Duluth, GA – Fall Festival 2019

Duluth Fall Festival | (Always the Last weekend in September!) | September 28, 2019 It has been a long hot summer down here in Georgia, and pretty much everywhere else too it seems.  Let’s hope the cool temperatures predicted for next week finally usher in Autumn, perhaps my most favorite season.  For this Saturday evening […]

iPads as Viable Smart Photo Albums

Behold!  My 3 iPads with 15+ years worth of photos, all automatically organized neatly by day, occasion, and face!  Thanks to Apple’s very powerful built in software.  Last year it was all about getting back to printing books, but this year I moved some of my photo archive from my Macbook to these iPads.  “I” […]

Japan Fest 2019 Photos

Japan Fest 2019 | Gwinnett Forum | Saturday, September 21, 2019 Notes: Konnichi Wa!  Another jam packed weekend at Japan Fest right down the street.  I hadn’t been in several years, but good to see that this cultural festival still brings in guests by the tens of thousands.  A lot of these images are of […]

Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival 2019 Photos

Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival  |  Saturday September 7, 2019  |  Olympic Venue Clark’s Bridge  |  Gainesville, GA Congrats to our friends, the Mekong Dragons for winning this year’s Atlanta Dragon Boat Race! (And we also placed in the top 10 out of 80 teams! Finally after 14 years of participating!!) Event Coverage from the perspective […]

Dragon Con 2019 – Set 2 – In 3D!

For every year that I get to attend Dragon Con I usually have as my third option in cameras, something bizarre and unique.  (For a few years it was an infrared Sigma Foveon camera)  This year I shot some 3D pictures with my (dusty) Loreo 3D Lens in a Cap on the mirrorless Canon EOS […]

Dragon Con 2019 – Set 1

It was a fun 3 days at Dragon Con this year! Here are some of my random portraits and event photos.  I’ll slowly but surely be adding more posts.  Thanks again to all the great people who posed, or stopped to chat about nerdery and photography. 🙂 I’m sorry I didn’t get everyone’s info.  (Dragon […]

Tofu House Book Chang Dong – Duluth, GA

2550 Pleasant Hill Rd​ #101 Duluth, GA 30096 Normally open from about 10am -10pm most days. As you can tell, I really like Korean food.  I think most in my family and circle of friends do as well.  There’s just something about the flavor for the Asian palate.  I could probably eat it every day […]

Arte 3 – Suwanee, GA

1291 Old Peachtree Rd NW Suwanee, GA 30024 Next to Gop Chang on Fire, Closes at Midnight I think this place might be our new birthday hangout spot.  Instead of spending upwards of $40 on a single small cake from Mozart, roughly $9 per waffle and ice cream combo could satisfy any sweet cravings.  My […]

Banh Mi Cafe – Duluth, GA

3512 Satellite Blvd NW, Duluth, GA 30096 Opens at 9am-8pm every day! I do love banh mi Vietnamese subs.  I once ate 5 on a college football game watching Saturday.  For some reason I kept on forgetting about this place 10 minutes from me, but instead would drive all the way to Lee’s Bakery down […]

Gop Chang on Fire – Suwanee, GA

1291 Old Peachtree Rd NW #205 Suwanee, GA 30024 Closed on Mondays, Opens from 4pm – 2am on other days! Gop Chang is down the road from me on Old Peachtree Rd in the Assi shopping center.  I remember when the grocery store opened ages ago and it was the only thing in the entire […]

Naan and Curry – Duluth, GA

3083 Breckinridge Blvd #210 Duluth, GA 30096 Only closed on Mondays, they do have a lunch Buffet, but best is ordering fresh! Where to begin?  I go to Naan and Curry a lot!  It’s usually on my weekly rotation up here in Gwinnett.  When I was a young person I didn’t like sushi or Indian […]

Don Pedro – Gwinnett County, GA

STATUS: Pleasant Hill one CLOSED! Buford Hwy Still Open! 1475 Pleasant Hill Rd Lawrenceville, GA 30044 There are 3 locations that I know of in Gwinnett.  I still can’t understand how this part of town is Lawrenceville! 🙂 The one we like going to (Don Pedro III) stays open forever.  On one day, the hours […]

