It's time again for the 2009 Oakhurst Wine Crawl (aka Oakhurst Wine Tasting Festival).
On February 28th from 4 to 7 pm, local Oakhurst businesses will open their doors and feature wine from around the globe.
This is one of the favorite Oakhurst events and it really kicks off the Spring Festival season. Usually about 20 different businesses will participate and it is great fun to visit the local auto repair shop or the optomotrist's office and sample a glass of wine.
If you haven't been to the Oakhurst Wine Crawl before, please know that it SELLS OUT FAST. Only 750 tickets are sold each year and it is best to purchase them prior to the wine festival so you don't have to wait in the long lines.
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: Kavarna Coffee, Steinbecks and Universal Joint (all are on the corner of East Lake Dr and Oakview).
TICKET PRICES: $20 advance purchase; $25 on the day of the event
Upcoming Book Signings and Events at Wordsmiths Books
Visit Wordsmith's to order signed books from upcoming events. Please specify in the Comments Box on the ordering page that you're ordering signed books and also enter any special instructions or personalization requests in the Comments Box.
All orders for signed books must be placed through our website at least 48 hours in advance of the event. We can not guarantee a signed copy or personalization requests - authors are sometimes unable to sign books - but we will try our hardest to get you one.
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View Events on Google Calendar February 5 - Topher Payne with The Wayne Fishell Experiment February 8 - Jim Warren February 12 - David Hajdu February 21 - Zachary Steele February 23 - Christopher Moore
Universal Music Nashville Sugarland’s Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles are nominees in two categories at tonight’s Grammy Awards.
By SHANE HARRISON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In January 2004, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a roundup of some local acts to watch in the coming year. Among them was Sugarland.
At the time, then-member Kristen Hall said this about the band’s songs: “I want to hear them in Wal-Mart. I want to hear them on the ringtone of somebody’s phone over there.” That mission was soon accomplished. But four years later, Hall is no longer part of the band she helped start with Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles.
Despite setbacks, the band has gone from strength to strength and is once again a Grammy contender.
Still, the oft-awarded band has yet to secure that trophy.
Tonight could be its night, though, as it is up for both country performance by a duo or group with vocals and country collaboration with vocals.
As the duo reaches for this possible new milestone, let’s look back at the short but still quite strange trip of Sugarland.
JOEY IVANSCO / jivansco@ajc.com Waffle House is based in Norcross. WAFFLE HOUSE • Headquarters: Norcross • Founded: 1955 • Restaurants: 1,553 • Background: Started by Joe Rogers Sr., a former Toddle House manager, and Tom Forkner, who worked in real estate, when they opened the first Waffle House in Avondale Estates.
116 Waffle Houses to stay open under deal Restaurant chain takes control of locations owned by largest franchisee, now in Chapter 11
By JOE GUY COLLIER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Waffle House has taken control of more than 100 restaurants once owned by Northlake Foods, a Tampa, Fla., franchisee that filed for bankruptcy protection in September.
The move keeps open 116 restaurants that employ about 3,500 people across the Southeast. Northlake, the largest Waffle House franchisee, operated restaurants in Florida, Georgia and Virginia. Northlake’s largest shareholder was W.B. Johnson, an Atlanta businessman who owned Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. before selling it in the 1990s to Marriott. Johnson was sued by other Northlake shareholders for reportedly using Northlake money to pay for aircraft, a Buckhead office and other expenses unrelated to the Waffle House business.
Under a bankruptcy plan that cleared this week, the Northlake restaurants have been transferred to East Coast Waffles, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norcross-based Waffle House.
