<p>Atlanta, GA that is.</p>
<p>I just arrived to the city, and immediately discovered that I won’t be able to leave until the 28th. An unplanned visit indeed!</p>
<p>Any festivals; cultural or sscientific events?</p>
<p>What are Atlanta’s must-sees/visits?</p>
<p><a href=“Atlanta Travel Guide - Expert Picks for your Vacation | Fodor’s Travel”>Atlanta Travel Guide - Expert Picks for your Vacation | Fodor’s Travel;
<p>Lots of information here! I like the itinerary section.
Another good website:
<a href=“http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60898-Atlanta_Georgia-Vacations.html[/url]”>http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60898-Atlanta_Georgia-Vacations.html</a>
You can go to the Atlanta forum bb and ask local folks there.
Great time of year to be in Atlanta - have fun!</p>
<p>We did the CNN tour. It was very interesting. GA Tech and Emory are both in Atlanta–you might check their websites and see if there’s anything cultural or otherwise going on there. Good luck!</p>
<p>What part of town are you staying in and do you have a car? Atlanta is not an easy town to get around without a car. Give us an idea of your interests; this will be helpful in making other suggestions. Do you want restaurant suggestions?</p>
<p>The Jimmy Carter library will fill a few hours: <a href=“http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org%5B/url%5D”>www.jimmycarterlibrary.org</a></p>
<p>You must eat at the Varsity: <a href=“http://www.thevarsity.com%5B/url%5D”>www.thevarsity.com</a></p>
<p>World of Coca-Cola: <a href=“http://www.woccatlanta.com%5B/url%5D”>www.woccatlanta.com</a></p>
<p>Walk around Piedmont Park, and shop at Lenox Square Mall and Phipps Plaza.</p>
<p>We have a new baby Panda at the zoo - the zoo is nice, but very small. The new Georgia Aquarium is great - has whale sharks, beluga whales. Everything is about to burst into bloom in Atlanta - the bradford pears are about done (which is a good thing, because they stink), the redbuds are out, and the dogwoods and azaleas are just starting - only problem is pollen numbers are through the roof!
I think Molly Ringwold in Sweet Charity is playing at the Foxx this week.
Hope you have a car - it’s not easy to get around without one - not pedestrian friendly at all . . .</p>
<p>MLK Center</p>
<p>The highlight of my visit to Atlanta and the Emory campus with my S four years ago was Fat Matts Barbeque Shack on Piedmont Avenue.</p>
<p>Im in lithia springs. My car is being worked on due to a rare fuel-tank malfunction, which I thought was a good execuse not to use it.</p>
<p>“not pedestrian friendly at all . . .”</p>
<p>ouch…why so?</p>
<p>I never think one can get a real sense of a place without zigzagging on feet. I was counting on MARTA’s rail for large distances (4+ mi.) If the reason not to hike is compelling I might just rent a car. otherwise Im staying ‘natural’</p>
<p>“Give us an idea of your interests”</p>
<p>G.V. Hagens’ Body Worlds anatomical exhibition in Dallas was aweing (to me at least). I already checked and there isnt one in atlanta. This kind of stuff will never cease to fascinate me.
