Friday, August 22 2008 – Thursday, August 28, 2008
Coming out with Hot Gay Joe
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
- 14th Street Playhouse
- August 23 - 29 (see site for times)
- $28.00 - $38.00
- 404.733.4738
- 20 vignettes recounting the challenges, triumphs, and inner strength of black women
- Directed by Jasmine Guy from "A Different World"
- www.14thstreetplayhouse.com
- Atlanta Botanical Garden
- Through October 31 (Tuesday - Sunday, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm)
- $9.0 or $12.00
- See wind-activated sculpture from various artists among the plantings
- Cocktails in the Garden are every Thursday through September - $3.00 drinks!
- www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
- All Over Atlanta! (Steel, Oceanire, Concentrics, re*past, Lobby, Strip, Spice Market and So MANY MORE!)
- Saturday, August 23 - Saturday, August 30
- $25 for a three-course meal (excluding drinks, tax and tip)
- MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW!
- www.atlantarestaurantweek.com
- Woodruff Park (it's near MARTA)
- August 23, 2:00 - 8:00p
- $30.00 in advance, $35.00 at the door (minors and DDs are free)
- 35 different German beers, traditional German music and lederhosen (I hope)
- www.germanbierfest.com
- High Museum
- Opens November 16, 2008 - April 19, 2009
- $11.00, $15.00, $18.00
- Get your tickets now - this show sold out in London
- 404.733.4444
- www.high.org
- Roswell Square
- Sunday, August 24, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- $5.00 per person, $15.00 for a family
- Ice cream eating contest, hand-cranked ice cream, fun and prizes - all supports the Drake House (North Fulton's crisis center and residence for homeless women and children)
- 770.587.4712
- www.thedrakehouse.org
- 10955 Johns Creek Rd. in Alpharetta
- 1 of only 3 in the country with the new interiors
- Ask for Stephanie - she is a Jedi
- Outback has raised the bar (and moved it out from the center)
- Nice little touches that make the experience special; new menu items to make the mouth water
- Try the new Bloomin' Burger - it combines my two favorites
- 770.442.8775 (ask for Ainslee)
- www.outback.com