Rain Thai and Sushi Bar – Atlanta, GA

2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE suite 6, Atlanta, GA 30324 I’ve had the curry duck here twice!  I like it, as I’m a fan of the massaman type of sweet curry.  It might not be for everyone, but I think the pineapple and grapes really add to it.  The crispiness of the duck skin was […]

Pho Lanxang – Forest Park, GA

STATUS: CLOSED 🙁 4571 Jonesboro Rd Forest Park, GA 30297 Closed on Mondays, but open from 11am-8pm every other day Where can you get authentic Lao food in Atlanta?  Pho Lanxang off Jonesboro Rd near the airport is a great spot.  In picking spots to eat at, I always ask myself, “Is this the type […]

Cafe Mozart Bakery

2790 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd Suite 120 Suwanee, GA 30024 I think there are at least 6 Cafe Mozart bakery/dessert places in Georgia.  Scattered about the metro area, they can be found in stand alone buildings, inside Super H Marts, and nestled in the many Korean shopping centers in Gwinnett.  Much like every other coffee shop, […]

Trader Joe’s Sriracha BBQ Sauce

Trader Joe’s Organic Sriracha and Roasted Garlic BBQ Sauce According to the website: price and availability may have changed. 🙁 This was my favorite sauce for everything a few years ago.  I say it in the past tense, because I think it might be R.I.P. time for this elixir of goodness.  The Trader Joe’s website […]

Batavia – Doraville, GA

3640 Shallowford Rd Doraville, GA 30340 Open Everyday from 10am – 11:30pm I really like Indonesian food, the flavor is very similar to our own home cooking.  Batavia is great because it’s a spin on the southern “1 meat and two veggies” plate.  I always run into a familiar face getting lunch because it’s a […]

The Halal Guys – Chamblee, GA

4929 Buford Hwy NE Chamblee, GA 30341 This place was crazy busy when it first opened.  Things have gone back to normal, and you never see lines wrapped around the building anymore.  I do like this type of food.  It’s a bit dry and plain to me though, as I really think Pita Palace is […]

Boba Mocha – Duluth, GA

2628 Pleasant Hill Rd Ste 100 Duluth, GA 30096 Open Everyday from about 11am – 10pm Being Asian (Lao), we really don’t crave sweet stuff after every meal (besides fresh fruit) but it’s nice every now and then to find baked goods that won’t land you in a sugar coma. 🙂  The ample slice of […]

Pita Palace – Atlanta, GA

1658 Lavista Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30329 Open everyday except Saturday! On the corner of Briarcliff and LaVista is Pita Palace, a great place for Israeli/Middle Eastern food.  I really like the softness of the pita bread, and the spice level of the spread.  You can definitely taste the minced jalapenos.  So if you just […]

Paris Baguette – Duluth, GA

3492 Satellite Blvd Duluth, GA 30096 Open everyday from 8am onward! I like this place because it’s wide open seating without all the hustle and bustle and craziness of Sweet Hut.  However the shelves are often bare though.  Visiting in the evening there isn’t as much variety or quantity in the baked goods like Mozart […]

Puras Tortas $.50 Tacos! :)

STATUS: No Longer $.50 cents!! 🙁 Plaza Fiesta Food Court 4166 Buford Hwy NE Atlanta, GA 30345 Puras Tortas is in the food court!  Get some tacos and play some classic games in the arcade! 🙂 Doing anything Wednesday? Because there’s a place that has $.50 tacos every Wednesday/Miercoles!!  The tacos are a bit smaller […]

Danthai – Lawrenceville, GA

851 Oak Rd SW #89Lawrenceville, GA 30044 One of my favorite places for “home cooking” Thai food.  There is something to be said about comfort food from all cultures–nothing fancy in the presentation, the point is to eat and be happy. 🙂

Madras Chettinaad – Alpharetta, GA

4305 State Bridge Rd #108 Alpharetta, GA 30022 I like this buffet.  Pretty spicy and they have a lot of items.  Unlike my Naan and Curry, they have your staple salad with the tamarind sauce.

The Gop – Duluth, GA

STATUS: CLOSED 2605 Pleasant Hill Rd #400 Duluth, GA 30096 I really like this place.  The meat tastes different than Gop Chang on Fire, but the sides are what makes this one stand out.  The other advantage is that there’s never really a long wait.