Went to our local zoo yesterday. You might remember I entered a contest a few weeks ago to name the two 10 month old Mountain Lion cubs, a male and female. I didn't win but was a runner up so when I got there they gave me ten tickets to the zoo and two zoo ball caps. Here are the cubs. Santiago the male. The female, Modjeska Jodi-

Jasdip, the building you're refering to with the flat roof is the church hall for the Anglican Cathedral. The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Angligan) is the large stone building on the extreme right. The building with the dome on the extreme left used to be the Benevolent Irish Society hall, and there were class rooms in there for a nearby Catholic school. The old Nickel Theatre was also in that building. Now it is 3 million-dollar plus condominiums. Such is progress! Love the kitty, MonaRae!

Liz, someone else wondered about the holes and did some research, here is what they found: A little side trip from yesterday's journey. The "Pipe Corner of the South" sign is a downtown landmark, in part because its survival is so unlikely: it belonged to Royal Cigar, which was a downtown fixture for decades. It moved up to Buckhead in 1991 (later moving over by Emory, then going out of business in 2005), and somehow the sign was left behind (not sure why -- the one 1991 AJC article I found indicated that it would be removed). And no one's seen fit to remove it in the intervening years, which is very un-Atlanta behavior. Some web research indicates that those holes aren't bullet holes -- there were neon bulbs depicting smoke rising from the pipe.

This is my aunt and her little dog that she got from a breeder a couple months ago. "Peewee" had never been out of her cage, never felt grass or a soft cushion. She won't let my aunt out of her sight, and she was just loved to death yesterday. I'm amazed at how friendly she is with everyone, no fear of people. But sudden noises do startle her.