Trailheads Tramp Around Murphey Candler Park, Head South for Dixie Q.
To quote President James Polk, "There's no business like show business––like no business I know." And Trailhead George is in the thick of...
top of page
The Saucy Chronicles
Here are accounts of our travels, barbecue restaurant reviews, tall tales, humor, helpful advice, and pearls of wisdom––you get the idea––a grab bag of assorted crap. Return often for fresh nibbles that’ll entertain and enlighten you. But we recommend you do the smart thing and subscribe to our free delivery service below. We’ll deliver new content piping hot to your email box.
Subscribe now and receive a FREE listing of our favorite dishes from a slew of barbecue joints.
Search
The Dirty Half-Dozen Hike Again, And Leave A Benjamin With Jim 'N Nick's.
Mothers wept, children cheered, and grown men collapsed from exuberant joy as the entire team of Trailheads assembled to attack the Sope...
106 views2 comments
Trailheads Beat Around Mulberry Bush, Pop Into Hog Mountain For 5-Star Yelp BBQ.
Close, but no cigar. Once again, we could not muster an entire crew of Trailheads. We came close, five intrepid hikers, but George was...
244 views0 comments
Trailheads Hike The Hooch, Crash Lanier Ladies Birthday Party, And Meet Morty For BBQ.
Our regular readers were probably worried sick that there was no write-up of last week's hike. Conspiracy theories raged: The gang...
145 views0 comments
On 4-20, Trailheads Get High on Life in Cemetery, Hit DAS BBQ for Smoked Meats.
At long last, all six Trailheads rallied for a hike. Trail Master Guy selected an in-city stroll through Historic Oakland Cemetery. Brad...
133 views0 comments
Trailheads Discover A Country Hike In The City. And Rediscover Fat Matt's.
As has been the case with our revolving sixsome of late, the Trailheads were just four hikers this week. George returned from Bend, OR,...
102 views0 comments
Trailheads Head Down To High Falls, Learn A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Pig.
It's July in April here in Atlanta. The temperatures hovered in the mid-eighties, so Trail Master Guy led the team to the water. A river....
193 views0 comments
Trailheads Find Elephants And Giraffes, Go To Bullpen On MLB Opening Day.
This week, Trail Master Guy threw a change-up on the opening day for Major League Baseball by selecting a "sneaker hike" for the four...
93 views0 comments
Trailheads Trek Into The Past, Dine at DAS BBQ With Sauce Udder (wait for it–you'll see).
Gather 'round history nerds; we're about to blast into the past. Lace up your hiking boots and walk into a pre-Atlanta world where Native...
147 views0 comments
Trailheads Survive Trail Master's Absence, Pig Out At Moe's Original BBQ.
Trail Master Guy took a powder this week. He skedaddled to San Francisco for what he said was his dear old uncle's birthday party....
226 views0 comments
Half The Trailheads Do A Full Hike And Join James Beard For Lunch At Heirloom.
Trailheads clear our schedules (such as they are) for Thursdays, our time for trudging on dirt and pretending we're rugged outdoorsmen....
122 views2 comments
Patrick Scullin
- Feb 25
Trailheads Riverwalk without Riverdancing, Then Pig-out At Mr. Pig's Smokehouse
Five Trailheads rallied (Guy, Steve, Roy, George, and Patrick) and yelled, "Take me to the river" in this week's thrilling adventure....
239 views2 comments
Elvis And Fio Make A Friend, And Trailheads Stop Putting On La-Di-Da Airs
Trailheads made like Thin Lizzy and announced to the hiking world, "The boys are back in town." Well, not exactly "in town," but close to...
189 views0 comments
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
- Dec 17, 2022
Trailheads Have Been Working On The Railroad, And Make Tracks To Jim N’ Nicks Bar-B-Q
Mother Nature spent the previous evening dumping water. The greedy ground absorbed it like a thirsty sponge, and the trees used the...
202 views0 comments
Trailheads Frighten Bambi, Ponder Big Questions, And Break Laws
It was a freakish weather day in Atlanta, where our temps were warmer than in Los Angeles, and four determined Trailheads (Steve, Roy,...
208 views0 comments
A Hike With False Starts, Curious Forest Children, And An Amazing Barbecue Discovery.
On the first day of December 2022, on a cold morning with air as crisp as a fresh Lay's Potato Chip, all six Trailheads and two-tailed...
183 views6 comments
Patrick Scullin Lightly Sauced By Roy Trimble
- Nov 12, 2022
Patrick Replaces Ye For Adidas, Trailheads Hike Hills, Then Hit Slopes
The author of this review had some cognitive issues Thursday morning. Some would say that's true every morning--cruel, but fair. The...
66 views0 comments
Patrick Scullin Lightly Sauced By Roy Trimble
- Oct 28, 2022
Trailheads Blaze New Trails, Meet A German Olympian, And Go To A Pig Museum
Elvis may be looking for a divorce attorney. Once again, the poor pup could not hike with the Trailheads because his pal Brad was...
50 views0 comments
Trailheads Become Rock Stars in Lithonia, Celebrate in Decatur.
Our ragtag group is sometimes impossible to assemble––what with people getting sick, traveling, or doing insane things like working or...
72 views0 comments
Patrick Scullin Lightly Sauced By Roy Trimble
- Sep 17, 2022
Trailheads Strike Gold Again, Then Spring to Sandy Springs For Barbecue.
Oh, the tattered tales Trailheads tell. We had two hikers down (George and Steve) due to weak "conflicts" –– housesitting while a...
67 views0 comments
bottom of page