Are you as suspicious as I am when you’re invited to sign up for something online? I’m always worried that both the dollars in my bank account will go missing or that my cell phone videos of me frolicking with movie stars will go viral. …
Category: Dancing
Dahlonega Trail Fest 2013
As spring is sprung and the irresistible romantic fancies of young men and women turn to thoughts of frolicking 2,185.9 miles through the forest, we know it’s time for Dahlonega, Georgia’s, Trail Fest 2013. Trail Fest celebrates the passing of winter and the reemergence of …
Contra Dance Your Troubles Away
The world gotcha down, bunkie? Sick of all the news and tired of staying home on Saturday nights … when all the cool kids are out having fun? Have I got a deal for you! Contra dancing! It’s like country dancing to super country fiddle, …
Stalk Your Family at Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze
Promotional materials call Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Dawson County a “20-acre agri-tourism complex.” Sheesh. Don’t let that city-slicker lingo keep you away from a good-old time down at the farm. Hayrides (kissing optional), a corn maze that Lewis & Clark would …
Fall in GA: Moonshine, Pumpkins & BBQ
Snowed yesterday in Denver. New England is bracing for another “Perfect Storm” caused by Hurricane Sandy. Winter will take its first whack at us on Sunday. There’s only one way to prepare … PARTY!!! Last weekend we had Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega. That’s like …
2012 Gold Rush Days Photographs
This past weekend we had perfect weather in the perfect place for the perfect fall festival — Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega. OK, so it was hard to find a place to park, but if you’ve ever lived in Manhattan you know the solution: buy …
Dahlonega’s Gold Rush Days — October 20th & 21st
Gold Rush Days returns to Dahlonega the third full weekend in October each year. This year, Gold Rush is October 20th & 21st. Fall colors are peaking nearby … so the journey will be as delightful as the destination. I don’t want to tell you …
Take the High Road to Stone Mtn Highland Games
Aye! This is the weekend you’ve been waiting for! Yes, it’s time to watch men toss cabers at the 40th Annual Stone Mountain Highland Games! Even if you’ve never heard the music of the Whistlebinkies or given your lassie a claddagh ring, you cannot help but enjoy …
Mule Camp Market Festival
Gainesville, Georgia, was formerly known as “Mule Camp Springs.” According to one legend, the name was changed when men could not find wives who wanted to live in a place called “Mule Camp Springs” — not even on Hog Mountain Road — so they changed the …
Suches Life: Indian Summer Festival 2012
Suches is such a cool place. Locals call it “The Valley Above the Clouds.” I call it heaven. The weekend of October 6th & 7th is the perfect excuse to purchase a motorcycle and ride it to the Indian Summer Festival smack dab in the middle …