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8.27.2009
7.09.2009
Can I borrow your truck?
I have been exploring a new place to post my ramblings. I am considering making the move to Tumblr. Dear reader, take a look at the new home (MAYbe) and let me know what you think. You can click here or click the "Call Me" button on the blog. I am interested to know what my reader thinks.
6.18.2009
What's going on?
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, June 18, 2009 – Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Diving Through Decades
- Piedmont Park Pool
- Thursday, June 18, 7:00 – 10:00 pm
- $75.00 (benefits the Piedmont Park Conservancy
- Check out the new digs and enjoy drinks and food
- www.piedmont.org
Carmina Burana & The Barber of Seville
- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta
- Saturday, June 20 @ 8:00 pm
- $21 - $59
- Two classics, one night
- www.atlantasymphony.org
Moore in the Garden
- Atlanta Botanical Garden
- Daily, 9:00 – 7:00
- $12.00 or $15.00
- Time’s top 10 museum exhibits in the country
- See 20 larger-than-life sculptures
- www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
Wood is Wonderful (gallery)
- 2312 Benjamin E. Mays Drive in Southwest Atlanta
- M – F 9:00 – 3:00
- Handcrafted art and classes
- www.woodiswonderfulgallery.com
Decatur Beach Party
- Downtown Decatur
- Saturday, June 19, 5:00 – midnight
- $6.50 in advance, $10 at the door
- 60 tons of sand, live music, boardwalk games and festival food
- www.decaturga.com
Midsummer Music Festival
- Candler Park
- Saturday, June 20 @ noon
- FREE ($10 for a bracelet to buy beer)
- Guster & Rusted Root
Jersey Boys
- Fox Theatre
- Nightly, through June 21
- $22.50 – $67.50
- Follow Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from Jersey to fame and back
- www.foxtheatre.org
6.17.2009
The coolest thing I have seen all day
And it isn't related to the new iPhone OS dropping soon. This SCAD student's final project is way better than an essay. Plus I love Röyksopp. This is Eple. [via Giz]
6.11.2009
What's going on?
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, June 11, 2009 – Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Bill Maher
- Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
- Friday, June 26 @ 8:00 pm
- $39 - $72
- Former star of Politically Incorrect and host of Real Time
- www.cobbenergycentre.com
Jersey Boys
- Fox Theatre
- Nightly, through June 21
- $22.50 – $67.50
- Follow Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from Jersey to fame and back
- www.foxtheatre.org
Easy Gardens of the South with Pamela Crawford
- Barnes & Noble in Marietta
- Saturday, June 13 @ 2:00pm
- FREE
- Gardening workshop with the author
- www.bn.com
Whine About the Economy
- Downtown Newnan
- Friday, June 12, 5:00 – 9:00
- $20 in advance, $25 at the door
- Grab a glass the start your own bailout
- Try the restaurants on Main Street while you are there
- www.mainstreetnewnan.com
The Princess and the Pea
- Kudzu Playhouse in Roswell
- Through June 25
- $8.00
- You know the story, but the kids might not…
- www.kudzuplayhouse.org
Premiere Party
- Opera
- Saturday, June 13, 7:00 – 10:00 pm
- $25 (VIP packages available) benefits CHRIS Kids
- Food, drinks, all the cool kids plus a silent auction to die for
- Did I mention all the money benefits homeless youth?
- www.premiereparty.org
6.09.2009
Premiere Party - June 13, 7:00 - 10:00pm
The Premiere Party is this Saturday. If you are looking for hot guys, cold drinks, a little dancing and one of the biggest and best silent auctions in town, check out this party. Tickets are selling fast at $25, and you know all the proceeds go to help homeless youth. Heck, you should just be a sponsor! Click over to www.premiereparty.org to get your tickets.
6.05.2009
6.04.2009
What's going on?
