URobbie Medwed we-SOJOURN wabelana ngamabala akhe athandekayo e-Atlanta
Siphinde sibuyele kwinqanaba lethu Ngaphakathi kwe-Atlanta-iveki nganye, sihlala phantsi nabantu abachaphazelekayo ukuthetha malunga ne-Atlanta ithetha kubo. Namhlanje sixoxa noRobbie Medwed, uMlawuli wezeMfundo kwi-Southern Jewish Resource Network ye-Sex and Diversity Variation (SOJOURN). Kwindoda yakhe nge-SOJOURN, kwaye ngexesha lakhe "elikhululekile," uRobbie usebenza ngokungakhathali ukuxhotyiswa kwe-LGBTQ kuluntu lonke e-Atlanta naseMzantsi.
Ingaba ichaphazela abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo ngexesha leseshoni yomthetho okanye iikholomu zokubhala kwiimpapasho zengingqi, uMedwed akesabi ukwenza ilizwi lakhe live. Usebenza nzima, kodwa isi sizwe sase-Atlanta siyayithanda isixeko sakhe kwaye senza ixesha lokunandipha elona lifanelekileyo kunalo. Namhlanje sifumana uhambo lwe-Big Peach eholwa nguRobbie ngokwakhe
Ndihlala ... " iiPiedmont Heights. Asikho ngempela iMasternside, asiyiyona i-Ansley Park ngokwenene, kwaye asiyiyo iBuchad. Uyakwazi ukuba ngcono "ngaphesheya kwesitrato ukusuka kwiintlobo ezintsha. Ummandla wethu owaziwa kakhulu yiGorilla Car Wash, ngoko unokutsho ukuba sinobuhle ngokubhekiselele kwesazisi. "
Ndiyathanda Abantu Bayazi ... " Kulula kangakanani ukuchaphazela ezopolitiko zombuso neendawo. Singathanda ukucinga ukuba siphila kwisixeko esikhulu, kodwa xa sifika kuyo, sisasebenza njengedolophu encinci, kwaye ndithetha ukuba ngendlela efanelekileyo. Amalungu ebhunga lethu leedolophu, ama-legislators asekuhlaleni, kunye nabameleli ngabamelwane bethu.
Ngokuqinisekileyo bathanda ukuva kuthi sonke. Bafuna ukwazi ukuba singubani kwaye bafuna ukwazi iimbono zethu. Uninzi lwawo luya kusekela izigqibo abazenzayo kwiingxabano abazivelayo kumalungu abo, kwaye iifowuni ezimbalwa kunye neefowuni ezibhalwe kakuhle zichaphazela ngokusemthethweni umphumo weengxaki ezithile. "
Unokundifumana ... " uhamba ngeeholide zeCape Capitol ngethuba lomthetho uzama ukukholisa abameli ukuba benze izinto ezilungileyo. Ngamanye amaxesha uthetha iingxoxo ezizimeleyo, ukuphuma kweefowuni zoluntu, kunye nokufaka ubungqina kwixesha lokuvalelwa kwekomiti. Ngethuba lokuphela konyaka ndihamba ngeenxa zonke eMzantsi ukwenzela umsebenzi wokufundisa u-LGBTQ uqeqesho lokuthintela ukuzibulala kubafundisi beendawo kunye neenkokheli zoluntu. Ndiye ebhodini kwesikhungu lam (ibandla laseShaarith e-Morningside) kwaye ndiyakuthanda ukugibela ibhasikidi nge-Silver Comet Trail kunye nezitalato zedolophu ngaphambi kokuba ilanga lifike ngeveki. Ndiza kukhwela kwi- BeltLine , kodwa kuphela xa kusasa kakhulu ekuseni. "
Ixesha lokutya, Ndiya ku ... " ikhitshi yam ukupheka. Ndiyakuthanda ukupheka kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo yindlela yam endiyithandayo yokuphumla. Ndandifunda ukufundisa amaklasi okupheka e-Hal's Kitchen e-Brookhaven kwaye ndibe nebhakabhaka yam esithengiswa kwiimarike zefama kunye neendawo ezimbalwa ezithengeza idolophini. Ukuba andiyikupheka, indawo endiyithandayo e dolophu kufuneka ibe yi-Desta Kitchenian Kitchen, i-El Rey Del Taco e-Buford Highway, kwaye malunga nayo yonke indawo yokutyela e-Decatur. "
I-Clock Strikes 5 'ukuvala, Ndiyisela ... " into ecocekileyo, etshayizayo kunye ne-whisky-ezaliswe kwigumbi lePinewood Tippling Room eDecatur.