Waffle House wanted to take over the restaurants because it saw value in the outlets, said Jon Waller, general counsel for Waffle House and an officer for the newly formed East Coast Waffles. AJC Full story
Current bid on Ebay is 850.00 as of 2/5/09 You can bid here. Remember :All the proceeds go to the Trackside Tavern/Fifth Earl Employee Fund. End time:Feb-07-09 08:44:49 PST
At this rate I would not be surprised if it goes over $ 2,000.00
Ebay listing reads:
After months of waiting, Leon's Full Service is ready to open. The Brick Store guys are putting the final touches on their new space for an official opening Sunday or Monday. Who gets to buy the first official pint at the new hub of our fair city? It could be you! Mike, Dave, and Tom are auctioning off the right to buy the first pint, and all the proceeds go to the Trackside Tavern/Fifth Earl Employee Fund. The historic moment will be photographed and enshrined on the wall of Leon's along with the first bill. This is history in the making. You'll tell your grandkids. This will make the Inauguration look like a Concert on the Square. Mary Jane Mahan will immortalize you in the sequel to "Love at the Pub." You'll get to choose from the finest beer selection in the Southeast. And it's all to help out the good folks down on College Avenue. So bid like crazy. Even in a bad economy, you've got to have a drink every once in a while. Why not this one? First Pint will be served at 5pm on Opening Day.
Residents are invited to celebrate the release of a new book chronicling DeKalb County history at a party and silent auction next week to benefit the county’s history center.
As part of the launch of the book, “Historic DeKalb County,” the history center will host a party and fund-raiser on Thursday, Feb. 12. The event features hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction, with hotel stays, dinner certificates, children’s items and more up for grabs. The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Old Courthouse on Decatur Square.
For information, call 404-373-1088 or send an e-mail to dhs@dekalbhistory.org
Agnes Scott College was established in 1889 with a distinctive mission: to educate women for the betterment of their families and the elevation of their region. The college was named in honor Agnes Irvine Scott, a Scots-Irish immigrant who upheld a strong sense of integrity and intellectual curiosity. Her son Col. George Washington Scott was the college’s primary benefactor, and the Rev. Frank Henry Gaines, minister of Decatur Presbyterian Church, was the founding president.
Initially named the Decatur Female Seminary in 1889 and renamed the Agnes Scott Institute in 1890, the college was chartered as Agnes Scott College in 1906 and was the first institution of higher education in Georgia to receive regional accreditation.
Phil's official forecast as read February 2nd, 2009 at sunrise at Gobbler's Knob: Hear Ye Hear Ye
On Gobbler's Knob this glorious Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2009
Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators
Awoke to the call of President Bill Cooper
And greeted his handlers, Ben Hughes and John Griffiths
After casting a joyful eye towards thousands of his faithful followers,
Phil proclaimed that his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers were World Champions one more time
And a bright sky above me
Showed my shadow beside me.
So 6 more weeks of winter it will be.
Here are some answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the holiday:
. Yes! Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors.
. How often is Phil's prediction correct? 100% of the time, of course!
. How many "Phils" have there been over the years? There has only been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions for over 120 years!
. Punxsutawney Phil gets his longevity from drinking the "elixir of life," a secret recipe. Phil takes one sip every summer at the Groundhog Picnic and it magically gives him seven more years of life.
. On February 2, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob - in front of thousands of followers from all over the world - to predict the weather for the rest of winter.
. According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring.
. No! Phil's forecasts are not made in advance by the Inner Circle. After Phil emerges from his burrow on February 2, he speaks to the Groundhog Club president in "Groundhogese"(a language only understood by the current president of the Inner Circle). His proclamation is then translated for the world.
. The celebration of Groundhog Day began with Pennsylvania's earliest settlers. They brought with them the legend of Candlemas Day, which states, "For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl in May..."
. Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the 1800s. The first official trek to Gobbler's Knob was made on February 2, 1887.
. So the story goes, Punxsutawney Phil was named after King Phillip. Prior to being called Phil, he was called Br'er Groundhog.
RICH ADDICKS / raddicks@ajc.com Riley Hendrix, 6, a student at the Atlanta Montessori International School, holds up some of the pennies she and her classmates have collected for ‘Pennies for Peace,’ a fund-raising effort that helps fund a school-building effort in the remote regions of northern Pakistan.
Oak Grove Elementary students donate quarter-ton of pennies
By BO EMERSON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When it comes to charity, the kids at Oak Grove Elementary school in DeKalb County are heavy contributors.
Heavy, as in hundreds of pounds. They’ve donated at least a quarter-ton of pennies to help children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. “You should have seen this container,” said Oak Grove dad Martin Belson, a co-pilot of the school’s “Pennies for Peace” fund drive. “You couldn’t get four people to pick it up. It got so heavy they had to reinforce the table.”
