Exploring Atlanta – For Newcomers and Natives
Category: Kid Appropriate
A few years ago, my family and I visited an airplane museum in Central Florida called “Fantasy of Flight,” and my brother and I got to take a ride up in a biplane, complete with leather helmet, goggles and scarf. It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. Now, it’s your turn, Atlanta! [...]
What better way to celebrate spring and Easter weekend than with a visit to Atlanta Botanical Gardens for the Orchid Daze: Towers of Flowers exhibit? Orchid Daze is an annual tradition at Atlanta Botanical Garden and showcases about 10,000 dazzling varieties of orchids. This year the orchids are displayed vertically, in huge towers and walls of gorgeous [...]
When I first moved to Atlanta, over ten years ago, one of the first fun, tourist-y things I did with friends was go to the Stone Mountain Park Lasershow Spectacular. I am from Florida and the daughter of a couple of yankees, but the overwhelming salute to southern music in general and music about Georgia [...]
When a friend of mine told me about Miss Mamie’s Cupcakes, Cakes and Such on Marietta Square, I knew I had to check it out. Before I even set foot inside, I knew I would love it. Miss Mamie is Mamie Jo Doyle, and she is as charming as her name makes you think she [...]
My husband has been bugging me to try Yogli-Mogli with him for weeks because he likes the name. (If you haven’t heard of it, don’t be alarmed – it’s only a year old, opened in 2009.) So we went last weekend and found out why this little frozen yogurt shop with the quirky name is [...]
When I was invited to visit the Atlanta History Center last week, I truly didn’t know what to expect. After all, I didn’t grow up in Georgia, so I never visited on school field trips like most people who can say they’re Atlanta natives. I was truly awed and could honestly post a few weeks’ worth [...]
If you’re a child of the 70s (or the 80s – there was some overlap!), you most likely remember Marlo Thomas’ “Free to Be…You and Me.” The popular book and album have been transformed into a stage show – and this is the last day to see it with your family! Synchronicity’s Family Series presents [...]
Spring in the Atlanta area is wonderful – everything turns a vibrant shade of green and the foliage burst into bloom. Everyone wants to be outside. It’s not quite spring yet, but we can pretend it is and get outside tonight for the Duluth First Friday Art Walk. “The Art of Competition” is the theme for [...]
Sounds totally random, right? Well, it is, but THAT is what makes it so fabulous! And yes, this is REALLY happening today at Piedmont Park – and if you’re even the slightest bit intrigued, you should come check it out. Now there are a few rules you need to know about: 1. Tell everyone you [...]
What do you know about Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre? Did you know…The Alliance Theatre, which won the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award for outstanding regional theatre, has a reputation for bringing world premieres and amazing theatre through Atlanta? Did you know…The Alliance Theatre launched two Tony Award-winning musicals – Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and Elton [...]
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