Bahamba bam ukuya kwidabi, inomxholo onesidima okanye intsuku yesibili (akuzange kube yiminyaka yokuqala, andifuni usuku olubi lokuba indawo endiyithandayo). Ndikho ngokwaneleyo ukuba babeke isiselo esikhethekileyo kwimenyu yokuzalwa kwam ihlobo lasehlobo. Ngaphezu koko, ukusela kusoloko kulunge xa kukho izibilini ezibandakanyekayo. Eqinisile, izintenge ezenziwe nge-cheddar grits. Uyakwamkela, iAtlanta. Batshele uRobbie ukuthumelele. "
Ukuba bekufuneka ndihlale e-Hotel, ndiza kujonga ... " I-camp-canyon State Park e-Northwest Georgia. Ndihamba ngokwaneleyo emsebenzini kwaye ndihlala ehotele njengoko kunjalo, kodwa andiyi kuba ngaphandle ngokwaneleyo. I-Cloudland Canyon yindawo ephambili ye-park-inemikhumbi enhle, iimbono ezintle, kunye neengcipheko ezingekho nje ngokungqongqo njengabantu baseUnicoi eHelen. Kuphela iiyure ezimbalwa ngaphandle kwesi sixeko, ngoko kusondele ukuhamba ngeveki evelele kude. "
I-Atlanta Imfihlelo Eyona Imfihlelo Eyona Imfihlelo Yona ... "indawo yethu yokudlala. Sineqonga elincinci elithandwa kakhulu kunye neendawo ezifanelekileyo, kodwa zininzi iinkampani ezincinci ezibeka imibukiso engaqinisekanga malunga needolophu. I-Serenbe, i-Theatre yase-Village, i-Eyedrum, iFama yePhilati-ezi ndawo ezininzi ezingenangqondo ezibeka umgangatho ophezulu zibonisa ukuba kufanelekile ingqalelo. I-Atlanta ibe yidolophu yangomdlali wendima ngokubonga kwimboniselo yefilimu ehamba phambili, oko kuthetha ukuba inqanaba le talente kwiinkampani zethu zentlalontle likhuphukile, kwakhona. Ngaphezulu, iinkampani ezincinci ziphantse zihlala zinexabiso elifanelekileyo lithekithi. "
Xa ndidlala umdlali ndiya ku ... " Isiko seSizwe soLuntu kunye namalungelo oluntu. Kuye, ukuhlawula izandla, i-museum eyona nto ingcono kakhulu e-Atlanta, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo enye yezona zinto zilungileyo kwilizwe. Ndikho ngaphaya kwamanye amaxesha ambalwa kwaye ndifuduswa kwaye ndafunda into entsha xa ndihamba. Iimyuziyam ezintle zifanele zicelomngeni kwaye zikhuthaze, kwaye iZiko liyakwenza oko. Ngaphezu koko, njenge-Atlanta, iNational Centennial Park inendawo ekhethekileyo entliziyweni yam kuba ndiyakhumbula ukuba idolophu engasetyenziselwa ukuba ibonakale ngaphambi kokuba ibe khona. "
Ndifumana I-Sweat My On ... " KwiGravitee Fitness eKheshire Bridge Road. Akuyikwesabisa kakhulu, inakho zonke izixhobo onokuzifuna ngaphandle kweminwe emininzi kakhulu, kwaye luhlobo lwendawo apho bonke abantu beyeka khona okwenzayo kwaye badansa xa uBrithney Spears efika kwinkqubo yesandi. Ngokukrakra, oko kwenzeka ngaphambili. Ukuba i-gym yakho ayinayo imibutho yokudansa ye-impromptu, udlala ngendlela engafanelekanga. "
Ndiyathanda Ukuchitha Imali Yami e ... " kwiimarike zomlimi okanye ngabaculi bendawo. Amanye amashishini ethu asekuhlaleni asekuhlaleni. Iintando zam ziimveliso zeTucker, Freedom Centre kunye ne-Grant Park. Ngokuqinisekileyo baqhutywe kuluntu kwaye bavelisi nabalimi abakhulu. Ndiyakuthanda nabanye abaculi basekuhlaleni esikuyo apha. Ndinebugcisa endlwini yam ukusuka ku-Alli Royce Soble, Grant Henry (uDade Louisa), kunye neMethane Studios. Ndichitha imali eninzi yemali kwiNqaba yePiedmont. Bangabantu abakhulu kwaye banomsebenzi wamakhasimende amnandi. Ndiya kubhalisa i-whiskey rhoqo ngonyaka ngenxa yam yokuzalwa kwaye baye bakwazi ukufumana iibhotile ze-whisky ezingathengi kwenye indawo. "