Atlanta Travel Blogs

The Georgia Aquarium opened it's doors on November 23, 2005 as an absolutely magnificent gift to the residents of the State of Georgia by Bernie and Billi Marcus and The Marcus Foundation (Bernie is co-founder of The Home Depot).   As a gesture of his appreciation to the citizens of Atlan…

Last week's trip down to the great state of Georgia was a very welcomed and relaxing escape from all the everyday activites that have been swirling around my head for the past few months.  Having been back a week, I can say with a bit of regret that none of those issues had taken the liberty t…

As I am a little slow at times with writing stuff I thought I can at least upload the pictures... :-)

The notes explaining what supporting documents I needed for my visa instead of helping me only confused me more!  Apostilled?  What is that and how do I get one?  Well I had other hurdles to jump first.   The list of needed documents, 1-4 were going to be simple to get, but numb…

Alright, hopefully the content on this blog is about to get ALOT more interesting... I leave this morning!!  I've got to go run a few errands, then checkout of my dorm, then hop on a plane to Houston, then hop on a plane to (what?!) AREGNTINA!!  To anyone who might be reading this, please…

Ok first and foremost before I even tell you about our day there I just want to say there is such a thing as southern hospitality!  We arrived in Atlanta at about 3:30 in the afternoon the first thing I asked my husband was to drive to the state capitol building so that I could get a picture.&…

          My theory on Floridians:  they can do anything in flip-flops!  Just to prove this point, I walked up Stone Mountain in a $2.00 pair of crappy rubber Wal-Mart flip-flops.  What a morning!  We woke up later than expected becau…

Haha as I re-read over the journal entry, I laugh over how hard I tried to write as if I was a film connosier... oh well. I had the fun of a novice, of a care-free kid discovering a new world... ATLFF 365 - Atlanta Film Festival 365 Conversations with moviemakers at Starbucks - 4-6pm. "The Evenin…

I drove to Atlanta to visit my sister and it snowed!  1-2" of snow in Atlanta!  This only happens about once every 5 years.  People in the city were near panic - do we close schools and businesses?  How do we drive in snow?  Being from the Midwest, I find this amusing. …

What do you do with a little downtime? Take a weekend in Atlanta. The Georgian Acquarium was the attraction and it fully lived up to it's billing. The big tank is 8 million gallons and highlights three 50 ft whale sharks and many other fish. We walked olympic centenial park and got wet in the fount…

At Fogo De Chaos

The last day in Paris is always hard for me. I really never want to leave there, and there are always about a million more things that I find that I want to do. I started out my last full day's morning getting our croissants and café au lait and then I headed to the catacombs sans douche – I f…

wooooooooo!  less than a month 'till liftoff!  wooooooh!      yours truly,         john

I’m back in Atlanta with my family.  Last night, my brother’s friend got married at one of the hotel’s downtown.  Her engagement ring was 6 carats.  That’s huge!  Needless to say, it was a nice wedding.  My family was pretty tired this morning from all the partying …

Well, it's been nearly a month now that I've lived here in Midtown Atlanta after moving here from Asia. After living for 3 years straight, primarily in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by 5 1/2 months on a small island in Japan; Atlanta is a breathe of fresh air. Literally! Bangkok was great, everyday…