We went to piedmont park today with the Netherton-Hall gang and had a blast. It’s basically our “neighborhood park” and I keep forgetting how nice it is. The playground is great for Ona, with it’s spongy rubber ground and array of slides, swings, and play things. There’s a pond with ducks and fish and a little gazebo and a nice deck (and tons of pond scum, but hey, we’re not swimming in it). The pool was redone this summer and is hella awesome – it even has a mini “hooch” like whitewater where you can just coast and a current takes you around the pool. Saturday mornings there is a little market with fruits and veggies from local farmers and random people and stuff everywhere. The list goes on. The new parking deck is even awesome (though, errr, $4.75 for just over two hours to park?). All said, it’s a really great part of living in midtown and I’d kind of taken it for granted lately. If you’re around the area, give it a chance, it’s really gotten nice in the last few years.