Oak Grove is one of 3,200 schools to participate in the program, which was created by humanitarian Greg Mortenson, mountaineer and co-author of “Three Cups of Tea” (Penguin, $15), which has been on the New York Times Best Sellers list for 103 weeks. Mortenson’s book details his quixotic quest to build a school in a remote village in the Karakoram mountains of northwestern Pakistan, starting in 1993, and the ensuing literacy campaign that has swept around the globe. AJC full story
Leon's Full Service plans to open in about 7 to 8 days according to Dave of Leon's Full Service. He was kind enough to let me walk through and take some pictures today. He said they still had some electrical issues to work out.
I got to meet Dave Blanchard and Chef Eric Ottensmeyer while I was there. Thanks guys.
This week the Bamboo gets planted outside. Still some touch-up painting to do. This place looks very nice.
The Best Gym in Decatur, GA is NOW OPEN!!! BE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!! We have the latest free weight, cardio, and tanning equipment available, and we are open 24/7 365!! Please be sure to check the staffed hours.
LOCATION: 317 West Hill Street Decatur, GA 30030. We are located in the Historic Scottish Rite Complex in the center of Oakhurst. We are across the street from Universal Joint, and next door to The Solarium. If you are on West Hill St facing the Solarium, our building is the stucco/brick building next door (to the right) and our entrance is on the side of the building facing The Solarium.
Decatur Snap Fitness Center 317 West Hill St. Decatur, GA.
Our Career and Technology Department has spent a lot of time and energy educating our students about the careers and experiences that await them after high school. Next week, the department is hosting our annual Career Awareness Week. Many parents and community members will take part in the events, explaining their career and the training it took to accomplish success in their given field. Please see the events below. The community is welcome to participate, and is in fact, critical to the success of this experience. Please contact Mr. Duane Sprull at dsprull@csdecatur.org if you are able to participate.
At the very least, expect to see our students Monday afternoon scouring the city for businesses who are participating in a Scavenger Hunt. If you see teenagers who look lost, please offer your guidance!
Average home prices in DeKalb County plummeted 27 percent last month, compared with December 2007, largely because of a growing number of foreclosures.
The average sales price for single family homes declined from $208,671 in December 2007 to $151,935 last month, according to a report by the DeKalb Association of Realtors. We have had a lot of investors out there grabbing foreclosures,” said Sharon Nelson, the association’s president.
DeKalb’s price decline is worse than the overall metro Atlanta drop of about 13 percent last year. Home prices in the county were dragged down by a rash of foreclosures in south DeKalb, said Tal Kramer, a real estate agent with ReMax Communities.
“It has one of the highest percentages of foreclosures going on,” Kramer said.
The part of DeKalb that saw the biggest drop in average price for the entire year, almost 45 percent, was near the Scottdale area, in the 30079 zip code. Belvedere Park, the 30032 zip code near Avondale Estates, had the second-biggest drop in value for the year, of almost 40 percent, said Kramer, who analyzed sales activity in all areas of DeKalb.
If you are a long time Decatur resident you will remember this.
Comments:
Anonymous said: I remember Pizza By Candlelite very well.
January 31, 2009 8:34 AM
Next Stop...Decatur said...
Yes it was Pizza By Candlelite, it's probably remembered better by that. I'm not sure when they changed names, maybe someone else can. I think it was in the late 60's or early 70's the photo came from a 1969 school year book and the ad from a 1967 school year book. Note: Also their was a Pizza By Candlelite at Candler and College. Were these two a chain/related ? That I'm not sure.
Watch all three movies in the Man With No Name series: Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, andThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled "spaghetti westerns." Leone approached the genre with great love and humor. Although the plot was admittedly borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), Leone managed to create a work of his own that would serve as a model for many films to come. Clint Eastwood plays a cynical gunfighter who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rivaling gangs. Neither gang is aware of his double play, and each thinks it is using him, but the stranger will outwit them both. The picture was the first installment in a cycle commonly known as the "Dollars" trilogy. Later, United Artists, who distributed it in the U.S., coined another term for it: the "Man With No Name" trilogy. While not as impressive as its follow-ups For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars contains all of Leone's eventual trademarks: taciturn characters, precise framing, extreme close-ups, and the haunting music of Ennio Morricone. Not released in the U.S. until 1967 due to copyright problems, the film was decisive in both Clint Eastwood's career and the recognition of the Italian western.
