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Stephanie Davis

Stephanie started an illegal newspaper at her middle school called The Underground—which was printed on copy paper stapled together—thus beginning her foray into the world of publishing. She went on to be editor of her high school newspaper, worked at The Red and Black (UGA's esteemed newspaper)...

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Second City in our City

Apparently, Atlanta is too busy to hate, and too hard to commute.

That is, according to a group of silly Chicagoans who I saw make fun of us last night.

Second City, the famed Chicago improv group, where folks like Gilda Radner, Steve Carrell and other sketch comics came from, is on a little tour visiting our fair city.  They have a show running at the Alliance Theater for the next few weeks.

The improv group definitely made me take a good look at Atlanta from an outsiders POV. They goofed on Sonny Perdue’s prayer for rain on the lawn of the Governor’s Mansion during the drought. They suggested we Atlantans pray for gas and jobs next. Put that on your Sonny Do list, Gov’nr!

My favorite was a soulful, deep-voiced song tribute to Mayor Franklin. A tall, suave dude sang about her blonde locks and that big-ass flower on her lapel while stroking a large photo of her. Hysterical!

They ragged on everything from the Waffle House, to the Braves to our afffinity for chain restaurants like Applebee’s. Especially Applebee’s in Smyrna. (Inside joke. You’ll have to see it to see what I’m talking about.)

It got me thinking, what else would an outsider make fun of Atlantans for, besides our traffic (which they definitely took a few stabs at). I thought of 3 they left out:

1. Our crazy airport, and the laissez faire attitude they have about planes actually coming in and taking off on time.

2. Our rituals and obsession with all things college football on Saturday.

3. Marta

What would an outsider make fun of your city for?