REM, Indigo Girls, Kelly Hogan 40 Watt Club, Variety Playhouse, Georgia Theatre Woodfire Grill, Flying Biscuit, Chik-Fil-A, Mary Mac's Ansley Park, High Museum (architecture only, really), my condo Beloved Braves, University of Georgia My parents and their dog Georgia Aquarium Coca-Cola
Bulldogs football cheap gas (at least it used to be when I lived there), The Grit in Athens Oktoberfest in Helen The Varsity Grill The 40 Watt Sweet Tea (although I always made it "half and half," too sweet for my Yankee blood) UGA the dawg
How about two Canadian hockey teams? (The Flames relocated to Calgary from Atlanta; the Thrashers have become the latest incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets.) Not that I'm really a fan of either team, but having more NHL teams in Canada is a good thing.
Cumberland Island Lane Farm Peaches My small town hometown in South Georgia and all the others like it Frank McCall (architect) Nu Way Weiners (Macon) Coming up the escalator at Hartsfield when somebody is waiting for you at the top Serenbe Farms Robert Shaw and his Christmas special that the ASO still does every year My parents' old mountain house Braves
Is it too weird to say me?? What can I say, I ahve high self-esteem. :-D
UGA everything (Bulldog football in particular) Braves baseball - Friday night fireworks after a game is the best date night ever Taqueria del Sol Ted Turner (what?? I love that guy in all his nuttiness!) Coke, of course Peaches, yum The Okeefenokee Swamp (shout out to where I grew up, y'all, plus the swamp is empirically awesome) Jekyll Island The usual Athens/Atlanta notables well covered by others Chik-Fil-A
The Universal Joint in Decatur (featuring the charcuterie of former Brave Biff Pocoroba!) Watershed Decatur in general :) Of Montreal the little record store beside the 40 Watt Vanilla Coke at Waffle House
And if you don't like our license plates, vote for the new design! Please, those of you with good design sense, I beg you to make the back of my car not look awful.
(If you're curious about the "In God We Trust" - it was in the rules. (PDF)
Town of Helen (like the Bavarian feel - even if it is a bit fake) Chick Fil A Georgia Tech (where I met my husband) and most of all, my son, Declan, who was born in Lawrenceville
People I was surprised to find had Georgia roots: David Cross Bucky Dent The Sisters Fanning: Dakota and Elle Gale Harold Ed Helms Sterling Holloway DeForest Kelley Wayne Knight, (Born NYC - but grew up in GA and was UGA the mascot his soph. year at UGA) Joanne Woodward
1) UAHC Camp Coleman, Cleveland, GA - my first overnight camp and the bestest time ever. 2) Red clay, best used on baseball fields but also a wonderful way to ruin white t-shirts and athletic socks at summer camp. 3) Games 4 and 5 of the 1993 NLCS.
Moved to Philly 2+ years ago and I still miss it: Fellini's Morehouse Homecoming Piedmont Park/Grant Park Decatur Arts Festival Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House (Chick-Fil-A + open 24/6 = wonderful)
I'll second that - my only trip to Atlanta included dinner at Woodfire, which was fantastic. Also gives me the excuse to share this picture from outside the restrooms (words are: tell the Voltaggios: Tricks and foams may break my bones but bacon will never hurt me).
I'm coming late to the party and seconding the love for the Braves, Coca-Cola, Chick-fil-A and the aquarium. I've never seen a better college football player than Herschel Walker of Wrightsville.
Two other favorites with Georgia ties (courtesy of Wikipedia):
Coach Taylor may have made a name for himself in Texas, but Kyle Chandler actually was raised in Loganville (though he was born in Buffalo). Julia Roberts is an Atlanta native.
I'm a Coca-Cola man, myself.
ReplyDeleteAllman Brothers, the late Robert Shaw, Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full, Billy Carter.
ReplyDeleteSwallow at the Hollow, the country bar and Bar B Q joint in Roswell...
ReplyDeleteDominique Wilkins. Early Michael Vick.
ReplyDeleteCoke. Umm... Sherman's desire to say "Screw this state?"
Diet Coke.
ReplyDeleteWatts!
ReplyDeleteSavannah. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
The B-52s?
ReplyDelete(checks wikipedia)
....The B-52s!
REM, Indigo Girls, Kelly Hogan
ReplyDelete40 Watt Club, Variety Playhouse, Georgia Theatre
Woodfire Grill, Flying Biscuit, Chik-Fil-A, Mary Mac's
Ansley Park, High Museum (architecture only, really), my condo
Beloved Braves, University of Georgia
My parents and their dog
Georgia Aquarium
Coca-Cola
<span>Georgia Championship Wrestling circa 1980
ReplyDeleteThe Fox Theatre
Flannery O'Connor
The state nickname, because who doesn't like peaches?</span>
Bulldogs football
ReplyDeletecheap gas (at least it used to be when I lived there),
The Grit in Athens
Oktoberfest in Helen
The Varsity Grill
The 40 Watt
Sweet Tea (although I always made it "half and half," too sweet for my Yankee blood)
UGA the dawg
Wait--is something involving the State of Georgia going on tonight?
ReplyDeleteAnd I'll offer up Richard Blais.
How about two Canadian hockey teams? (The Flames relocated to Calgary from Atlanta; the Thrashers have become the latest incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets.) Not that I'm really a fan of either team, but having more NHL teams in Canada is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteCumberland Island
ReplyDeleteLane Farm Peaches
My small town hometown in South Georgia and all the others like it
Frank McCall (architect)
Nu Way Weiners (Macon)
Coming up the escalator at Hartsfield when somebody is waiting for you at the top
Serenbe Farms
Robert Shaw and his Christmas special that the ASO still does every year
My parents' old mountain house
Braves
Is it too weird to say me?? What can I say, I ahve high self-esteem. :-D
ReplyDeleteUGA everything (Bulldog football in particular)
Braves baseball - Friday night fireworks after a game is the best date night ever
Taqueria del Sol
Ted Turner (what?? I love that guy in all his nuttiness!)
