M'kati mwa Atlanta: Robbie Medwed wa SOJOURN

Robbie Medwed wa SOJOURN amagawana malo omwe amakonda ku Atlanta

Tabwereranso ndi mndandanda wathu mkati mwa Atlanta-sabata iliyonse, timakhala pansi ndi anthu otchuka kuti tikambirane zomwe Atlanta zimatanthauza kwa iwo. Lero tikukambirana ndi Robbie Medwed, Dipatimenti ya Maphunziro a Southern Jewish Resource Network ya Gender ndi Sexual Diversity (SOJOURN). Pa udindo wake ndi SOJOURN, komanso "nthawi yake yaulere", Robbie amagwira ntchito mwakhama kuti apereke mphamvu kwa gulu la LGBTQ ku Atlanta ndi South.

Kaya ikuwongolera opanga mapulani pa gawo la malamulo kapena zolembera zigawo zolembera, Medwed saopa kuti mawu ake amveke. Amagwira ntchito mwakhama, koma uyu wa Atlanta amakonda mzinda wake ndipo amapeza nthawi yosangalala ndi zomwe amapereka. Lero tikufika ulendo wa The Great Peach kutsogoleredwa ndi Robbie mwiniwake

Ndikukhala ... " Piedmont Heights. Sitili kwenikweni mmawa, sitinali malo a Ansley, ndipo ndithudi si Buckhead. Mwinamwake mungadziwe bwino ngati "kudutsa msewu kuchokera ku Zipatso Zatsopano. Chodziwika bwino kwambiri ndi Gorilla Car Wash, kotero munganene kuti ndife okongola kwambiri. "

Ndikukhumba Anthu Amadziwa ... " Ndikosavuta kuti zisonkhezeretse ndale zadziko ndi zandale. Tingafune kuganiza kuti tikukhala mumzinda waukulu, koma ukafika pamtunda, timagwira ntchito ngati tawuni yaing'ono, ndipo ndikutanthauza kuti mwa njira yabwino. Mamembala athu amsonkhano wa mumzinda, aphungu a pakhomo, ndi oyimira ndi oyandikana nawo.

Iwo amakonda kumva kuchokera kwa ife tonse. Amafuna kudziwa kuti ndife ndani ndipo amafuna kudziwa malingaliro athu. Ambiri mwa iwo amatsatira mfundo zomwe amamvetsera pazomwe amamvetsera kuchokera kumalo awo, ndipo mafoni angapo ndi maimelo olembedwa bwino angathe kuthandizira moyenera zotsatira za mavuto akuluakulu. "

Mutha kundipeza ... " ndikuyenda maofesi a State Capitol panthawi yachisankho ndikuyesa omvera malamulo kuti achite zabwino. Nthawi zina zimatanthauza kukambirana kwapadera, kutuluka kwa anthu, komanso nthawi zina kuchitira umboni pa komiti. Pa chaka chonse ndikupita kuzungulira South kuti ndikaphunzitse ntchito yophunzitsa kudziletsa kudzipha kwa aphunzitsi a komweko komanso atsogoleri a mderalo. Ndili pa gulu la sunagoge langa (Shearith Church ya ku Morningside) ndipo ndimakonda kukwera njinga yanga kuzungulira Silver Comet Trail ndi misewu ya madzulo dzuwa lisanafike masabata. Ndikakwera ku BeltLine , koma ngati ndizabwino kwambiri m'maƔa. "

Ndi Chakudya Chamadzulo, Ndadzera ku ... " changa changa khitchini kuti ndiphike. Ndimakonda kuphika ndipo kawirikawiri ndi njira imodzi yomwe ndimaikonda. Ndinkakonda kuphunzitsa makala ophikira ku Hal's Kitchen ku Brookhaven ndipo ndili ndi bowa langa lomwe linagulitsidwa pamsika wamalonda komanso m'masitolo angapo ozungulira mzinda. Ngati sindikuphika, malo omwe ndimakonda ku tawuni amayenera kukhala a Destro Kitchenian, El Rey Del Taco ku Buford Highway, komanso pafupi ndi malo onse odyera ku Decatur. "

Kulimbana ndi Ovala 5 "Kutseka, Ndikumwa ..." chinachake chokoma, utsi ndi whiski-wadzazidwa m'chipinda cha Pinewood Tippling Room ku Decatur.

