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Volunteering at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
More Details: Volunteering at the 1996 Atlanta OlympicsI shared earlier, as a lead-in to the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Atlanta Olympics, how I was involved as a college student in the efforts to win the rights to host the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Once again, though not exactly a travel topic, I use my blog to share my…
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My Grain of Salt in Atlanta Winning the 1996 Olympics
More Details: My Grain of Salt in Atlanta Winning the 1996 OlympicsMy blog is about travel and this post may seem a bit off-topic but I hope you will indulge me because it is the 20th anniversary of the Atlanta Olympics and because my fascination with travel is related to all these places on Earth we call countries – which, in turn, get together every few…
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Chattahoochee River Hikes: Vickery Creek Trail in Roswell
More Details: Chattahoochee River Hikes: Vickery Creek Trail in RoswellRight by old town Roswell, a few miles outside of Atlanta‘s “perimeter” (an interstate highway that rings the city), is the Vickery Creek Trail. There are about 7 miles worth of trails in this pocket of nature in the middle of Roswell. A portion of the trails are near the creek (also named Big Creek)…
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Piedmont Park: An Oasis in the Middle of Atlanta
More Details: Piedmont Park: An Oasis in the Middle of AtlantaAtlanta is a city of greenery and a lot of that comes from its many parks. Many neighborhoods have a park and some, like mine, more than one. The parks are mostly local to each area though open to anyone as they tend to be city property. They range from just a wild natural area,…
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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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Boarding Pass Series – Denver, Colorado
More Details: Boarding Pass Series – Denver, ColoradoI first went to Denver right after receiving my undergrad degree. Actually, I went past Denver and took a right hand exit to the road to nearby Boulder, CO where I actually was going to hold a summer internship at research labs in town. But I visited Denver over my two summers in Boulder at…
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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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Top 16 Memorable Moments from 2013 in Photos
More Details: Top 16 Memorable Moments from 2013 in PhotosAs I think of 2013, I recall the many neat experiences at home and away. Looking through my photos is a great way to bring back the memories. I’d thought I’d share with you some of my most memorable moments from 2013 via photos – some of which have been shared before in other posts…
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Sports Travel: Not My Usual Pursuit but Fun
More Details: Sports Travel: Not My Usual Pursuit but FunI am not much a sports traveler. I don’t chase “my” teams. I don’t go checking off famous sports arenas. I don’t chase big sports events. Heck, what am I saying, I am not much a sports spectator. I do it in big occasions (usually involving Georgia Tech, my alma mater) or when the opportunity…
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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,…