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Get some exercise. Help fund the non-profit group Right to Hike’s efforts to keep walkers, runners and hikers safe. Meet your new best friend and maybe … just maybe … meet Taylor Swift. Sign up for Right to Hike’s Ella’s Run 5K or adopt a pet …
We’re almost at the time for peak color for Georgia’s foliage, usually around the end of October or early November. Georgia’s State Parks has the best gift for leaf peepers since maple trees. They call it “Leaf Watch.” Leaf Watch posts regular updates to keep travelers updated on fall colors …
Nothing says “The South” as much as Waffle House, NASCAR, Southern belles, fried okra, friendly neighbors and Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega, GA, celebrated over the third full weekend each October. Don’t hate me, but Gold Rush Days has an even better selection of food than Waffle House. …
The Lake Lanier Olympic Venue at Clark’s Bridge Park in Gainesville will have the most delicious event of the year on Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 6-9 PM when the popular A Taste of Gainesville returns. Proceeds will benefit the Lake Lanier Rowing Club. The most civic-minded and …
When you see the words “the blue bicycle” what comes to mind? A blue bicycle, right? When I first heard of The Blue Bicycle, I had no idea what it was … except for maybe a bike shop. The identity crisis was solved when the …
The Town of Lula (pronounced by locals as “LOO-lerr”) hosts the Second Annual Lula Fall Festival on Saturday, September 26, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This celebration of the arts and culture of Northeast Georgia will be held in the revitalized downtown area near the train …
Steven Emery, assistant manager at Don Carter State Park, is taking the reins and galloping toward adding more than 20-miles of new trails and equestrian paths around their 1,300 acres of land on the shores of Lake Lanier. Don’t saddle up yet. We’ll let you know when …
Good BBQ is in the mouth of the beholder. That’s the opinion of the master of great BBQ: Jim Guess of Jim’s Smokin’ Que on Route 129, just south of Blairsville, GA. Folks say their BBQ is the best. That was hard to believe, so I …
Morgan House and his team at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue (LLOV) hosted the 20th Anniversary Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, September 12, 2015. While area politicians, committees and local leaders fussed about using $300,000 from the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) to improve access for …
It’s time for the Annual Mountain Music Festival at Vogel State Park in the shadow of the Appalachian Trail’s Blood Mountain. Tell your friends, family, boss, and besties who are getting married that “something came up” or that your dog ate your Google Calendar. Ditch them all …