Planning to mob a nearby grocery store for bread and toilet paper because you heard there might be snow next week?
The National Weather Service suggests you hold off for now.
It’s way too early to know if it’s going to be a problem in the Atlanta area,” forecaster Terry Murphy said Thursday evening.
In the wake of nasty East Coast and Midwest winter storms, weather officials said a storm system with the potential for dropping a wintry mix in Metro Atlanta is just that — potential.
“We might have a chance of seeing some winter precipitation Monday night or Tuesday,” Murphy said. “But the ground’s going to be warm, so it will take a lot.”
Forecasts call for relatively warm weather through the weekend, with high temperatures in the 50s, the weather service said.
Friday will be sunny and windy, with a wind advisory predicting gusts of up to 35 mph.
Saturday should be less windy with plenty of sun and a high of 54, while the mercury on Sunday will climb to 56 degrees with partly sunny skies.
“It’s probably going to start as rain,” Murphy said of Monday’s possible winter weather. “If it gets cold enough, [snow] will be on Tuesday.”
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30thJACKSON COUNTY LINE / ANGEL TAYLOR Show time: 8:00 pm / Doors open: 6:30 pmIndividual tickets: $10 / Tables of 4: $50Mellow yet soulful JACKSON COUNTY LINE delivers solid folk pop with guitar, cello, mandolin, trumpet, bass and drums. They are currently playing in support of their debut CD release Jackson County Line. Paste Magazine raves, "this is a gently moving and disquieting debut album. ANGEL TAYLOR is a California girl whose songs are reminiscent of her friend, Colbie Caillat. Her pop/folk driven debut release, "Love Travels" will be available in the spring. tickets
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st - AFTERNOON CHILDREN'S SHOWGUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD'S MELLOW SENSATION Show time: 2:00 pm / Doors open: 1:30 pmIndividual children's tickets: $8 / Adult Tickets: $10 / Tables of 4: $50GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD's MELLOW SENSATION concerts are a unique blend of live music and moving image. The minimally animated illustrations are accompanied by illustrator/songwriter Morgan Taylor's catchy and original story-songs for a truly different multimedia experience that is entrancing children, teens and adults. The character of Gustafer is a friendly creature who came to Earth from the sun and has an unusual magnetism for making friends with some of Earth's odder creatures. The New York Times said, "The show is a cross between "Yellow Submarine" and Dr. Seuss." Entertainment Weekly praised "...The most infectious original songs. It's like tapping into some pleasure center in the brain--both adult and kid...absurdly appealing. Grade: A+ New York Magazine named Morgan Taylor "Best Kids' Performer" in its 2008 "Best of New York" issue. "Mint Green Bee" from Gustafer Yellowgold's Wide Wild World is the Session I Grand Prize Winner in the children's category of the John Lennon Songwriting Competion, while "The Bluebird Tree" from Gustafer Yellowgold's "Have You Never Been Yellow?" is also a finalist. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st - EVENING SHOWSUNDOWN / JESSICA URICK Show time: 8:00 pm / Doors open: 6:30 pmIndividual tickets: $10 / Tables of 4: $50SUNDOWN (formerly Sun Sets East) is a unique blend of rock and country that is reshaping country music boundaries. They are a modern-classic country rock band pulling influences from Little Big Town and Keith Urban all the way back to The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.
Georgia's own country rocker JESSICA URICK has some impressive credits to her 22 years: performances at Nashville's acclaimed Bluebird Cafe, singing the national anthem at a professional sporting event, appearances on Good Day Atlanta, and a finalist on the TV show "Nashville Star." And it doesn't stop there. She was Atlanta's runner-up for teh Next Big Star Contest for Kenny Chesney, the winner of Nissan's Battle of the Bands and has opened for T. Graham Brown, Diana DeGarmo, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, and Luke Bryan.
