The Super Moon is back! No, we don’t mean that “large” lady at Chastain Park in the spandex capris. We’re referring to what NASA calls “The perigee full moon [that] will be as much as 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full …
Category: Tourism
Drifting at Road Atlanta
If you’re as old as I am, you think of the song “Up on the Roof” when you hear about drifters. There’s a new breed of drifters, grampa: crazoids who drive crazy-powered cars trying to slide, spin and basically go out of control around curves. …
Spring Chicken Festival Cook-Off Winners
The winners of the 2012 Spring Chicken Festival Cook-Off have been announced by Executive Director Cindy Reed of Keep Hall Beautiful, the celebration’s sponsor. The Grand Champion award went to …
Gainesville Spring Chicken Festival 2012 Photographs
The Annual Spring Chicken Festival is Gainesville’s most fowl day and one of the most fun. Only Gainesville — home to two giant chicken statues — is worthy of being known as the Poultry Capital of the World! The party began with a 5k race, followed by …
Spring Chicken Festival Pictures
Gainesville’s Spring Chicken Festival was poultry in motion. Executive Director Cindy Reed and her marvelous volunteers tasted victory on Saturday, April 28th — as did all who sampled the variety of delicious chicken prepared by Lazy Bear, Pull My Pork, Walgreen’s and Best Buy, among others. …
Final Look at the Bear on the Square Festival
Dahlonega, GA, knows how to throw a party! Their latest shindig was the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, held over the weekend of April 20, 2012. You might be happy to know that we do not have any pictures from the mountain dancing or …
2012 Spring Chicken Festival
Saturday, April 28, 2012 is the date of Gainesville, GA’s most fowl day: The Annual Spring Chicken Festival! There’s food, music, vendors, food, a 5k race and … yup, more food! The Chicken Cook-Off takes place from 10 AM – 4 PM in Roosevelt Square. Prizes …
Sights from the 2012 Bear on the Square Festival
Dahlonega, GA, is one of America’s best-kept secrets — except for being famous as the site of the first gold rush. This delightful community is home to an outstanding university, mountain roads cherished by motorcyclists, acclaimed theatre, wineries, eateries, the Appalachian Trail, mountain music and …
Bear-y Good Times in Dahlonega
The 16th Annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival held in Dahlonega, GA, the weekend of April 20, 2012 rocked. There was more music than you could shake a banjo at, and plenty of seriously cool doodads to purchase and marvel over for years to come. …
The Bear on the Square Mountain Festival in Dahlonega
The Bear on the Square Mountain Festival in Northeast Georgia’s quaint village of Dahlonega starts Friday, April 20th and runs through Sunday the 22nd. The organizers made the costly decision to offer free music the whole weekend at the MainStage concert tent in Hancock Park. …