http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Jamie Gumbrecht explores Atlanta with your help. en-us jgumbrecht@ajc.com 2008-12-31T07:00:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/12/31/notanewcomer.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer People ask questions about Atlanta, and I have answers. Not always, and rarely definitive. But after months responding with blank stares and good-natured reporterly curiosity, progress was evident. I noticed it when exhausted tourists stopped me in the street, or... 9743303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Uniquely Georgia 2008-12-31T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/31/halloween.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Sure, everybody place celebrates Halloween with a smidge of local flavor. I’ve seen Halloween parades before, but nothing quite like what I saw during the aftermath of Little Five Point’s. Another thing that gives our celebration a unique flavor:... 8430303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Fun stuff 2008-10-31T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/30/coldwinter.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer I had this twisted mental vision that I’d moved to a place where its 70 and sunny always, except for a few steamy summer months. Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I know I’m not the only one digging in to the... 8389003@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Weather 2008-10-30T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/29/singlewoman.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Just getting back to work after a few days out of town and while I was gone, commenter lcurtis asked a good question. “I will be graduating college and moving to Atlanta for work at the end of this year.... 8353203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Moving 2008-10-29T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/22/urbandare.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Teams in this month’s Urban Dare race in Atlanta get ready at Central Park. Teammates Lauryn Bellamy and Caroline Smart and teammates Rustom Maneksha and Michael Beasley call for help. It’s one thing to run a race through Atlanta... 8177703@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Fun stuff 2008-10-22T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/17/santa.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Johnny Hammond took over for his friend and mentor James Ray Bryan as the new Phipps Santa. In this 2006 photo, he talks to Bailey and Zach Waldow from Conyers. “Are you the real Santa?” Zach asked Hammond who... 8065303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Favorites 2008-10-17T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/16/historicsites.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer You need only reread comments on this blog, if you can stomach them, to get a general sense of feelings about Atlanta history: history? Huh? There’s plenty, but it’s not easy to spot during a three-day apartment hunt or on... 8028303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ History 2008-10-16T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/15/realhousewives.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Oh my. Until Tuesday afternoon, I’d only read about the spectacle of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” I watched it between phone calls at work. Know this: it holds tightly to the spirit of the Bravo “Real Housewives” series that... 7999203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Uniquely Georgia 2008-10-15T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/10/halloweenplans.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer This is The Westminster School’s Halloween Parade from 2006. File parades under “best places to people watch.” I hear Savannah is one of the most haunted cities in the United States, but I’ll bet Atlanta’s no slouch when it... 7860203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Out at Night 2008-10-10T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/09/cellphones.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer I didn’t buy a phone because it would browse the Web, tell me where to go, play music while I get there, tell all my friends about it, shoot a photo, post a video and make my dinner. I use... 7858803@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Moving 2008-10-09T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/10/08/voterwear.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Ahh, political fashion. Like this? Rasheed Aziz of Dallas sells T-shirts and sweatshirts outside a stop Democratic candidate Barack Obama in Jackson, Miss. in March. Or maybe this is more your style? Melinda Mock displays her allegiance during breakfast at... 7830703@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Current Events 2008-10-08T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/09/30/the_great_atlanta_gas_hunt_08.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Hey folks, I’m over at the Talk of the Town blog for now, updating and aggregating news of the gas shortage in the Southeast. Check back for the latest news and notes on the gas shortage and find tips on... 7650003@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ 2008-09-30T11:13:40-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/09/26/earlyvote.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Absentee voter, it sounds so ugly, like absentee parents or absentee landlords. I’ve been one. It’s not pretty. Now, early voter. EARLY voter. Up before dawn, getting down to work and finishing up with plenty of time to beat the... 7548103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Current Events 2008-09-26T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/09/25/jobhunt.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer More than any other reason, more than “I’ve got a brother here…” or “I went to college here…” or even “There was this girl…”, newcomers seem to wind up here for a job. Pretty scary now that our national unemployment... 7518403@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Moving 2008-09-25T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/09/24/atlsee.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer After my internship here five years ago, my mental vision of Atlanta had pretty low marks for memorability — a clogged highway that led to the gray innards of an office and a Gwinnett County cul de sac. Jump five... 7452203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Fun stuff 2008-09-24T07:00:00-04:00