midcentury inoffensive, nothing great, nothing awful. By the time I left Atlanta, I don't suppose I'd been there in four or five years. If it has gone downhill, that's too bad, because the Colonnade was always a great place to go and have a reasonably civilised time with friends, without being subjected to loud music, the latest half-baked ideas of some culinary arts graduate who would have done better to go into some other field, or fist fights breaking out among the harder drinkers in the crowd.
So far as the motel is concerned, I know nothing. Never did.
The Colonnade is an Atlanta institution. The last of the great plantation food style of southern restaurants of which there were once many in Atlanta.
All of the desserts and fresh yeast rolls and cornbread muffins are made on premesis and the fresh pies are the bomb.
An order of Fried Chicken is enough for two people. Fabulous Chicken Shortcake. Turkey and Dressing, Roast Lamb Shank, and the best Fried Flounder dinner anywhere or a pile of fried Chicken Livers.
All sorts of fresh cooked vegetables. Rutabagas, okra and tomatoes, the bomb collard greens with plenty of pot liquor.
Honeeeey Puhleeeez, anyone who likes good old Suuuuthuuun food will find the Colonnade baaaad to the bone. The only place that even comes close is the food I try to serve from my own kitchen. Some would say it ain't half-bad either.
Now that Motel is another story. Interesting from a distance, but sistah wasn't evah going to venture up in to it.
The next best place is Yoder's all the way down in Montezuma, but worth the drive for a great southern dinner.
All of the desserts and fresh yeast rolls and cornbread muffins are made on premesis and the fresh pies are the bomb.
An order of Fried Chicken is enough for two people. Fabulous Chicken Shortcake. Turkey and Dressing, Roast Lamb Shank, and the best Fried Flounder dinner anywhere or a pile of fried Chicken Livers.
All sorts of fresh cooked vegetables. Rutabagas, okra and tomatoes, the bomb collard greens with plenty of pot liquor.
Honeeeey Puhleeeez, anyone who likes good old Suuuuthuuun food will find the Colonnade baaaad to the bone. The only place that even comes close is the food I try to serve from my own kitchen. Some would say it ain't half-bad either.
Now that Motel is another story. Interesting from a distance, but sistah wasn't evah going to venture up in to it.
The next best place is Yoder's all the way down in Montezuma, but worth the drive for a great southern dinner.
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Wasn't ment as a personal attack
If it was taken as such, I apologise.
If it was taken as such, I apologise.
norgeway
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I made a comment!
I made a observation, meant to be informative!, I didnt think I was being off color or uncooth,the thread was concerning Atlanta being gay,that was what I was commenting on,sure the motel is a dump,but the Collonade is a old time good restaurant,and for the other comment,I have never had V.D. or bedbugs,I have better sense than that and do not appreciate the implication, the fact remains ,the Cheshire inn is something of a throwback,I have stayed there numerous times and it has always been clean,and I certainly have better sense than to be completely stupid,I would be more afraid of a ride in a police car than anything else as they patrol it constantly,it is fun though to see who rides thru,I did not mean to stir up anything,anyone who knows me knows better than that.
I made a observation, meant to be informative!, I didnt think I was being off color or uncooth,the thread was concerning Atlanta being gay,that was what I was commenting on,sure the motel is a dump,but the Collonade is a old time good restaurant,and for the other comment,I have never had V.D. or bedbugs,I have better sense than that and do not appreciate the implication, the fact remains ,the Cheshire inn is something of a throwback,I have stayed there numerous times and it has always been clean,and I certainly have better sense than to be completely stupid,I would be more afraid of a ride in a police car than anything else as they patrol it constantly,it is fun though to see who rides thru,I did not mean to stir up anything,anyone who knows me knows better than that.