UN Natural History Museum in Lincoln, NE was nice too, since i didn’t get lost in it ;)</p>
<p>Historical siteseeing is kinda big deal to me.</p>
<p>Mideastern and N&E european cultural things (festivals/shows…etc). </p>
<p>Resturants: like 'em only if they get really ‘exotic’ and creative with vegetables and/or seafood, especially vegetables (not the generic lobstertail/slab-of-uncooked-meat steak house. Sorry steak lovers). I tend to avoid wine though.</p>
<p>Be sure to call the place “Hotlanta” at every turn when you are down there, I heard that is the preferred nomenclature.</p>
<p>" the zoo is nice, but very small."</p>
<p>I like small places–not too distracting, you really have a chance to enjoy what’s there. </p>
<p>Add Zoo to the list</p>
<p>Hotlanta? Hot like attractive?</p>
<p>Does anyone else still miss Lewis Grizzard?</p>
<p>About Atlanta, he said something like the women were hot and the professional sports teams were awful…and wasn’t that better than the other way 'round?</p>
<p>I still miss Lewis Grizzard. My favorite column was when Tech beat UGA. He titled it, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” then left the rest of the column blank. He said later he was surprised his editor went for it.</p>
<p>Downtown Atlanta is fine for pedestrians, in my opinion. (But I like to walk). MARTA can get you there. Then tromp through Underground Atlanta, visit CNN, World of Coke, Olympic Park. Aquarium is there, too, but expensive and sometimes lines are long. If you had a car, I’d send you to Stone Mountain for a day – my favorite place (and close to me.)</p>
<p>My H and I were in Atlanta a few weeks ago and went to the High Museum. The exhibit was so-so (Louvre Atlanta) but the museum itself was amazing. On past trips, we visited CNN (very good), took a tour of the Georgia Dome (actually enjoyed that also) and went to the Aquarium (fabulous). We went to a few really good restaurants (the Atlanta food scene is awesome).</p>
<p>“then left the rest of the column blank.”</p>
<p>lol…was that in the city’s major newspaper?</p>
<p>Is GA Tech Aquatic center the aquarium you’re talking about? or is it the one NW near Vinings?</p>
<p>Stone Mountain looks great! I love places like that. shall get a car on monday or tues to go there. will be less crowded you think?</p>
<p>I have Microsoft mapping software and it’s telling me GA Aq. is at the NW corner of town. But the address shows a completly different location near the olympic park. Which one is right?</p>
<p>What are your interests? D goes to Emory and there is a conference on World Law and World Health this weekend (beginning Friday I believe) that is free to the public - <a href=“Law in Action | Emory University School of Law”>Law in Action | Emory University School of Law. I have been very impressed with all that Emory (and its various graduate schools) has to offer so you might go on line and see if there is anything that interests you.</p>
<p>Oh and if you like to shop - the Lennox mall is a great place to start!</p>
<p>mel-
The new aquarium is downtown, near centennial park. The aquatic center at Ga Tech is the old Olympic natatorium. Near each other, but not the same thing. The aquarium is crowded, but well worth it. It is amazing.</p>
<p>If you are into History, there is the Atlanta History center. Its is near the governors mansion in Buckhead. Also, the cyclorama is right by the zoo. Its an interesting 360 degree mural/painting. Also, there are lots of civil war battlefield historic areas, andyou can go to Kennesaw mountain for some of that, as well as a nice walk and view. Ya gotta love our weather right now!</p>
<p>Sorry you missed the body works exhibit. We did have one. It was at the Atlanta Civic center. I am pretty sure it is gone now. Most of the bodies were male… til they got the the “adipose (fat) tissue” display. Then they used a woman. Grrrr.</p>
<p>Try looking at <a href=“http://www.accessatlanta.com%5B/url%5D”>www.accessatlanta.com</a> for lots of events, and things in your area. The ING marathon is this weekend. I’d offer to take you around (sorry, being in Lithia Springs without a car is a challenge) but I’ve got some committments to help prepare for the marathon. </p>
<p>Lastly, I don’t know if there is still anything there, but the community you are in got its name from an actual spa where bathers came to “take the waters” in the springs, which are rich in Lithium. I always wondered if there was still something there to go see.</p>
<p>And if you like history, Binx is right-- lots at Stone Mountain (and just a pretty place to be). Also, the Carlos Museum at Emory has a great Egyption exhibits with cool mummies! Ramses was here-- but we sent him back to Egypt when they realized who it was. </p>
<p>The cherry blossoms are in bloom and the azaleas are starting. How about the Botanical gardens?
Does this help??</p>
<p>“MLK Center” …uh-huh.</p>
<p>Do many white people (I’m just wondering out loud here, not making any assumptions about the OP or his/her interests) actually make a pilgrimage to the MLK Center out of “historical interest”? Somehow, I doubt it. My guess is that its just too much “political correctness” to ingest voluntarily. Too much of a temptation to eye-roll and mutter, “yada, yada, yada” under the breath (albeit, nowadays followed by the prerequisite feeling of guilt, and almost immediately by one of churlish self-defensiveness.) Who needs that? I’m sure Hereshoping would agree.</p>