Additions to the Blogroll

Here are a few more additions to the blogroll here at Georgia on My Mind:

Just Sharing a Story – This blog has a family connection of the most important kind. This blog promotes the new children’s book titled The Gift by Karen Craft. She just happens to be my sister. You can read my own book review of The Gift here, and if you visit Just Sharing a Story you can purchase the book at the site.

The Barefoot Photographer – Donna has a great blog centered around her love of photography. Her “about” states, “Her favorite subjects include old houses, spiders, cemeteries, and frogs. In 2006, Donna began teaching photography and formed the Fayette Photo Club. " Check out her website here where you can find out more about her photography classes.

You can see some of Donna’s work at the upcoming juried photography exhibit titled Nature Undisturbed from April 24 through May 3rd at Dogwood Gallery and Framer, 1175 Senoia Road, Tyrone, Georgia. The showing is to benefit the Southern Conservation Trust. The gallery can be reached at 770.774.3524 or visit the Dogwood Gallery website.

Green Peaches – The tagline at this blog states, “Atlanta, Environment, Sustainability, Life”, and the “about us” page states, “Green Peaches strives to provide interesting and useful information about environmental and sustainability issues in the Atlanta area.” Check out Michael's latest post regarding Earth Day events in Atlanta including events for the entire week.

If you have a Georgia blog and would like for me to add you to the blogroll please contact me at gamind@mail.com to request a link.

Please remember the next Georgia blog carnival will May 8th here at Georgia on My Mind. You can submit your post to the carnival here . Please remember to keep submissions down to two and they must be dated within the last 30 days to keep the carnival relevant.

Georgia Bloggers: Atlanta

The following list represents the Georgia’s Blogs on the blogroll here at Georgia on My Mind that are based in Atlanta, Georgia or discuss Atlanta on a daily or regular basis:

Live Apartment Fire

A Is For Atlanta

ATLHistory.com

Blue Heart of Dixie

Bombchell-in Atlanta

Braves Journal

Chamblee54

Chop n Change

Chow Down Atlanta

CinemATL

Confessions of a Music Addict

Couldn't You Just Di?

Creative Loafing-Fresh Loaf

Dave O'Brien's Braves Blog

Downhome Traces

Drifting Through the Grift

Drive a Faster Car

Duane Moody

Ellie's Dad

Fear of Arthropods

Georgia Tech Sports Blog

Going Through the Motions

Green Peaches

Howell Mill Hell

Inside the Sprawl

Joeventures

Mara Davis

Mash on the Gas

Mermerings

Metroblogging Atlanta

Metro Political Report

Mostly Media

Mostly Muppet

Nia Knowles: Westend

Oym Park

Poop and Pie

RadAtlanta

Random Atlanta

Rowland's Office

ShawnAllison.com

Steakhead's Atlanta Eats Blog

Sweet Georgia Blue

The Adventures of Spastic Squirrel

The Sunday Paper

Thoughtmarker

Urban Baboon

Walk of Shame

Welcome to Terminus

Wrens Nest Online

Do you know about a Georgia blog headquarterd in Atlanta, Georgia or discusses Atlanta I haven’t listed? Please contact me at gamind@mail.com to let me know, or to advise any corrections that need to be made.

Georgia Bloggers: Athens

The following list represents the Georgia’s Blogs on the blogroll here at Georgia on My Mind that are based in Athens, Georgia or discuss Athens on a daily or regular basis:

Between the Hedges

Casa de Nicki


Classic Ground

Dawg Sports

Flagpole

Georgia Dogs

Janny Girl

Jeff Owens: The Real Deal

Red and Black

Safe as Houses

The Other Athens

Do you know about a Georgia blog headquarterd in Athens, Georgia or discusses Athens I haven’t listed? Please contact me at gamind@mail.com to let me know, or to advise any corrections that need to be made.

Georgia Carnival: Edition 54

Welcome to the Georgia Blog Carnival!

The bloggers featured here are all part of the extensive list of bloggers from Georgia I have listed in the right sidebar of this site. Any Georgia blogger can submit a post to the carnival, or a blogger from another state or country can submit a post for inclusion if the topic is Georgia related.

