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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.
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Trailheads Worry About Their Tickers, Then Pig Out On Barbecue.
We almost did it. Trailheads just about assembled the entire crew, but Steve and his wife escaped America with their letters of transit....
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Trailheads Trek A Forbidden Trail, Make New Friends, Go To Brisket Heaven.
Our universe is a weird place, but finding another universe with an affordable vacancy is challenging. So, for now, we're stuck in The...
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Trailheads Return To Mysterious Cascade Springs Nature Preserve, Go Whole Hog At Rodney Scott's BBQ.
In these dog days of summer, we eavesdrop on a conversation with Trailheads' K9 crew. ELVIS: Are we hiking this week? FIONA: Yeah. There...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Aug 26, 2023
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Trailheads Take Flight at the Blue Heron Preserve. Then Fill Empty Stomachs At DBA Barbecue.
After a big week of accolades from around the world for the Trailheads feature article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Thanks again...
Roy Trimble. Sauced by Patrick Scullin
Aug 19, 2023
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Will Fame Spoil Trailheads, And What's With The Sushi?
Last month, a reporter named Olivia Wakim from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper joined us for a hike (read about it here). An...
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Trailheads Search For Sweetwater 420 in Sweetwater Creek, then Discover Barbecue At Beaver Creek.
It won’t be ravenous mountain lions or bears or heavily armed squirrels who do in Trailheads. It will be pickleball. The popular sport is...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Jul 30, 2023
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Trailheads Get Grilled By The Press And Hit The Bright Lights Of City Barbecue.
We were nervous. Nick, a public relations maven Hollywood George is working with, had pitched Trailheads as a story idea to the Atlanta...
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Partial Trailheads Get A Full Helping Of The Frazier Forest And Sweet Auburn.
Cat herders have it easy. All they do is wrangle a group of independently-minded animals meowing and being distracted by every little...
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A Mutiny In Trailheads Nation, With Victory Celebration At Ford’s BBQ Oakhurst.
The public was worried sick––where were their beloved Trailheads? The last Trailheads’ hiking dispatch was three weeks ago. Had the group...
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Trailheads Get Into Emory, Can't Keep Up, And Run to Fox Bros.
Two Trailheads weren't able to make this week's adventure. George was taking his wife to the airport for a flight to New York City, where...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
May 13, 2023
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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...
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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...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Apr 22, 2023
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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,...
Roy Trimble and Patrick Scullin
Apr 15, 2023
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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....
Roy Trimble. Sauced by Patrick Scullin
Apr 8, 2023
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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...
Patrick Scullin Lightly Sauced By Roy Trimble
Mar 31, 2023
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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...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Mar 25, 2023
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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....
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Mar 18, 2023
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