PEE WEES BIG ADVENTURE
Tuesday Sept 6th @ 9:30
Saturday Sept 10th @ 3:00
Plus Bike frame art show by SOPO Bikes
From The Plaza Theatre site
Tuesday Sept 6th @ 9:30
Saturday Sept 10th @ 3:00
Plus Bike frame art show by SOPO Bikes
From The Plaza Theatre site
Now owned by Atlanta-based Noble Investment Group, hotel General Manager Bert Haifley confirmed the hotel will close four months beginning Oct. 2.
He said when the hotel reopens in February, it will be among the most modern Marriott Courtyards in the country.
“It will have a refreshing business lobby and bistro concept that transforms into a trendy hip lounge area at night,” Haifley said. “Every single guest room will be completely renovated floor to ceiling. The hotel is going to make a dramatic statement.”
Full story at Decatur Patch
Project would expand MARTA rail through the Clifton corridor and link Lindbergh Center with Emory, the CDC, Decatur and Avondale Estates.
The $700 million Clifton Corridor MARTA route to Emory University cleared another hurdle on Monday, as metro Atlanta leaders agreed to include it on a massive, $6 billion list of transportation projects spread throughout the region.
The Clifton Corridor project would expand MARTA rail through the Clifton corridor and link Lindbergh Center with Emory, the CDC, Decatur and Avondale Estates.
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Store sells 32-ounce as well as 64-ounce containers.
From decaturpatch.comWhat exactly is a growler? This is how it's described in an email from Avondale Estates City Hall.
A passenger who gave his name as ‘Dan Cooper’ (the "D.B." is based on later errors in the media, but has become more widely known) boarded Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, bound for Seattle. Using the threat of a bomb in his suitcase, Cooper hijacked the plane shortly after take off.
It landed in Seattle, where Cooper released the passengers unharmed in exchange for his ransom demands being met: $200,000 in unmarked bills and 4 parachutes. After taking on these items, Cooper directed the crew to take off once more, and fly to Reno, Nevada.
During this second flight, he sent all the crew to the cockpit, and parachuted from the plane with the money. He was never apprehended, and although approximately $5000 was later found in the area that he parachuted into, nothing else ever was. Cooper has never been identified, and his true name may never be known. The FBI has stated that it believes him to have died upon landing, and decayed to nothing before he could be found. Of course, they also claimed that he was rude and abusive in conversations with them, which is at variance with the recollections of the crew members who heard these conversations, so it’s possible that the Bureau may be engaged in a certain amount of ass-covering.
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by Jennifer Brett
We hear funny guys Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller are coming to town for a movie called “Neighborhood Watch.”
This is billed as a “science fiction comedy.” They play dads who hang out in their subdivisions just being dudes but then they stumble onto some big conspiracy. So Atlanta is the perfect place for that movie.
Filming for this project cranks up this fall. Their folks are already in town poking around, scouting locations.
We also hear that the guys want to stay in style and are contracting with a local high-end leasing company to book them into some ritzy digs for the time that they are here.
I just posted this on The Cook’s Warehouse Facebook page and we’re exclusive in the city with it!
** CALLING ALL SHIZZLEHEADS **
We’re now stocking The Shizzle, a gourmet Jamaican jerk marinade that’s great for the BBQ or to add a Jamaican flavor to meats and vegetables.
Fans are called Shizzleheads and here’s a link to an official Shizzle recipe, Shizzled and Mango Salsa-Stuffed Pork Loin: http://bit.ly/qzvWwr
http://www.theshizzlesauce.com/index.php
Join Wahoo! and Ale Yeah! Craft Beer Market owner Eddie Holley for a five-course Atlanta Beer Tasting Dinner.
Wednesday, August 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Enjoy a summer menu prepared by executive chef Christian Speigal paired with Atlanta's finest hand-crafted beers selected by Holley. The menu will include:
Reception:
Prosciutto wrapped shrimp with roasted sweet potato Sweetwater 420 Pale Ale
First Course:
Spiced Ahi tuna salad with roasted beets, heirloom cucumbers and ginger-honey vinaigrette
Terrapin Sunray Wheat
Second Course:
Beer-braised Pine Street Market sausage with slow-roasted Arnett Farm heirloom tomato ragout
Sweetwater IPA
Third Course:
Florida red snapper with sauteed summer vegetables and lemon-dill veloute
Red Brick Blonde
Fourth Course:
Braised Eden Farms pork belly with roasted cippolini onions, haricot vert and parsnip puree
Wild Heaven Invocation
Fifth Course:
Chocolate fondant with fresh raspberry coulis and brown sugar whipped cream
Wild Heaven Ode to Mercy
An intimate evening with space for 27 guests, the dinner will be served in our private dining room and is $38 per person, plus tax and gratuity. To reserve a spot for this special experience, please call 404.373.3331.
But the exact time is still under wraps to sidestep long lines at the bar
By Theresa WoodgeardThe long wait for Trackside Tavern’s re-opening is almost over. In fact, it’s just days, maybe even hours away. Really.
“The place looks beautiful,” said owner Doc Al Czarkowski in an e-mail. The staff is hired and trained, the glassware is washed and on the shelves. The beer is in the fridge and the liquor is in the cabinet.
Indeed, cold beer and clean glasses leave little doubt the pouring of the first libation is imminent and according to a July 21 post on Trackside’s Facebook, “there is “nothing ‘tentative’ about it anymore.”
But for now, ‘mum’ is the word on an exact day and time the Decatur “Cheers-like" bar will open.
“We are going to try our best to have a soft opening to avoid a line of people waiting at the door at the same time,” said Czarkowski.
The popular neighborhood bar on College Avenue closed for more than two years due to a fire that destroyed the tavern. The 1917 building was demolished and rebuilt from the ground up.
Join us for the newest Plaza film series sin-sation TABOO-LA-LA with BLAST OFF BURLESQUE!
From Decatur Patch
Decatur's newest school is close to being ready for the Aug. 2 start of the school year.
The 4/5 Academy at Fifth Avenue is the first new school built in Decatur since Renfroe Middle School in 1972. It will serve fourth and fifth graders from throughout the city's school system.
The new building replaces the old Fifth Avenue Elementary, which sat empty for the past few years.
The Academy will be part of the International Baccalaureate Program, which offers a curriculum that is seen a much more rigorous than those offerd by most public schools.
The official ribbon-cutting will be held on Sunday, July 31, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. The public can tour the building during that time.
Interview Whitney Miller from Gordon Ramsey’s MasterChef
WHO: Whitney Miller, Season 1 winner, Gordon Ramsey’s MasterChef
WHAT: FREE EVENT: Miller will autograph her new cookbook, “Modern Hospitality: Simple Recipes with Southern Charm” at the Decatur location of The Cook’s Warehouse
Hors d'oeuvres and beverages served from the cookbook
The public is kindly asked to RSVP for planning:
https://classes.cookswarehouse.com/ClassReg/Public/classes.asp?classid=4943
WHERE and
WHEN: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5 to 7 p.m.
The Cook’s Warehouse
180 West Ponce de Leon Avenue
Decatur, Georgia 30030 / 404-377-4005, store phone
Road Warrior: Decatur Square: MyFoxATLANTA.com