Wimpy Kid ice treat truck tour @ Little Shop of Stories

By Shelia M. Poole

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The 2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid summer ice-treat truck tour will roll through Georgia as part of a nationwide tour.
The tour will highlight the release of the new "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth" book, which will go on sale in November. The tour also leads into the September release of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books," the first-ever collection of books one through four in the series that features an original Rowley Jefferson cartoon.

The events kick off Sunday. The first stop will be at noon at the Little Shop of Stories, 133A East Court Square in Decatur. At 4 p.m. , the ice-treat truck will be at Books-A-Million, 1774 Jonesboro Rd. in McDonough.

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books, written by Jeff Kinney and published by Amulet Books, are sold in more than 30 countries around the world.

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Little Shop of Stories
133A East Court Square
Decatur, Georgia 30030

Relics and Rarities Moving to Underground Atlanta

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UPDATE:
Wasting no time, Warren has already cleared out half of the building as of Saturday
Aug. 14th.
He "hopes" to have the Underground Atlanta location set up by mid October.
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Warren Pickard inside his Decatur Ice Cream Parlor
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Relics & Rarities Leaving Decatur, Say It Ain't So - Relics & Rarities to Move to Underground Atlanta

Since Sept. 2009 Atlanta Policeman Warren Pickard opened his doors to his Car Gallery and Ice Cream Shop for a journey through time with his collection "Cool Stuff"

In early September 2009, Relics and Rarities Ice Cream Parlor and Car Gallery opened its doors to Decatur, Ga. He was prepared and did take the youth of Decatur, and the entire metropolitan area on a wonderful journey. The Gallery is full of American automobile history and the culture in which it is surrounded. Just about every item in the gallery has a Relics and Rarities information plaque associated with it. The plaques provided interesting and educational comments. His motto was and still is “learn something cool and have a cool scoop of ice cream while you’re at it.”

The Decatur location was very good to him but he wanted more customers to see his unique collection. He hates to leave Decatur,
but business is business and with an offer he could not resist, he will be moving to Underground Atlanta soon.

Warren said: "After the CNN story, Relics and Rarities got a lot of interest from all over the country. In fact 97% of Relics and Rarities customers over the last year did not reside in Decatur. So it makes good business sense to move into an environment such as Underground Atlanta. I think it would have been difficult for Relic and Rarities to find longevity on North McDonough Street in the long term because the street is so neglected".

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I know Relics and Rarities will do very good in Underground Atlanta.
And become even more popular.
Good Luck Warren.

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Raging Taco & Burrito

Decatur, GA
Chill at the Festive Bar or relax on the Big Garden Patio! Enjoy Tasty margaritas & 16 Craft beers on tap! They validate parking! Since 1996.

Voted #1 Burritos by Creative Loaf
141 Sycamore St
Decatur, GA 30030
404-377-3311‎

The Book Nook - Decatur

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The Book Nook

Buy, Trade, Sell, Book's On Tape, Compact Discs, Videos, Records, Tapes, 50000 New & Used Books, 50 000 New & Used Books, New & Used Books, 5000 Cassettes, 20000 Used Tapes, 20000 Records, 15000 CDs, Compact Disc, Vcr's, DVD's

Hours: OPEN 7 DAYS

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Book Nook
3073 N. Druid Hills Rd.
Decatur, Ga
(404) 633-1342

Isabella's Cafe Now Open

Isabella's Cafe
910 West College Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
www.isabellascafe.com

Run Decatur Run

By April Hunt

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A little Decatur Envy could be healthy.
Or so city leaders and organizers of an upcoming 5K race hope. The DeKalb County city has become the first municipality to sign up to participate -- with city residents, workers or anyone else who wants to race under the Team Decatur banner -- in what has been a corporate event for 28 years.

And the city challenged other communities to join in a little healthy competition when the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk race day comes next month.

“It’s not just a way to get active,” said Cheryl Burnette, the city’s assistant director of active living. “You can come out and meet people you may never have met before. It’s truly for the community.”

Decatur is used to trying things first. For more than a decade, the town has widened sidewalks, planted trees and added streetlights to entice pedestrians downtown.

The city’s main drag -- Ponce de Leon -- and Decatur Square have since filled with pubs, outdoor cafes, boutiques and condos that many other cities cite as their model when renovating their center cities.
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Ink and Dagger Presents The 2nd Annual Man Day Aug. 14, 2010

Ink & Dagger Tattoo Parlour is proud to bring you “Man Day”. What is “Man Day”? Well, only the most significant holiday of them all. Every year, couples celebrate Valentine’s Day, and we all know that it’s all about the ladies. So we’ve decided to let them have their candy hearts and roses and claim a new holiday for men everywhere.

On Saturday, August 14th, Ink & Dagger brings Americans a day to celebrate all things macho with a barrage of tattoos, stiff drinks, friendly competition, and good times.

