Six Atlanta design bloggers lunch with blues titans at Fat Matts

On Monday six Atlanta design bloggers ate BBQ at Fat Matt's Rib Shack.

From left to right: Holly from Things That Inspire, Helen Young from Whitehaven, Terry Kearns (me) from Architecture Tourist, James from Limestone & Boxwoods, Claire Watkins from High Gloss Blue, and Blayne Beacham from This Photographer's Life (In Search of a Style)

Some of us had met, some hadn't. It wasn't exactly like we'd been childhood friends. But we certainly weren't strangers. We had plenty to talk about.

We didn't do any business, elect any officers, make any plans. We just ate sweet, saucy, tummy-filling sandwiches and gabbed.

Here is our closeup. A hansdome bunch, I think.


This may be our better side. I do love the pulled pork sammy levitating over my head. If you haven't been to Fat Matts, you order at the counter. At 11:30 A.M. the food got to our table before we could sit down.


Fat Matt's shows it's glorious face on at the corner of 3 in-town neighborhoods: Morningside, Piedmont Heights and Ansley Park. It's red, yellow, and green, with over-sized ribs floating in the window.


Across the street is Rock Spring Presbyterian Church which is on the National Registry of Historic Buildings. Fat Matts is one of the few places where you can comfortably take it in.


I think a city that allows these two beauties across the street from each other is doing something right.


We missed other great Atlanta bloggers. We'll do another in April if we can.

Thanks,
Terry
terry @ surf303.com

The grout changed everything.

I'm participating in Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch. Thanks to Susan!

Remember?




Well, they've put up most of the stone. Here is the look before the grout. The architect/builder, Bob DeFiore from Portico, told me they we going to use buff colored grout to lighten it up.


They added the grout. Here it is before it dried. Not very light.


Then it dried.


The next colossal change will be paint. Bob said the paint will be in tones that match the buff of the stone. The window muntons will be the bronze color you see in the pictures. the window and door trim and the panel - I don't know yet.

Stay tuned to Metamorphosis Monday.

Thanks,
Terry

Thanks to Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.


P.S. Here is the whole project so far: