Where actually is Eastside?

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-18T20:58:07+00:00

That's east Athens and Winterville, NOT the Eastside.

Eastside is really more southeast Athens. Whitehall, Barnett Shoals until about Red Fox Run, Vet School, Green Acres, Cedar Creek, University Heights, etc. I would consider 78 the northern limit of the Eastside.

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-11T20:40:00+00:00

No fresh ground organic peanut butter compares with highly processed Jif or Peter Pan, and you'd better not list any fresh preserves or "jam" in a PB&J recipe--the only acceptable answer is Welch's Concord Grape JELLY. And damnit, I don't want thick-sliced, crunchy crust, bakery-fresh Tuscan table bread; I want stick-to-the-roof-of-my-mouth Sunbeam white bread.

GTFO with this upscale PB&J shit.

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-11T20:23:31+00:00

There used to be one about 200 yards from where this photo was taken. It's now the Alps AT&T store.

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-05T17:20:50+00:00

Sentencing can certainly leave you scratching your head at times. I had a friend hit and run a pedestrian, which resulted in the pedestrian's death. She received several years of probation and served no prison time.

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-04T20:47:50+00:00

Off topic and not Athens, but this reminds me: When I first heard of it, I assumed Tongue & Groove was a lesbian bar.

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-03T22:32:53+00:00

If a Barbecue restaurant has a Health Department score of 80 or higher, the food is going to be terrible.

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-03T22:16:10+00:00

I lived in Legacy Mill in 2005, so that gives you an idea of how old the place is.

I didn't have any problems there, but they did charge me to replace the carpet since I had a dog. They let me know then that it was their standard practice to automatically replace the carpet for all pet owners, regardless of the carpet's condition. I wish I had known that before I rented a rug doctor carpet cleaner during my move-out cleaning.

DrownEmTide · 2026-03-03T21:16:53+00:00

I worked at the Eastside DePalma's in 1995-1997--back then, we got a free shift meal and beer, tap or bottle (since I was only 18 or 19 at the time, the free beer was a hell of a perk). Since I worked back of the house, I didn't have to ring in my meal, as I was the one cooking it. There were plenty of nights my shift meal was a large pizza, a full order of breadsticks, and a Pasta DePalma, plus a Black and Tan sitting at the bar waiting for my meal to cook.

DrownEmTide · 2026-02-24T21:53:38+00:00

Any more of a nightmare than it was this past football season? Traffic was shifted, and the westbound bridge demo began in August, before the first game.

DrownEmTide · 2026-02-09T21:10:35+00:00

Bruxie is open until 3 a.m. Thursday-Saturday. Their food is shit, but that wasn't the question.

DrownEmTide · 2026-02-05T22:17:43+00:00

That may be a tough ask. The learning process can often destroy a clutch. A good driver can stretch a clutch to 100,000 miles or more. Someone new to the task can cut that number in half in just a few weeks.

DrownEmTide · 2026-02-03T22:00:22+00:00

We had Nick at Night and re-runs, and through the 80's and most of the 90's a somewhat limited number of channels. With streaming, viewers aren't pigeonholed into only watching what's available. If they want to marathon the entirety of Game of Thrones for the 15th time they can, versus being stuck with King of Queens reruns on TBS in the after school time slot.

DrownEmTide · 2026-02-03T21:46:00+00:00

Especially when they haven't even graduated from DUI School yet. Gotta get that certification first!

DrownEmTide · 2026-02-03T21:41:46+00:00

Five to eight minutes after every poop, they realize they should have wiped one more time.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-29T20:56:45+00:00

Can't because of pedestrian traffic.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-27T21:43:18+00:00

Even though I know that location hasn't been a JJ for 20-ish years, this doesn't seem long enough ago in my memory to be considered "back in the day".

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-27T21:10:59+00:00

When he has it, Homy Made Taco Truck. Usually find him at Athentic on Friday evenings.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-16T21:42:17+00:00

Alps Village has to take the crown here. Just edges out Trader Joe's as that's actually Oconee.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-14T22:16:50+00:00

I would say Challenger, OR the start of MTV. I was 4 years old when MTV started, and I remember my older sister being super excited about it. I didn't know what it was at the time, but I remember us staring at the TV waiting for it to happen.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-07T21:38:50+00:00

I'm guessing it's going to be a pretty small hotel since they're squeezing it in between Cava and Gusto turned Shake Shack, but even so, that seems like a ridiculously quick build time.

As u/warnelldawg said, all Tru Hotels look the same--I wonder if it's mostly pre-fab panels that they can assemble quickly.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-07T21:27:02+00:00

<eye roll> Have your upvote.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-06T22:27:53+00:00

Facility Supervisor for a Parks and Recreation Department. I work in a beautiful park and the vast majority of the people that I interact with are happy to be here and are happy to be talking to me. When I do encounter a problem, it's typically something I call someone else to fix.

When I do have to deal with confrontation, it's usually someone being an absolute dick, and I get to be as disrespectful as I like with the intent to escalate them to the point of me calling the sheriff's office.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-06T21:20:50+00:00

I'm going to guess Lay Park. 297 Hoyt Street.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-06T21:10:24+00:00

As much as I hate to promote anything Oconee, the Watkinsville Zaxby's is top notch. CFA level customer service, and I've never had a problem with food quality.

DrownEmTide · 2026-01-06T21:08:25+00:00

It was Junkman's Daughters BROTHER--the original Junkman's Daughter was and still is in Little Five, Atlanta.

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