Ndiwo kupita kwanga kukachita chikondwerero, kudzimvera chisoni kwina kapena masabata achiwiri (osayamba masiku oyamba, sindikufuna tsiku loipa kuti ndiba malo anga omwe ndimawakonda). Ndilipo mokwanira kuti amwetse zakumwa zakumwa patsiku lakubadwa kwanga. Kuwonjezera apo, kumwa mowa nthawi zonse kumakhala bwino ngati pali zintchito zomwe zimakhudzidwa. Ndiko kulondola, nsonga zopangidwa ndi cheddar grits. Ndiwe wolandiridwa, Atlanta. Auzeni Robbie atumizeni. "

Ngati ndiyenera kukhala mu hotela, ndimangoyang'ana mu ... " Malo olowera ku Cloudland Canyon State Park ku Northwest Georgia. Ndikuyenda mokwanira kuntchito ndikukhala mu hotela momwemo, koma sindikukhala kunja mokwanira. Cloudland Canyon ndi malo otchuka a boma - ili ndi maulendo apamwamba, malingaliro okongola, ndi maulendo omwe sakhala okhwima ngati anthu a Unicoi ku Helen. Ndi maola angapo chabe kunja kwa mzinda, kotero ndiyandikira kwambiri kuti mupite kumapeto kwa sabata mwamsanga. "

Chinsinsi cha Atlanta Chodalirika ndi ... "malo athu owonetsera. Tili ndi malo odziwika bwino komanso malo abwino kwambiri, koma pali makampani ang'onoang'ono omwe akuyika mawonetsero odabwitsa kuzungulira tawuni. Serenbe, Dera la Midzi, Eyedrum, Farm Farm - pali malo ambiri odabwitsa omwe amaonetsa khalidwe lapamwamba limasonyeza kuti amayenera kusamala. Atlanta akhala tawuni yamasewero chifukwa cha zamalonda zamakono, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti talente yamakampani athu akukwera, komanso. Komanso, makampani ang'onoang'ono nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi mitengo yamtengo wapatali. "

Ndikakwera Ulendo Ndikupita ku ... " National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Ndi, manja-pansi, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kwambiri ku Atlanta, ndipo ndithudi ndi imodzi mwa zabwino kwambiri m'dzikoli. Ndakhalapo nthawi zingapo ndipo ndikulimbikitsidwa ndikuphunzira chinachake chatsopano nthawi iliyonse yomwe ndimapita. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zabwino imayenera kutsutsa ndikulimbikitsanso, ndipo Gululi likuchitadi zonsezi. Komanso, monga Atlanta, Centennial Park ili ndi malo apadera m'mtima mwanga chifukwa ndimakumbukira zomwe mzindawu unkawoneka ngati usanakhaleko. "

Ndimatenga thukuta langa ... " Ku Gravitee Fitness ku Cheshire Bridge Road. Siziwopseza kwambiri, zili ndi zipangizo zonse zomwe mungazifune popanda zozizwitsa zambiri, ndipo ndi malo omwe aliyense amasiya zomwe akuchita komanso kuvina pamene Britney Spears akubwera pawomveka. Ndithudi, izo zinachitika kale. Ngati masewera olimbitsa thupi sakhala ndi maphwando osakanikirana, ndiye kuti mukuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. "

Ndimakonda Kugwiritsa Ntchito Ndalama Zanga pa ... " msika wa mlimi kapena ojambula. Zina mwa mabungwe athu apamalonda apanyumba ali pamsika wa mlimi. Zomwe ndimakonda ndi Tucker, Freedom Center ndi Grant Park. Iwo ali otanganidwa kwambiri ndi gulu ndipo ali ndi obala opambana ndi alimi. Ndimakondanso ena mwa ojambula omwe tiri nawo pano. Ndili ndi luso m'nyumba mwanga kuchokera kwa Alli Royce Soble, Grant Henry (Mlongo Louisa), ndi Methane Studios. Ndimagwiritsanso ntchito ndalama zambiri pa Tower on Piedmont. Iwo ndi anthu abwino ndipo ali ndi ntchito yosangalatsa kwa makasitomala. Ndimalemba mabuku a whiskey chaka chilichonse chifukwa cha tsiku langa lobadwa ndipo amatha kundipezera mabotolo anga omwe sagulitsidwa kwina kulikonse. "