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00:00Did not eat pizza in that cemetery.
00:02I had a picnic in that cemetery with an ex.
00:07We weren't eating pizza.
00:09It's MPB, FAG, scroll down memory lane with the one and only me.
00:13I'm Nicole Paige Brooks from Atlanta, Georgia.
00:15Welcome to Scroll Patrol.
00:17We're going to be looking at some of my old photos.
00:21Going through my phone and seeing what I should have deleted.
00:26You know what we haven't talked about?
00:28Atlanta, Georgia.
00:30Atlanta, Georgia?
00:31Atlanta, Georgia!
00:32Atlanta's the best.
00:33We have southern food and southern hospitality.
00:36We have the nice southern weather.
00:37It's not going to be too cold, not going to be too hot.
00:39Well, it can get hot.
00:40No matter what you're looking for, we got it in Atlanta.
00:44The best thing about Atlanta's drag scene is it's so diverse.
00:48And we have all the national titles there.
00:50We brought every national title back there, even Drag Race.
00:54So you don't just have to come to L.A. to see a rude girl.
00:57We have just the best drag there.
00:59We have all kinds of drag there.
01:00Any kind of drag you want to see.
01:01We got camp.
01:02We got avant-garde.
01:03We got all the drag there.
01:06I've worked at every bar in Atlanta.
01:08I don't really have a home bar.
01:10Shawna's at the Eagle, so I always like to work at the Eagle.
01:12I like to work at Lore.
01:14City Winery is a great space, but that's not really a gay bar.
01:17The Heretic has the stars of the century, so we like that.
01:20Blake's, I've worked there.
01:22Mary's, over in East Atlanta, I've worked there.
01:26But usually I just go to the square.
01:28That's my spot.
01:29So we go over to the Oscars.
01:30Destiny has a show over at Oscars.
01:32Shawna has a show over at Eagle.
01:33And then I used to do a show over at Felix's.
01:35Right now in Atlanta, we don't have like a stage except Lips,
01:40which is bridal showers and stuff like that.
01:42That's not really a gay audience.
01:44But that's what's really missing in Atlanta.
01:46It's like Backstreet, there was a stage,
01:48and that's kind of where I grew up was on a stage.
01:51So I really like that kind of environment.
01:54We don't really have that right now in Atlanta.
01:56It's a lot of in-the-round performances.
01:59Everything's changing.
02:01You know, the bar scene is changing because you can get everything online.
02:04You can find a husband online.
02:05You can get your food online.
02:06You can get your drag online.
02:07So, I mean, that's why we're losing a lot of the gay establishments.
02:11And that's why you have to go out to see the shows and support your local drag.
02:14Because I still feel like I'm local drag in Atlanta.
02:16You know what I mean?
02:17Atlanta has kept me afloat my whole drag career.
02:20So I've always considered myself a local Atlanta queen.
02:24And it's just sad that there's not as many places as there used to be
02:27for even new queens to even get their start because the bars are closing.
02:31So go out to the club.
02:34The club. Go to the club.
02:36If you come to Atlanta, I will tell you,
02:38and a lot of people do that message me and they're like,
02:41We're coming to Atlanta. Where are you going to be?
02:42And if I'm out of town, I'm like,
02:43I'm not going to be there, but you can go to these places.
02:45Miss V is my cab driver.
02:47I've had the same cab driver for like 25 years.
02:50So you would get your cab ride with Miss V.
02:53And let her know what time you think you want to leave and go home.
02:57And she will text you at that time.
02:58And you'll be like, no, give me another hour.
03:00I would start out, have dinner at Campanella right there on the corner of 10th and Piedmont.
03:05Walk over to Blake's for your first little cocktail.
03:08And then have Miss V pick you up there, take you over to the square.
03:11So you can see the show with Shauna at 9 o'clock.
03:14And then it's the eagle.
03:16So it gets a little rah-rah after dark, you know.
03:19So if you're that kind of vibe, then you can just stay at the eagle.
03:22If you want more of a crazier party vibe, that's Felix's.
03:26And if you want more of a martini vibe, then you go over to Oscars.
03:30But that's where you would end up in that parking lot.
03:33And if you drove, your car is safe there.
03:36Do not drive home.
03:37Call Miss V or an Uber.
03:39And she'll get you home safe.
03:40And then, where do you go for brunch?
03:44I mean, there's a drag brunch everywhere now in Atlanta.
03:46There's drag brunches all over the place.
03:47Go find you a good old drag brunch.
03:49And then walk around Piedmont Park.
03:51If it's not too hot, you can always see some sissies in Piedmont Park.
03:54And that's the kind of gay center right there, Piedmont Park, Midtown.
03:58So you can just hang out in Midtown, wander around there.
04:00Our zoo is really cute, too.
04:02My favorite restaurant, though, is the Fire Pit,
04:05which is over by the cemetery, which is also a cool place.
04:09You can go get your pizza from Fire Pit,
04:11walk over and have a little picnic in the cemetery,
04:14which is like a historic cemetery, like all the famous,
04:17I guess they're probably not good people,
04:20Confederates or whatever were born there.
04:22But I mean, buried there.
04:24You're eating pizza at the cemetery?
04:26Yes.
04:27No, I don't.
04:28Well, I did not eat pizza in that cemetery.
04:31I had a picnic in that cemetery with an ex.
04:36We weren't eating pizza.
04:38We did have some mushrooms, probably, though.
04:40We're not on a pizza, though.
04:43Yeah, hang out in the cemetery.
04:45Like, they're also good for running, too.
04:47You go run around the cemetery.
04:48There's no people there.
04:49So, like, you know, if I go running in the park,
04:52it can be a meet-and-greet situation sometimes.
04:55So, but if you go running in a cemetery,
04:57ain't nobody there.
04:58They're dead.
04:59But yeah, I love Atlanta.
05:01We can go out in Atlanta any day of the week,
05:03and you will have a good time with me.
05:05I promise.
05:06Everything's more fun with Nicole Paige Brooks.
05:08That's what all my friends say.
05:09They'll even, they want me to go to the doctor with them.
05:11Everything's more fun with Nicole.
05:13And...
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