What are you cookin' up this year for your Super Bowl party—your signature, go-to snack, or are you trying something new? How adventurous will you get to please the crowd? read all the comments here
Decatur start up aims to find the best blogs Regator mines most interesting posts
MIKKI K. HARRIS / mkharris@ajc.com Scott Lockhart (from left), Kimberly Turner and Chris Turner, founders of blog aggregator Regator.com, often hold meetings around the kitchen table.
By JAMIE GUMBRECHT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Google.com has an algorithm. Regator.com has Kimberly Turner. She’s 33, an Atlanta magazine writer, and curator of blogs on the young, Decatur-born aggregating Web site. On an Internet increasingly filled with noise and fluff, she sifts through hardly updated, long-forgotten, navel-gazing diatribes to find good writing and interesting discussions. She shuffles the best into categories on Regator, making it easier for users to find quality posts sorted by topic.
Since the site launched in August, she’s added more than 9,000 blogs to Regator categories, building each for quality, not quantity. Usually, she hunts blogs quietly, on the couch at home. For one week every month, she opens the site to nominations, and gets up to 400 suggestions per day.
Her rejection rate: about 75 percent.
Time consuming? Yes. But it also makes them different, says Turner, who launched Regator with her husband, Scott Lockhart, the site’s designer and business mind, and her younger brother, Chris Turner, the site’s techno-geek.
It was supposed to be a real estate blog aggregator (RE-gator, get it?), a side project for Lockhart and Chris Turner. But once Chris had written the code, well, “it kind of seemed silly,” Chris Turner says. “It wasn’t that much harder.” Topics range from parenting to hipsters to animal rights to cricket to gadgets to, yes, real estate.
Chick-fil-A ‘blessed’ with increased sales CEO credits affordable new menu and God for double-digit sales growth
By JOE GUY COLLIER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Chick-fil-A credited a loyal customer base, affordable prices and menu upgrades for helping it increase sales in 2008. God’s blessing didn’t hurt, either, a company executive says.
The Atlanta-based chicken chain reported Thursday system-wide sales for last year of $2.96 billion, up 12 percent from 2007. The company has increased sales every year since the first Chick-fil-A opened in Atlanta’s Greenbriar Mall in 1967. It was the 16th straight year of double-digit sales growth.
Decatur Metro reports on a Fundraiser this Friday for the employees of 5th Earl Market will be held at Parker's on Ponce 5th Earl Market had heavy damage from the fire at Trackside Tavern.
Last Game in the Decatur Rec is scheduled for February 13th!
After 50 years of playing in "The Rec", Decatur High School has scheduled their last basketball game in the Decatur Recreation Center for Friday, February 13, 2009 against Blessed Trinity. Next season, the basketball games will be played on campus in the new athletic complex. To celebrate the final game, players and coaches of the girl's and boy's basketball teams who played in "The Rec" over the years are invited to come to the game for a time to remember and reminisce. There will be a reception in a hospitality room and between the girl's and boy's game, there will be a recognition ceremony for all former players and coaches in attendance. The girl's game will start at 5:00pm and the boy's game will start following the ceremony. If there are any former players or coaches who are interested in attending, please contact Brent Eickhoff at Decatur High School. His email address is beickhoff@csdecatur.net and his phone number is 404-643-0669. Please give your name and year of graduation. When you arrive, there will be a sign-in table in the lobby of "The Rec".
Homemade slow down signs have become very popular in Decatur, these have a string of lights attached to them that go from one side of the street to the other.
Starbucks to close 300 more stores, cut 6,000 jobs Coffee chain’s profits fall 69 percent; company says Atlanta market ‘will be impacted’
By MELISSA ALLISON
The Seattle Times
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Starbucks will cut 6,000 positions as it closes 300 stores worldwide over the next eight months and will eliminate about 700 non-store workers by mid-February as it cuts costs to stem its eroding profits.
The immediate layoffs include about 350 employees at its Seattle headquarters, about 11 percent of the 3,200 people who work there. The 300 store closures will include 200 U.S. shops.
“Though we do know the Atlanta market will be impacted, we do not at this time have specific details about numbers of or locations of stores that will be impacted by these announcements,” the company said in a statement.
