It’s been too many years since I’ve seen Atlanta Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Mother and Daddy-O took me for the first time in college, and it’s been at least fifteen years since seeing the quintessential holiday ballet performed by Atlanta Ballet at the historic Fox Theater so it went on my 40×41 bucket list and was checked off… Read More
While we’ve already discussed how I decorate early and start playing carols non-stop the week before Thanksgiving, it’s not officially Christmas until we’ve made our annual visit to Atlanta’s quintessential Santa and taking a few trips on The Pink Pig!! We spent John’s birthday partaking in this whole-family tradition! First things first, they made their… Read More
It’s rivals weekend in the college football world (I speak like I know… I just heard Honey say that) and we had our annual Thanksgiving weekend game versus UGA. With a noon kickoff, WGT 2015 (World’s Greatest Tailgate… another annual tradition) got going early. A GIANT cauldron of jambalaya and bloody mary’s were on tap.… Read More
And, just like that, another one on the 40×41 bucket list bites the dust: Go to an art exhibit AND enjoy it. Done and done! In a last minute date night, Honey and I hit Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. It just so happens, on the occasion of the Coca-Cola bottle’s centennial, a special exhibition of renowned artists, designers,… Read More
I’m SO late in this review, but if you follow along on Instagram, you will know how thrilled were were with our big homecoming win against FSU! It started off with a tailgate with a ton of our friends… … including a rare appearance of my oldest GT bestie!! And it ended with students storming the… Read More
In much the same way that I will never make pimento cheese again since discovering Palmetto Cheese, I see no need to ever make chicken salad again after the Chicken Salad Chick started popping up around town. It’s SO good, y’all! The ingenious chick behind the brand started it all in her kitchen. With stores… Read More
After years of waiting on the littles to get “old enough”, we finally made our way down for Dragon Con parade! Every Labor Day Weekend, nearly 60,000 geeks and sci-fi fans from all over the world descend on Atlanta for a pop culture convention focusing on science fiction, gaming, comics and the likes. A highlight for locals is the… Read More