walking in piedmont park | midtown

my old city, chicago, was filled with miles of parks stretching along the shores of lake michigan. literally, i could walk out my door, head north and still be running five miles later through the park. that is definitely one thing i miss about chicago.

however, it was about may before i could actually enjoy chicago's parks. yet, i went for a walk this february in midtown atlanta's largest park, piedmont park.

this park has ties to the world's fair of 1895 and frederick law olmstead, designer of many famous parks including central park in new york city and the grounds for the chicago columbian exposition of 1893. it's also apparently the birthplace of the u[sic]ga and georgia tech baseball rivalry!

now they have a farmers market on saturdays, movie screenings on thursdays, concerts, and on any given day hundreds of cyclists and runners, kids and dogs, people playing volleyball or softaball all enjoying nice weather. a lot of people fill the outside seating at park tavern during any day with a drop of sunshine, drinking whilst watching other people exercise ;)