This weekend was the Dogwood Festival held at Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta. After a slow moving morning we got dressed and headed over to the Medical Center Marta station about 8 blocks from our house to take the red line train to the Park. This was my first encounter with riding the Atlanta "subway" system. It's really efficient for taking you to points in Buckhead, Midtown, Downtown, airport and other parts of the city I'll eventually get around to exploring.
The park was very pretty and had great views of the midtown skyline bordering the east side of the park along Piedmont Avenue. The outer walkway that encircles the park was filled with artists' selling their handmade crafts and food vendors set up at each corner of the park. The food was the typical festival / carnival fare........hot dogs, corn dogs, gyros, kettle corn, grilled chicken, etc. I bypassed these and opted to grab a bite to eat and one of the many dining options around the park. After overhearing a recommendation in the Outwrite Bookstore on 10th and Piedmont, we strolled over to Joe's for a quick bite to eat.
Joe's was packed. After all, it was a perfect day to be out and about and the restaurant offered an outdoor patio overlooking Juniper St. shaded by the many trees that lined the street. We had a simple lunch of burgers and fries. I couldn't just order a plain old burger so I chose the Wisconsin blue cheese burger. It was pretty good. The fries were nothing spectacular but still tasty. The dusting of spiced seasoned salt helped to add to the flavor.
Skyline view of Midtown Atlanta from the open play area at Piedmont Park.
Brian remembered this artist at a street fair in Miami and bought one of his pieces while we were there..........so naturally he had to buy another piece at this festival.
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