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, June 4, 2009 – Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Georgia Mountain Roots & Music Festival
- Hiawassee
- June 5 – 6 (see site for times)
- $15 – $35
- Music, arts, crafts and… (you know what’s coming next) FESTIVAL FOOD
- www.georgiamountainfairgrounds.com
NKOTB (New Kids on the Block)
- Lakewood Amphitheatre
- Thursday, June 4 @ 7:30
- $10 – $79
- Five words: Danny, Donnie, Joey, John, Jordan
- www.nkotb.com
Virginia Highlands Summerfest
- Virginia Highlands
- Saturday & Sunday
- FREE (but donations to VA-HI neighborhood association are accepted)
- I love the chance to drink in the middle of the street in the middle of the day (and buy art)
- www.vahi.org
Dancing4fun's Latin Rhythm & Swing hor d'oerves and Dancing in Gwinnett
- Downtown Lawrenceville
- Saturday, June 6, 6:45 pm – 2:00 am
- $15 for food, drink and food and drink calorie-burning (they call it dancing)
- Dance the night away – literally
- www.dancing4fun.com
Tellus (Northwest Georgia Science Museum
- Cartersville (40 minutes North of Atlanta – of Row, row, row your boat 53 times)
- Now Open!
- $8 – $12 – includes a fossil dig
- Tonight (Thursday, 06/04) Astronomer Rick Williams talks about dwarf planets
- www.chattnaturecenter.org
6.03.2009
5.28.2009
What's Going On?
WhatComing out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, May28, 2009 – Wednesday, June 3, 2009
If you missed it this morning, Alex joined me to discuss marriage equality. I'll try to get the audio up later so you can listen.
Alter Ego Pop Art
Alter Ego Pop Art
- Art Station Gallery in Stone Mountain Villaga
- Opens Friday (with reception 7:00 – 9:00 pm); closes Aug 22
- FREE (donations accepted)
- Great pop art from a talented local artist
- www.artstation.org or www.alteregopopart.com
Super-Duper Mini Chefs
- Discover Mills
- Saturday, may 4, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- FREE
- Fun in the kitchen, learn kitchen safety and how to cook, and bring canned goods to help the less fortunate
- www.discovermills.com
Dachau before Dachau
- Oglethorpe University Museum of Art
- Now through Tuesday
- $10
- First a burgeoning artist colony, then the first German concentration camp – see the rare collections of artists from Dachau
- http://museum.oglethorpe.edu
Brenau Barbecue & Banjos Cookin’ College
- Brenau University Amphitheatre
- Friday, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
- $69
- Taugh by two-time international barbecue champion Bill Morris, you’ll know all you need to know about all the parts of a pig (and a little ‘bout the banjo, too)
- www.brenau.edu/bbq
Friday Night Flicks
- O’Neal Pizza in Douglasville
- Friday, entertainment @ 8:00 pm, movie @ 9:00 pm
- FREE
- Enjoy Grease and some not-so-greasy pizza
- www.visitdouglasville.com
Free Films on the Green
- Swift -Cantrell Park in Kennesaw
- Friday, movie starts at dark
- FREE
- Enjoy Hotel for Dogs this week
- http://www.kennesaw-ga.gov
5.27.2009
Alex is Running (for City Council)!
You've earned five points if that was your guess! Alex Wan, my one and only, is seeking Atlanta City Council District 6 seat currently held by Anne Fauver; the district encompasses much of Midtown, including the Morningside/Lenox Park, Virginia Highland, Ansley Park, Druid Hills and Candler Park neighborhoods.
What can you do?
Spread the word via Twitter and his Facebook group.Visit www.alexwanforatlanta.com to learn more about Alex and District 6, sign up to be a volunteer, host a party or make a donation.Be sure to vote on Tuesday, November 3, 2009!
More to come!
5.26.2009
5.25.2009
5.14.2009
What's Going On?
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, May 14, 2009 – Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Petapalooza
- Suanee Town Center
- Saturday, May 16, noon – 6:00 pm
- FREE
- Bring the pets and the kids for live music, pet adoptions, Frisbee demos and festival food
- www.star94.com
Zanna, Don’t!
