Exploring Atlanta – For Newcomers and Natives
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“Long ago, I gave up thinking of Gone With the Wind as my book; it’s Atlanta’s.” ~Margaret Mitchell Atlanta is gearing up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind – and you can be a part of the celebration! Gone With the Wind is my all-time favorite [...]
Brush up your Spanish and bring your appetite – A Taste of Latin America is today – Saturday, April 30, 2011 – at Atlantic Station. Degustar means “to taste” and there will be plenty to tantalize your tastebuds at this tasty event. Presented by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, this is the third year [...]
I’m so excited to be a judge again at the 18th Annual Taste of Marietta this year! After last year’s event, at which I had a blast, I was honored and excited to be invited back! There are numerous opportunities to attend “Tastes” around the Atlanta area and Taste of Marietta is one of the most [...]
It’s Wednesday – the middle of the week, hump day…and you really don’t feel like cooking tonight. You want to dine out and tonight’s a great night for it. Choose from one of almost 100 participating restaurants and they’ll donate a minimum of 20% of your bill to Open Hand! Participating restaurants all all around town, so [...]
Celebrate Easter as the sun rises at the top Stone Mountain tomorrow at the 67th Annual Easter Sunrise Service – with glorious views and a majestic sunrise, it’s a wonderful way to enjoy your Easter morning service! Park gates will open at 4:00 AM and there will be two simultaneous services, beginning at 7:00 AM [...]
Three of my favorite local vendors will be on hand tonight at Urban Cannibals for a special East Atlanta Village Farmers Market Meet & Greet, tonight – Thursday, April 21, 2011 – from 4:00 until 7:00 PM! Highlighting the EAV Farmers Market 2011 vendors, tonight’s event will feature Phickles Pickles, a gourmet pickle company from from [...]
The 75th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival is this weekend – Friday through Sunday, April 15 – 17, 2011! This is, hands-down, my favorite spring festival in Atlanta. Maybe it’s because it was the first big festival I attended when I moved here eleven years ago, maybe it’s because it takes place in our gorgeous Piedmont [...]
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade… Dunwoody Lemonade Days is an annual celebration of the Dunwoody community’s triumph following the 1998 tornado that left many neighborhoods devastated and destroyed. Lemonade Days, the annual fundraising event of the Dunwoody Preservation Trust, is this weekend, April 14 through 17, 2011. Springtime – the perfect time for an outdoor festival [...]
One of my favorite things about spring in Atlanta is that it’s festival season. The city and all its surrounding regions come out in force to celebrate glorious weather, gorgeous blooms (pollen be darned!), and – what else? – food! Nearly every city in the metro Atlanta area has a “Taste of…” festival – and [...]
Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! Join all your faves from Happy Days - Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph, and of course, the “king of cool” Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli in a new musical version of the favorite TV show. Presented by Jerry’s Habima Theatre, Georgia’s only theatrical company featuring actors with developmental disabilities, Happy Days – A New Musical runs [...]
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