Exploring Atlanta – For Newcomers and Natives
Category: ITP
The streets of Atlanta will be overrun with four-legged ghouls, furry-tailed jack-o-lanterns, and wet-nosed superheroes during Howl-Ween this Saturday, October 23, 2010, from 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM. Will you and your canine friend be there? Alecia Lauren Photography and Glamour Paws are hosting a costumed dog parade and free pet photo shoot at the [...]
Taste of Atlanta, one of the city’s largest and most anticipated food events, is this weekend – Saturday and Sunday, October 23 & 24, 2010. Start saving up your appetite now. I know I’m saving up mine…and saving up calories, too – I’m gonna need ‘em! Featuring more than 80 of the city’s best restaurants, [...]
Tonight at 5:00 PM, the much-anticipated new location of FLIP Burger Boutique opens in Buckhead. Brought to you by the same creative and culinary team who opened the original FLIP Burger in Midtown and in Birmingham, Alabama – Owners Barry Mills and Ron Stewart and Concept Chef Richard Blais (yes, of Top Chef, fame) – the [...]
Halloween is the only time of year when the gates to Historic Oakland Cemetery stay open after dark…to let in the brave souls who come for the “Capturing the Spirit of Oakland” Halloween tours. Visit the “eternal residents” of Oakland Cemetery and hear haunting, first-hand tales of Atlanta’s past, narrated by historic figures, and view [...]
They’re ba-aack! The same cool peeps who brought you the Piedmont Park Pillow Fight back in February and the Freedom Park Water Gun Battle in August are bringing you the Centennial Pumpkin Fest, just in time for Halloween, of course! Tomorrow – Sunday, October 17, 2010 – from 12:00 noon until 2:00 PM, you can [...]
Everyone loves a pub crawl – even your lovable furry friends. And tonight – and the next two Wednesdays – you can bring your pooch on a pub crawl and let him live it up at the Bark Crawl for Booze Hounds. Sponsored by Pets and the Sit-y, you’re invited to bring your dog to [...]
If you’re like me, you probably are not ready to even begin to think about the holidays, not even Thanksgiving let alone Christmas and the like. Trust me, I don’t like this any better than you do, but… Last year, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, appointments for photos with Santa at Phipps Plaza were [...]
October is the perfect month for the spooky, the strange, the stuff of nightmares. For your entertainment pleasure, Onstage Atlanta in Decatur is presenting Side Show, the Tony-nominated musical about a side show act that featured real-life conjoined twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton. The haunting musical features some of the side show’s acts as supporting [...]
Having moved from the west coast of Florida to Atlanta eleven years ago, one of the things I have missed most is access to fresh, well-prepared seafood. While it is becoming more widely available in the Atlanta area, it’s still nothing like living on the Florida coast, so when restaurants make an extra effort to [...]
The 11th Annual Trees Atlanta Tree Sale is tomorrow – Saturday, October 9, 2010 – from 8:00 AM until 2:00 PM. Serving as a fundraiser for the nonprofit, Trees Atlanta, the annual tree sale offers over 1,000 trees,plants, and tree-friendly vines for sale to the public. This year’s sale “focuses on shade trees and native [...]
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