*I live in Stone Mountain in Gwinnett County. (Stone Mountain is also in Dekalb County.) *On Saturday evenings, when I usually go in town, It takes about 20 minutes coming in on hwy 78. *In the height of evening traffic, it can be 45 minutes or so. *Atlanta is a driving town.
tug at your heartstrings. to cause strong feelings of affection or sympathy He looked into his son's smiling eyes and felt a tug on his heartstrings. Usage notes: sometimes used with other verbs: The stories he told plucked at your heartstrings.
Remarkably, director Albert Magnoli is able to use a single moment of melodrama to give this story a measure of depth. And from that point on, Purple Rain is improbably successful at tugging on the heartstrings as well as shaking the rafters. It winds up a love story, and one with power. [27 July 1984, p.D1]