Georgia
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Photo Ode to a Departing Winter
More Details: Photo Ode to a Departing WinterYes, it is spring already in the northern hemisphere. However, as the news just shared with us, there is at least one more cold spell before we are free-and-clear from winter (right around when this post goes out). Winter in the U.S. this year was pretty brutal. From Boston, to Chicago, to Atlanta, it seems…
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A Great Hike Right Near Atlanta: Sweetwater Creek State Park
More Details: A Great Hike Right Near Atlanta: Sweetwater Creek State ParkAtlanta may not be what comes to mind when thinking for a place to go to enjoy the great outdoors. But our little known secret is how close we are to any number of incredible spots to be “with” nature and enjoy the great outdoors. I recently got to explore Sweetwater Creek State Park, a…
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Photo of the Week: Tanyard Creek Reflection
More Details: Photo of the Week: Tanyard Creek ReflectionBeautiful reflection on Tanyard Creek in Atlanta, Georgia
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The Spared Town in Georgia: Madison
More Details: The Spared Town in Georgia: MadisonMadison, Georgia is a town not terribly far from Atlanta. Just about an hour east of the city, it offers a different view on the South than Atlanta or towns north may offer. Madison, founded on 1807 (a couple of decades before Atlanta), was spared destruction as the Northern armies moved towards the Atlantic coast…
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Fried Chicken Worth the Pot-hole in Atlanta
More Details: Fried Chicken Worth the Pot-hole in AtlantaI love finding new places to eat in my hometown, Atlanta, because I can be a creature of habit when it comes to restaurants. Nothing wrong with that, right? If you like it, why go elsewhere? Well, because it is good to expand horizons and you never know what you will find! So it was…
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A Fall Outing that Helps Keep the Doctor Away?
More Details: A Fall Outing that Helps Keep the Doctor Away?Fall is here and it is time for lots of good things: cooler temperatures, awesome colors of the trees as they move to winter “mode”, and apple picking! I was invited by friend to join them in taking their young daughters for a fun outing of apple picking about an hour or so north of…
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Of Zombies, Fantasy, and Fun: The DragonCon Parade in Atlanta
More Details: Of Zombies, Fantasy, and Fun: The DragonCon Parade in AtlantaThe world’s largest conference (over 50,000 attendees) of fantasy and science fiction, DragonCon, made its yearly arrival in Atlanta this weekend and downtown of all sudden acquired a totally different personality. The conference business is what keeps downtown Atlanta afloat since us residents do not generally go there for much, except for pro sports events,…
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The Skyview Wheel in Atlanta
More Details: The Skyview Wheel in AtlantaAtlanta, my hometown, likes a good prop like any other self-promoting city in the U.S. We got the Olympics, we build & raze sports venues like there is no poverty around, etc. When I heard we were getting a Ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta, I rolled my eyes (OK, not literally). Another waste of money,…
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Photo of the Week – The Georgia Aquarium
More Details: Photo of the Week – The Georgia AquariumThe Georgia Aquarium is one of my favorite places to be like a tourist in Atlanta. It is well done and even me, not quite nature boy, is fascinated by the marine life it holds and how it presents it. The colors in this picture are some of my favorite in the whole aquarium. If…
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Coke Museum Is It!
More Details: Coke Museum Is It!Coke, or Coca-Cola, is the world’s most recognizable brand and most international product (except Cuba and North Korea…). There is hardly a product – or an experience with a product – that is as universal as Coke. In all my travels, it has always been there – even if with some taste variations. If you…
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The Christmas Lights at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
More Details: The Christmas Lights at the Atlanta Botanical GardensLast night I went with family and friends to see the Christmas lights at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in the first year of what I hope ends up being a new tradition for the city. The Atlanta Botanical Gardens is, in a normal day, a beautiful venue: well-designed, in a great location, and just very…
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International Atlanta – A Food Story
More Details: International Atlanta – A Food StoryMost people would NEVER think Atlanta is anything but a southern city that hosts CNN, the place where Coca-Cola was invented, and where Delta, one of the largest airlines in the world, operates from. And perhaps that it has one of the top two airports in the world (which, to me, a taxpayer in Atlanta…