- Actor’s Express Theatre
- Opens Thursday (through June 20)
- Recession-Buster tickets as low as $15 (regular $25 - $30)
- An award-winning musical romp through Heartsville High
- www.actors-express.com
Cocktails in the garden
- Atlanta Botanical Garden
- Every Thursday, 6:00 – 10:00 pm
- $15 for adults, $9 for seniors
- Moore (and Martinis) in the Garden this month (that’s Henry Moore)
- Flower Hour (6 – 7) drinks are only $3.00
- www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
Go Green Get Rewards Festival
- Underground Atlanta
- Saturday, May 16, noon – 5:00 pm
- FREE
- Celebrate the launch of a new website to support environmentally-friendly nonprofits
- Crafts, green vendors, green fashion show and a live performance by Dionne Farris
- www.GoGreenGetRewards.com
Emerging Art Scene at the Stacks
- The Stacks at the Fulton Cotton Mills
- Friday, May 15, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
- FREE
- Wine & Cheese & Emerging Art
- www.leitchfineart.com
Black Carpet Premiere
- A private Buckhead Residence
- Saturday, May 16, 6:30 – 11:00 pm
- $150 (benefits the Dallas Austin Foundation)
- Call for tickets - (678) 686-5676
- Wine, dine and hang with Tyler Perry, Fantasia, Sean Combs, Outkast and Russell Simons in old Hollywood style
- www.dallasaustinfoundation.org
4.30.2009
What's Going On?
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, April 30, 2009 – Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Third Annual Purple Dress Run
- Starts at Blake’s on the Park
- Saturday, May 2, 12:00 pm
- $25 in advance, $30 at the door – you provide the purple dress
- Raise awareness of Atlanta Rugby and funds for YouthPride
- www.purpledressrun.org
Where’s the Festival?
25th Annual Sweet Auburn Springfest
- Auburn Avenue at Courtland
- Friday – Sunday (see site for times)
- FREE (but you know you gotta eat!)
- Celebrate the largest multicultural festival in the southeast
- This year’s theme is Linking the Global Family
- www.sweetauburn.com
- Biltmore Hotel Ballroms
- Wednesday & Thursday, May 6 & 7, 5:00 – 10:00pm
- $25 - $30 in advance (FREE for insiders)
- Food, drinks and fashion
- girlsnightout.sheckys.com
HRC Dinner & Silent Auction
- Hyatt Regency Downtown
- Saturday, May 2, 5:00 - 11:00 pm
- Support equality in Atlanta and throughout the country
- Buy your ticket by Saturday
- www.atlantahrcdinner.org
Fiesta Atlanta
- Centennial Olympic Park
- Sunday, May 3, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
- FREE (all day!)
- Concerts, drinks, crafts and authentic food
- Bring the kids
- www.fiestaatlanta.com
- Then head over to No Mas Cantina in Castleberry Hill for more fun
Restaurant of the Week – Serpas True Food
- Studioplex Lofts (by the huge tower on Auburn Street in the Old Fourth Ward)
- Unique Converted cotton mill is unique while still honoring its past
- Scott Serpas was at Two Urban Licks (if you liked it there, you’ll love it here)
- One more day for the fried oysters, but you can still try the eggplant hushpuppies, tuna tartar and the mushroom tostadas
- Dinner would be wonderful with either the curried scallops or the beef shortrib with celery root gratin
- End with a light ice cream sandwich, and your thanks to the chef!
- Make your mother’s Day brunch reservations today (get sunny side eggs in their own skillet + breakfast sandwiches)
- www.serpasrestaurant.com
- More details about my dinner later this week right here on the blog
4.27.2009
4.26.2009
Going in again + the bees future meals
Here is a vodeo of Alex and Todd checking the progress of the bees build out and the beetle traps they placed earlier this week. I also have some pictures of the garden below the video. This is what we hope the bees will dine on as more of the garden begins to bloom. At the end of the slideshow is a piece of honeycomb that we pulled out (it is in the video, too).
4.23.2009
New Hot Spot
I just got back from what I believe will be THE new place to be in Atlanta - The Livingston. It is beautiful on the inside (in the Southwest corner of the Georgian Terrace), and I hear the food is, too. I'll be visiting for dinner in the coming weeks and let you know what I think. Until then, stop by and have a drink in the posh bar.
