Mural Painted on Rowing Venue’s Timing Tower

An Argentine mural artist known as “Jaz” has jazzed up the timing tower at the Olympic Rowing Venue at Clarks Bridge Park at the northern end of Lake Lanier. Franco Fasoli — which, if you say it with a Spanish accent, is every bit as cool …

Dawsonville’s Mountain Moonshine Festival

Awesome Bill isn’t the only reason to hit Dawsonville on Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2013.  It’s time for the 46th Annual Mountain Moonshine Festival! All proceeds go to KARE for Kids, Inc., a local 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The Moonshine Festival isn’t about sippin’ …

NASCAR? Trading Paint at Road Atlanta? Heck, yeah!

What a blast! The first-ever NASCAR race at Road Atlanta was everything a race lover could ever want.  Trading paint.  Cars spinning out.  Noise.  Fast cars … and lots of confused drivers and spectators. This contest was all part of the action surrounding the Petit …

The Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta

Although the feat of racing for 10-hours or 1,000 miles is common to mothers with kids who must be driven to play sports, take music, ballet and/or karate lessons — simultaneously — for the rest of us, the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta is beyond …

Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega

Every autumn I like autumn more.  The intense heat of summer is past and the spectre of another bleak winter haunts those of us who don’t enjoy frolicking in the barren season of winter. The best part of autumn is Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega …

Politicians Reopen Corps Parks on Lake Lanier

Parks and services provided by the Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Lanier will return to normal soon. The morons we elected to run the United States government waited until the last possible moment to fund America — temporarily — and allow federal agencies and …

Petit Le Mans Racing at Road Atlanta

Yes, Bubba, it’s true. There’s a kind of racing where the drivers turn left and right!  And it’s coming to Road Atlanta, just south of Gainesville, GA. You and I might have to face the shame of driving Ford Fiestas with three doors painted different …

David Nichol Wins Bass Tournament on Lanier

Gainesville’s David Nichol won the Bass Fishing League (BFL) Regional tournament on Lake Lanier, which was held over the weekend of October 12th, with a three-day total of 15 bass totaling 47 pounds, 2 ounces. This regional tournament featured the top 40 boaters and 40 …