Starting at noon, Ink & Dagger will open it’s doors and let the festivities begin with a selection of tattoos for $50. After you get your manly badge of honor, head over to Twain’s and raise a glass to the Y chromosome while enjoying a few pints of our limited edition “Man Day Brew”. Stick around for a live sideshow performance from the world-famous Capt. Stab-Tuggo. He’ll amaze your eyes and astound your senses as he performs timeless sideshow acts including sword swallowing and the human dart board.

As the evening progresses, the Captain will host a carnival of events including an arm wrestling showdown, bobbing for lobsters, hot wing eating contest, handyman challenge, beard and mustache competitions, and much more.

Everyone wins on ‘Man Day’ but a lucky few will win a free spin on Ink & Dagger’s world-famous “Wheel of Destiny“. Once you emerge victorious from one of our manly competitions, your true destiny awaits as you step up and face the wheel. Throw caution to the wind and give it a spin. You could win your share of $1000′s in prizes including free tattoos!

New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe Grand Opening

Decatur, GA

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday-Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday & Saturday 11am - 9pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm
Monday Closed
New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe
340 W Ponce de Leon Ave
Decatur, GA 30030

Decatur Students in Trailers , Administrators in school

Decatur, GA


Decatur, GA


Dozens of Decatur students will attend classes in trailers this year at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center, while about 50 administrators run their offices out of a former elementary school.
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By Megan Matteucci

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dozens of Decatur students will return to classes Monday in trailers while their administrators work from inside a half-empty school.

City Schools of Decatur officials say the trailers are temporary for one year while they finish building a new school.

But parents don’t understand why the 40 administrators who work out of the former Westchester Elementary School don’t spend the year in trailers instead.

“Anyone who is familiar with Westchester can see it’s a school built for children,” said Emily Kandetzki, who has four children in Decatur schools. “It’s heart-wrenching to walk into a classroom and see them filled with big black leather chairs and administrators.”

Westchester was built as an elementary school, complete with bathrooms in each classroom, brightly colored walls, cubbies and low-hanging hooks. A playground sits on a large grassy field.

The small district will use 10 trailers this school year while it finishes construction of a new school at the site of the former Fifth Avenue school, communications director Bruce Roaden said.

The new school, which is slated to open in Aug. 2011, will be for fourth and fifth graders. Renovations are also under way at the middle and high schools.

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Trackside Tavern Clone Coming Soon

Trackside Tavern in Decatur, GA, has been closed since Jan. 2009 when a fire destroyed most of the building it occupied since 1982. For a year and a half it has been gone, but not for long, look for a clone of the building to rebuilt in same location very soon. follow Trackside Tavern facebook
fan page for updates

Office Property for Lease - 125 E. Trinity Place, Decatur, GA

Decatur, GA

125 E. Trinity Place is an approximately 16,500 square foot retail/office building located in the heart of downtown Decatur, GA. The building has had a complete interior and exterior renovation and has 40 parking spaces in the rear that are available to tenants and their guests at no charge. In addition to walking traffic, Church Street has traffic counts of 13,900 per day and East Trinity Place has traffic counts of 11,330 per day.

Located on East Trinity Place between the intersections of N. McDonough Street and Church Street, 125 E. Trinity Place is located in the heart of downtown Decatur. It is located adjacent to Chick-fil-A and Greene's Fine Foods, across the street from Decatur City Hall and the Dekalb County Courthouse. It is within easy walking distance to the Decatur Square and MARTA train station.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16626690/125-E-Trinity-Place-Decatur-GA/

Wiggle 1/2 OFF SALE !

Wiggle
305 East College Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030 • 404-373-2522
http://www.wiggleatlanta.com/

Join Team Decatur and Get Fit @ Walk/Run Kickoff July 26

Decatur, GA
http://www.decaturga.com/

Please Visit The New Glenlake Park

Decatur, Ga. The Rec Center

Decatur's Mayor Says a Wider Tunnel is Needed for Safety

At the Decatur City Commission meeting a couple of weeks ago they approved the North McDonough Streetscape project, at that time Mayor Bill Floyd made a comment about looking into expanding the tunnel that's underneath the railroad tracks, located on East College Ave. and Howard Ave to help improve pedestrian safety. It is used by Agnes Scott students walking to downtown Decatur.
As a kid my brothers and I used it all the time walking to Decatur to go to the show as we lived behind Agnes Scott College.

Victory Vintage Home Art Work No More.

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Well you won't find it (the art work) at Victory Vintage Home.
The Famous Pink and Black 1950's vintage art work has been painted
over by Meldora Hair Salon which is due to open soon.

This is me, but I liked the 50's art work better.

Design-a-Library-Card Art Work

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Here are just a few of the art work designs submitted to The Decatur Library.
You can see all of them on display at The Decatur Library.

DeKalb County Public Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, Georgia 30030
404-370-8450

4th of July in Decatur Ga.

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Thurbert Baker

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Hank Johnson
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