Coke, of course
Peaches, yum
The Okeefenokee Swamp (shout out to where I grew up, y'all, plus the swamp is empirically awesome)
Jekyll Island
The usual Athens/Atlanta notables well covered by others
Chik-Fil-A
Taco Del Sol & Star Provisions (especially the butcher shop and the cheese counter) (same parking lot too!).
ReplyDeleteAs far as things that haven't been mentioned:
ReplyDeleteThe Universal Joint in Decatur (featuring the charcuterie of former Brave Biff Pocoroba!)
Watershed
Decatur in general :)
Of Montreal
the little record store beside the 40 Watt
Vanilla Coke at Waffle House
The state nickname, because who doesn't like peaches?
ReplyDeleteDidn't Colbert set the record straight on this years ago?
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/73489/august-24-2006/national-peach-month
Diet coke. Just needed to be repeated. Also I am in Spain and Coca-Cola light is so not the same!
ReplyDeleteThe Coca-Cola Corporation
ReplyDeleteGeorgia, The Midnight Train to
Game 4 of the 2010 NLDS
Sherman's March to the Sea
I was going to say Watts too! Great minds...
ReplyDeleteThe Decatur Book Festival (I've never been but it's supposed to be awesome.)
ReplyDeleteGeorgia on My Mind
Richard Blais
ReplyDeleteLady and Sons restaurant
Awww, y'all are lovely. Although I think I'm technically a product of Tennessee. I'll let Georgia take some claim, though.
ReplyDeleteFive & Ten
ReplyDeletethe National
the tree that owns itself
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
banana pudding martini at the Harlem Bar
And if you don't like our license plates, vote for the new design! Please, those of you with good design sense, I beg you to make the back of my car not look awful.
ReplyDelete(If you're curious about the "In God We Trust" - it was in the rules. (PDF)
As a transplant from the neighboring state of Tennessee, I'll throw in that it's awful conveninent to be able to buy wine in the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteYou namechecked Nu Way Weiners! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteTown of Helen (like the Bavarian feel - even if it is a bit fake)
ReplyDeleteChick Fil A
Georgia Tech (where I met my husband)
and most of all, my son, Declan, who was born in Lawrenceville
My house! :)
ReplyDeleteMy hood: East Atlanta, Ormewood Park, Grant Park
Thomas J. Hennen, Roy D. Bridges, Jr., Susan Still, David M. Walker, Sonny Carter and L. Blaine Hammond.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Mitchell, Diet coke, Chick Fil A and the Indigo Girls.
ReplyDeletePeople I was surprised to find had Georgia roots:
ReplyDeleteDavid Cross
Bucky Dent
The Sisters Fanning: Dakota and Elle
Gale Harold
Ed Helms
Sterling Holloway
DeForest Kelley
Wayne Knight, (Born NYC - but grew up in GA and was UGA the mascot his soph. year at UGA)
Joanne Woodward
I'm with you on some, but emphatically not the Braves!
ReplyDeleteI once saw a Prince show at the Fox - terrific show, great venue.
ReplyDelete1) UAHC Camp Coleman, Cleveland, GA - my first overnight camp and the bestest time ever.
ReplyDelete2) Red clay, best used on baseball fields but also a wonderful way to ruin white t-shirts and athletic socks at summer camp.
3) Games 4 and 5 of the 1993 NLCS.
Pfft. I've always been fonder of the 1995 playoffs, myself.
ReplyDeleteBlais has been mentioned, but let's not forget Kevin, King of Bacon Jam.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought of R.E.M. first, even without the Pavement name-check. ("Unseen Power of the Picket Fence", right?)
ReplyDeleteTonya and Pete Dugas and their kids. (My sister's family lives in Athens, GA.)
ReplyDeleteAnd many of us are fond of you, Georgia native.<span> </span>
ReplyDeleteEmory University, my alma mater
ReplyDeleteMoved to Philly 2+ years ago and I still miss it:
ReplyDeleteFellini's
Morehouse Homecoming
Piedmont Park/Grant Park
Decatur Arts Festival
Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House (Chick-Fil-A + open 24/6 = wonderful)
Georgia-Pacific
ReplyDeleteAmy and Emily
I'll second that - my only trip to Atlanta included dinner at Woodfire, which was fantastic. Also gives me the excuse to share this picture from outside the restrooms (words are: tell the Voltaggios: Tricks and foams may break my bones but bacon will never hurt me).
ReplyDeleteAll astronauts from Georgia!
ReplyDeleteI'm coming late to the party and seconding the love for the Braves, Coca-Cola, Chick-fil-A and the aquarium. I've never seen a better college football player than Herschel Walker of Wrightsville.
ReplyDeleteTwo other favorites with Georgia ties (courtesy of Wikipedia):
Coach Taylor may have made a name for himself in Texas, but Kyle Chandler actually was raised in Loganville (though he was born in Buffalo).
Julia Roberts is an Atlanta native.
Drivin' N' Cryin'
ReplyDeleteFat Matt's Rib Shack on Piedmont
ReplyDeleteA Chik-Fil-A less than 2 minutes from my house
Yep! The state won big in the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals on a case involving Atlanta's access to water from Lake Lanier!
ReplyDeleteAwww. You're going to make me blush.
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