There's fun elsewhere, but there's no place like home.

Want to appreciate your own home?  Visit a friend who doesn't live in a very cozy home.

Want your guests to feel comfortable in your home?   Give them a bedside table to place their personal small belongings.  Give them something or somewhere to place their luggage instead of the floor.  Give them someplace to hang a wet towel. Those are the things I missed when I was in Atlanta this weekend visiting a friend.

Even though I was glad to come home to my cozy home, I actually had a great time!  We went shopping, we dined out, we went to Mary's http://marysatlanta.com/ for Karaoke Saturday evening (a fabulous time was had by all -- those gay people really know had to make you feel welcome), we went for a light hike in what I think is the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area http://www.nps.gov/chat/planyourvisit/islandford.htm

That would have been a great light hike, if my friend and I had not just eaten lunch.  I suggested we wait until after hiking to eat, but she's a eater, so we ate first.  I think I could have appreciated our surroundings better if I wasn't so aware of being full.  Hate to be so suggestive, but next time, I'm calling the shots.  


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