A Salvation Army band played And the children drank lemonade And the morning lasted all day, All day And through an open window came Like Sinatra in a younger day, Pushing the town away Ah -
(Chant) Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town.
They sat on the stoney ground And he took a cigarette out And everyone else came down To listen. He said "In winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And the Beatles."
(Chant) Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town. Ah hey ma ma ma All the work shut down.
The evening had turned to rain Watch the water roll down the drain, As we followed him down To the station And though he never would wave goodbye, You could see it written in his eyes As the train rolled out of sight Bye-bye.
(Chant) Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town. Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town.
How can something like this happen ? answer: The system is broken.
Mortgage market clouds who owns woman’s house
By CARRIE TEEGARDIN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Twenty years ago, Zella Mae Green bought a modest brick ranch house in DeKalb County with an American ideal in mind. The single mother of four, who raised her children working low-wage jobs, wanted to own something someday. And she wanted to pass something on. “I was thinking that if anything would ever happen to me, the children would have a place they could come and stay,” said Green, a seamstress who is 68. “Their father passed away when they were young.” reen says she has done her part, making payments on the house she bought for $40,000 to the series of lenders who have managed her mortgage over two decades.
But Citigroup and Wells Fargo say Green has failed miserably as a homeowner and is nine years behind on her payments. And they want to take the house.
“Nine years? There ain’t no way,” Green said. “Ain’t no way you can stay someplace for nine years without paying anything.”
The Decatur Fire Dept. secure boards on backside of the Trackside Tavern.
An employee assistance fund has been established at Decatur First Bank. Those wishing to contribute can make checks payable to Trackside Employee Fund and mail it or drop it by the bank, and address it to the attention of Ann Berg at 1120 Commerce Drive, in Decatur.
A sign posted on Zucca Bar & Pizzeria front door Saturday read "We will open at 5:00 PM today. Menu here. Located on the Square next door to the Brick Store Pub
JASON GETZ / jgetz@ajc.com /Staff Antje Kingma, owner of Eco-Bella, stands in front of her business next to the green and purple carbon neutral site certified sticker on Highland Avenue in Atlanta.
Virginia-Highland businesses band together to help environment
By JIM AUCHMUTEY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Think of it as the intersection of good times and good intentions.
A new sign at the corner of Virginia and North Highland avenues proclaims the intown Atlanta shopping and dining district a “carbon-neutral zone.” What it doesn’t say is that Virginia-Highland also claims to be the nation’s first such zone.
While this could be seen as the latest chapter in the annals of green marketing — another emission in all the talk about global warming — there’s actually substance behind the boast.
The carbon-free zone is the result of a pilot project engineered by a local environmental company — an intricate transaction linking 18 merchants, a trading exchange in Chicago, a charitable foundation in Atlanta and thousands of acres of forest in rural Georgia.
“I’m sure most of us don’t understand exactly how it works,” says Andy Kurlansky of Everybody’s Pizza, one of the Virginia-Highland businesses that paid to be part of the venture. “But I still thought it was worthwhile.” AJC Full story here.
Click on photo to link back to original post over at the atlanta music blog. Paste Releases Indie Rock Alphabet Book, Party This Sunday in Decatur
So you're having a baby. Or maybe you already have one. And it's getting to that time when you've got to teach your wee one the basics of the English language. But you're cool and hip, and don't want to do the usual "A is for Apple" routine. So what do you do?
Well never fear, Paste is here, ready to put your hipster worries to rest. The "Signs of Life in Music and Culture" magazine has just released An Indie Rock Alphabet Book. With entries like the above one for V - Vampire Weekend - you can rest assured that your toddler will grow up wearing skinny jeans and sporting an ironic mustache.
Paste is also hosting a party at Decatur children's bookstore Little Shop of Stories this Sunday, January 25 at 3 p.m. - for more information click here.
The longest election season in memory is now over, and we wanted to help you unwind and express yourself as we head into the new era.
Make your own "Obamicon" — your image in a style inspired by Shepard Fairey's iconic poster. Regardless of your candidate of choice in the 2008 election, here's your chance to sound-off.
Take your picture with a webcam or upload a photo, choose your own message, and submit to the gallery.
