Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 12/8/25

Definitely Marveling this Monday!

This Monday morn finds Robert and me in Philadelphia (via an overnight Amtrak sleeper car!) after a delightful and holiday-ish weekend in our beloved Atlanta.

We’re from Savannah, and love its stunning beauty and unique and storied history, but the ATL is like our quirky, always-welcoming but busy younger sister who managed to marry up and simply has SO MUCH to show us and (if truth be told) to BRAG loudly about.

Here’s one of our sister’s sweatshirts:

Enough family drama.

On Friday night HR and I had evening reservations for the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s annual “Garden Lights, Holiday Nights” display.

Oh My Goodness!

This is what I was watching through the special glasses:

Then on Saturday afternoon we attended the absolutely incredible 45th Anniversary Holiday Concert of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus.

And look, here’s the choristers. (I just learned that word.)

Wait, no, that’s just Robert and me.

The event was held in the beautiful Cathedral of Saint Philip on Peachtree Street in Atlanta..

Here they are!

Such Holiday Fun and Joy!

We have a full day planned in downtown Philadelphia today. I’ll tell you all about it soon. Now you have something to look forward to.