The Speedo Sunbather of Downtown

DOWNTOWN — Peachtree Street is a lot of things, but being mistaken for the French Riviera isn't one of them.

And while we've seen plenty of strange sights in and around the communities of East Atlanta Patch, we were still taken aback a wee bit by this image.

Seems this parking lot on Peachtree Street — just across the street from Atlanta Police Headquarters and in the shadow the Garnett MARTA Station — serves more than one function.

So we imagined ourselves in his shoes, er, Speedos and closed our eyes (just for a second, it is Atlanta, after all).

We realized with a bit of imagination, it was just like the South of France:

• Requisite skinny man in speedos? Check.
• No hot sand? No problem. The concrete and tar is just as hot.
• Crashing waves? No, but for some reason, several fire hydrants along Peachtree were open and gushing water into the street.