Atlanta
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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…
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A Fourth of July Celebration – Atlanta’s Peachtree Road Race
More Details: A Fourth of July Celebration – Atlanta’s Peachtree Road RaceThe Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia is a 4th of July tradition since the race was started in 1970. It grew to be the largest 10K in the world with over 55,000 in 2007 and then it lost that title. But for years, it was the largest one and it still feels like the…
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Right in My Hometown… Atlanta – What to See
More Details: Right in My Hometown… Atlanta – What to SeeSomeone suggested on a blog I read that reading a blog about a place written by a local can be better for a visitor than a blog about the place written by a visitor. I agree that a local can give a unique perspective though I still like hearing a visitor’s perspective about a place. …