Congratulations Co-Champs
December 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment
High School Football in the south is almost a religion. This year’s 5-AAAAA Georgia State Championship game was played tonight between two local Metro Atlanta High Schools. Roswell High School, a perenial powerhouse, and Peachtree Ridge High School, founded just over four years ago, played to a 14-14 tie. Georgia High School football rules do not allow for any type of overtime or tie breaker. While it is fairly certain that the players would have liked to settle this on the feild, perhaps it may be better to be co-champions and share the distinction. Congratulations go out to Peachtree Ridge High School and Roswell High School football programs. You are “Champions”.
Don’t Be Clueless
December 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Did you know there is such a thing called a C.L.U.E. Report for homes. I guess you could call it an insurance inspection report for the last five years on a specific home. Having learned about a report of this nature don’t you think you would like to have one on a home you may be looking to purchase. Don’t Be Clueless!
Great Mortgage News
December 13, 2006 | 1 Comment
Congress has passed legislation allowing mortgage insurance to be tax deductable for the 2007 calender year. This can have a very positive effect on home buying power, especially for first time and lower income buyers. Originator Times has an excellent write up about this new law.
Amazing Holiday Light Displays
December 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
As you are rushing around finishing up the holiday shopping you see more and more holiday decorations on homes, shopping centers and office buildings. This all adds to the festive feeling of the season. There are three professionally prepared light displays in the Atlanta area that will almost take your breath away. Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, and Lake Lanier Islands at Lake Lanier all present some of the most beautiful holiday light displays ever assembled.
Any one of the three would make a highlight to your hoilday season.
The Georgia Aquarium
December 10, 2006 | 3 Comments
Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Atlanta based Home Depot, envisioned a major Atlanta attraction that would make visitors go WOW while also providing an educational resource for students and researchers alike. Little did he know that visitors would go WOW at virtually every turn they made. On November 23, 2005 the Georgia Aquarium opened its doors. The goal for first year attendance was one million visitors. With the magnitude of this attraction, it comes as no surprise that attendance in the first year exceeded three million guests.
The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world. If your going to be the largest aquarium then you should also display the largest fish, a whale shark. Heck, why not have two of them? The two whale sharks reside in a tank of aproximately 7,000,000 gallons of water along with several thousand of their closest friends. This part of the aquarium is viewed from two vantage points. One being from the bottom looking up via a moving sidewalk and the other from stadium style seating in an auditorium with a guide describing the various species of fish in the tank.
Whether you are a long time resident of Atlanta or just in town for a short stay, make the Georgia Aquarium a top priority as an attraction to visit. One friendly reminder, order your tickets online as this destination is frequently sold out.
New Upscale Shopping In South Gwinnett
December 10, 2006 | 1 Comment
With the north and central areas of Gwinnett County having major shopping centers, southern Gwinnett County residents possibly felt a little left out. Times are changing though. The Avenue Webb Gin, an upscale open air shopping and dining area, is open and ready for business. The Avenue is located at the intersection of Scenic Highway 124 and Webb Gin House Road between Lawrenceville and Snellville in South Gwinnett County. Local specialty shops, national retailers and a variety of resturants await your visit. Check it out, I think you will be pleased with the experience.
The project was developed by Cousins Properties, a long time builder and developer in the Atlanta area.
The Christmas Tree - Your Memory Lane
December 9, 2006 | 4 Comments
Over the years our family has collected christmas ornaments from various destinations that we have traveled too. Family and friends, upon learning of our collection, have elected to add to it. As we decorated the tree this week we once again found that we were taking a trip down memory lane.
When the “Babies First Christmas” ball went on the tree we remembered how excited we were when our son was born. He was born over 28 years ago. I feel certain that next Christmas we will be presenting he and his wife with a similar ornament as they are expecting their first child in February.
Collecting ornaments is actually easy. There are very few travel destination that don’t have some kind ornament. We have found them on cruise ships, ports of call and at every resort that we have visited.
Think about how entertaining decorating the tree can be as you travel down your memory lane with ornaments as your guide. The only downside to this is that decorating the tree can take additional time. Currently we have collected over 600 unique ornaments and getting them on the tree takes about 5 hours. But it is good quality family time.
Enjoy the Holidays.
