We got an excellent deal and we stayed right in downtown Atlanta at the Marriott hotel and we ate at Waffle House every day and it was glorious because that particular hotel actually faces the plot of land Ashley and Melly own in GWTW.
And yes, I do know it for a fact.
Ashley and Melly used to live in the very spot where the Hyatt Regency Atlanta stands today.
How do I know this for sure?
Because their house is on the corner of Baker and Ivy Streets, directly behind Aunt Pitty's townhouse. Baker Street is still there, but Ivy Street isn't Ivy Street anymore. Instead it's called Peachtree Center Avenue, and it's all concrete and steel nowadays. Anyway, Scarlett trots out the front door of the Wilkes home and begins her long, slow run home to Rhett, traveling up and down hills that are still very much in evidence today.
You see how these photos are all on an angle? That's because Baker Street is on a long slope as you head west toward Peachtree. It wasn't bad on our transmission, but I bet it would've been hell in heels and a corset. Scarlett hasn't done a lick of exercise in this book since her cotton-picking days, so she picked a fine place and time to bust out some cardio, but I guess grief makes everyone react in weird ways.
And Scarlett....
Guys, do you think she's correct here? Do you think her assessment of Rhett is right? Do you think that his helpfulness during all the darkest times of her life occurred because he loved her? And if so, when did he fall in love with her? And why? Was Scarlett particularly adorable at these times? If not, what does that say about him?
From the nearest I can tell, Scarlett and Rhett's mansion stood near the old Leyden House in downtown Atlanta, which would make it South West of the Wilkes home (and right at the Hard Rock where we ate dinner on Saturday night!). However, I've always gotten the impression that Scarlett is running north and away from town during the final scene of GWTW; I've always felt she was racing in the general direction of MidTown and Georgia Tech, although obviously Atlanta didn't extend that far in those days. In my imagination Scarlett is not running toward the Hard Rock, but is instead running in the general direction of Hardy Ivy Park, a park that means a lot to me because it was the turn around during weekends in the city back in the 90s and which is of historical significance because it's the alleged supposed location where Atlanta was actually founded.
Anyway...next time we truly, truly have no choice but to drag ourselves across the finish line and actually take up the final chapter of GWTW. It's going to be painful and there will be much weeping and gnashing of teeth, but it's gotta happen sooner or later, right?
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