Snowbound in Hotlanta

Tiki torch covered in falling snow

This is what the poor tiki torch on our deck looked like last night when Atlanta got slammed with a rare winter storm. We measured 5.5 inches of snowfall at our house. Granted, we've been in far worse when we lived in the Maryland / D.C. area a few years ago—two feet, to be exact. But seeing snow in Atlanta is pretty strange. I once went through an entire winter here wearing flip flops. No, really! Fashion faux pas, sure, but it was balmy and I was...