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A testament to black businesses: Odd Fellows Building observes centennial
Velma Maia Thomas Fann looks at the cornerstone of the six-story red brick Odd Fellows Building and reads aloud some of the names etched there. There was B.S. Ingram and Dr. R.H. Cobb and R.E. Pharrow. And then there was B.J. Davis. Benjamin J. Davis, a businessman and publisher of ...
MARTA slows service this weekend
MARTA will modify rail service this weekend to do scheduled track work. Red Trains will only operate between North Springs and Lindbergh, meaning service between Lindbergh and Airport Stations will be running every 20 minutes and travelers from North Springs will need to transfer to a Gold Line train at ...
The Pocket in North Georgia a favorite with wildflower lovers
For wildflower enthusiasts, a visit to the Pocket at Pigeon Mountain in North Georgia’s Walker County can be a sure cure for spring fever. The Pocket is regarded as Georgia’s premier site for early spring mountain wildflowers. “Many people consider it to be the best wildflower walk in the state ...
Oakland Cemetery tour recalls Atlanta’s baseball heritage
The city is in ruins — buildings toppled by cannon fire, chimneys tottering amid the rubble, train tracks torched and twisted by an army burning its way to the sea. In the spring of 1866, Atlanta bears the bruises of war. It is a hellish time. And yet, on the ...
WWII veteran takes trip in time in B-17
They were so young — farm boys and city kids, all of them suddenly called men. The U.S. Army gave them uniforms and readied them for a global conflict. That was Rudolph Phillips’ job. He taught them the intricacies of aiming a .50-caliber machine gun and blowing enemy airplanes out ...
Unspoiled Little St. Simons Island is a wildlife haven
Little St. Simons Island (though not so little at 10,000 acres) lies only a 15-minute boat ride from its bigger, better-known sister, St. Simons Island. In terms of development, however, the two islands couldn’t be further apart.Whereas St. Simons is top-heavy with condominiums, shopping centers, golf courses and mini-mansions, Little ...
Blogger connects people, places, palates
Sometime in 2009, Sucheta Rawal happened upon a website about a volunteer excursion to Russia. She was 29 years old and by then had traveled to about 30 countries, slept in cookie-cutter hotels, sampled restaurants recommended in guidebooks, snapped up the same old souvenirs. Russia, though, was different, she ...
10 southern festivals you need to taste
By Lynn SeldonFood and wine festivals in the Southeast are hotter than a cast iron skillet full of corn bread. “We are witnessing a proliferation of festivals in the South and across the nation,” says John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance in Oxford, Miss.Of southern-specific festivals, Atlanta ...
Winter is the Duckiest Time of the Year
Georgia’s winters are just ducky — the best time of the year to see a variety of ducks on Georgia’s rivers, lakes and other waterways.Accordingly, my birding friends Liz Horsey and Gail Russell and I spent a morning last weekend watching the antics of several duck species on the ponds ...
The beauty of Florida’s ‘forgotten coast’
The Raw Beauty of the Raw Oyster For oyster lovers, Apalachicola is Florida’s pearl. There are many reasons to visit Franklin County, that conglomerate of tiny panhandle communities often called the “forgotten coast” because of its non-touristy, Old Florida vibe - the uncrowded, pet-friendly beaches on St. George Island, the ...
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