See you out!
What's going on this week?
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, April 23, 2009 – Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Inman Park Festival
- Inman park Neighborhood
- All weekend
- FREE to attend
- Live music, artist market, tour of homes and the most fun parade allowed my law
- www.inmanparkfestival.org
Fallout Boy
- Gwinnett Arena
- Thursday @7:00
- $25 - $35
- My favorite – Pete Wentz – is in town…he brought his band, too
- www.falloutboy.com or www.gwinnettcenter.com
Shaken Not Heard
- Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur
- Friday & Saturday @ 8:00; Sunday @ 3:00 & 5:00
- $15; $25; $35; $45 (save $5.00 on matinees)
- Not to miss if you grew up in or around religion
- Panel discussion following each performance
- www.agmchorus.org
Del Shores: The Storyteller
- Actors Express Theatre
- Friday @ 11:00 pm – one night only
- $25
- Meet the man and hear the stories behind Sordid Lives
- www.actors-express.com
Big To-Do at the Zoo
- The Zoo, duh
- Saturday @ 5:30 pm (come early to see the animals)
- $70 for adults, $35 for kids (benefits pediatric care for Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta)
- Music and entertainment, food and drinks, meet the animals and more
- www.hospice-atlanta.org
Atlanta Film Festival
- Locations all over town
- Wraps up April 25
- $10 for an individual; $300 for all-access pass
- 10 days; 166 films
- Still to come: teen screen, comedy shorts, documentaries and Rudo & Cursi
- Staring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna from Y tu mamá también
- www.atlantafilmfestival.com
4.21.2009
New bees moving in
You can see pictures of last night's load in, but now that they have spent a day exploring their new home, it was time to transfer the frames into the permanent hives. Watch Alex and Todd transfer one while I learn that wearing shorts near the bees isn't a good idea.
4.20.2009
More queens moving in
Three to be exact. We have been eagerly awaiting the bees since February. A few weeks ago our friend, Kevin noticed a swarm of bees and called his neighbor who captured them and brought them to our house. See that video below with some pictures from the hive prep party. This afternoon Alex got the call, and we went to pick up our two nucs tonight. Below is a bit of video and a few pictures of our new guests. More to come!
4.16.2009
What's Going On?
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
Thursday, April 16, 2009 – Wednesday, April 22, 2009
73rd Annual Dogwood Festival
- Back in Piedmont Park
- All weekend (see site for times)
- FREE to go, but you’ll want to do some shopping
- Artists, live music and FESTIVAL FOOD
- www.dogwood.org
Atlanta Film Festival
- Locations all over town
- Now through April 25
- $10 for an individual; $300 for all-access pass
- 10 days; 166 films
- Celebrate Mexican filmmakers and Gone With the Wind turns 70!
- www.atlantafilmfestival.com
Love Makes a Family
- Embry Hills United Methodist Church
- Saturday, April 18, 3:00 – 6:00pm
- $5.00 per person; $20 max for a family tickets are limited
- Books, art and a concert for all types of families
- www.embryhillsumc.org
219: The Show
- Fine Line Gallery( 465 Boulevard SE)
- Saturday, April 18, 7:30 – 11:00 pm
- FREE, but $20 gets you a bottomless glass & a raffle ticket ($25 @ the door)
- Raise awareness and funds to help the pet overpopulation problem in Atlanta
- The art (all 219 pieces) represent the number of animals killed each day in Atlanta shelters
- www.aarfatlanta.org
The Georgia Renaissance Festival
- The Fairground in Fairburn
- Opens this weekend
- $19.95; $17.95 60+; $8.95 kids
- Get dresses up and eat some food on a stick!
- www.georgiarenaissancefestival.com
Restaurant of the Week – craft
- Located next to the Mansion in Buckhead
- Great modern American cuisine
- Farm-fresh, locally-grown, seasonal products
- Oysters (until the end of the month)and braised beef short ribs
- Try several sides (you can’t miss)
- www.craftrestaurant.com
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