The next carnival will be published here at Georgia on My Mind on Friday, May 8th. Submissions will be due Thursday, May 7th.

If you maintain a Georgia blog and would like to host the carnival at your site e-mail me to set up a date. It’s a great way to put your own personal spin on the carnival.

The last edition of carnival can be found here and the carnival archives are found here.

Now on to the carnival:

So, is today's economic "downturn" more serious than the Great Depression of the 1930s? Over at History Is Elementary I’ve done a little research and make reference to a fairly interesting article I found in my post The Greater Depression.

I still have a couple of years to plan for my daughter’s graduation, but If you are thinking about getting your child’s Senior pictures done check out Chris Moncus’ site and see Lauren's Senior Shoot on Jekyll Island.

Over at the “Got Bible?” blog I’ve posted about Simon of Cyrene….just who was the man who carried the cross for Jesus?

Freddie Sirmans has been busy again…..Check out Great Thinker or Ranting Lunatic where he states, “The welfare state has destroyed all of that; all we have left is a sugar daddy welfare state with millions upon millions solely dependent on it for survival.” Freddie’s Lecture #2 can be found here.

Need a great story? Felicia over at Fluffy Flowers shares Dreamy Drew and the Mystery of the Poo. Oh my!

Ghosts in Lawrenceville?!?! Yep, so says Damon Ladet. Check out his post Ghost Tour - Lawrenceville, GA posted at Damon Ledet Blog.

If you are a fan of the television show Prison Break you’ll want to check out this post from Satellite TV Guru.

Paw Paw Bill provides an excellent character sketch of someone he once encountered in Egypt with his post Din! Din! Din!, and he discusses Congressional earmarks with his post Mark My Ear.

Sherry Heyl presents SE Social Media Group Announces First, Innovative Summit Focused On Social Media Issues and Use Cases posted at Mountain Social Media Summit, saying, "This is the brain child of Jon Gatrell - I am a proud sponsor and speaker at the event."

Jennifer Maciejewski presents $10 Tickets to the High posted at Atlanta on the Cheap, saying, "China's Terracotta Army leaves town next weekend, but you can still see it on the cheap before it leaves town. Take advantage of the $10 Lunch Rush tickets to the High Museum of Art. It's truly fascinating."

Steve Williams over at The Georgia Road Geek states, “Last night the 2009 Georgia General Assembly session came to a close, and for the second year in a row, they failed to pass a bill calling for any kind of referendum on a one-cent transportation sales tax. Regardless of how we feel about taxes, our elected officials have yet again cheated all Georgia voters out of an opportunity to decide this issue for ourselves.” Continue reading his worthy post, Transportation Sales Tax Referendum Failed to Pass here.

Need a place to head off to this weekend? Over at Southern Byways, Apryl Chapman Thomas provides a promising destination. Check out her post Let's Go to the Mountains with Escape to Blue Ridge, Ga.

The latest issue of Moonshine Arts & Literary magazine is up -- lots of new stuff including some incredible podcasts. You can find it here.

Well, that’s it for this edition of the Georgia Carnival. Please support these fine Georgia bloggers by letting them know you have visited them with a comment. Your continued support with your links and shout-outs at your site helps to alert others to what we Georgia bloggers have to offer.

The next edition of the carnival will be found here at Georgia on My Mind on Friday, May 8th. Posts can be sent to gamind@mail.com or use the handy submission form. Submissions are due by Thursday, May 7th by 6:00 p.m.

Thanks for your continued support of the Georgia Carnival!

A Few New Blogs in My Easter Basket

Here are a few more additions to the blogroll here at Georgia on My Mind:

Simply Susan Jewelry – Susan is a jewelry designer and creates some very beautiful things. Besides purchasing her jewelry online you can find her items at The Percolator coffeeshop in Summerville, Georgia. Check back often to see her new creations.

Vinings Jawja – Bleufalcon does a great job of posting all about Vinings, Georgia including past, present, and future. A recent posting titled Roy Braswell - 100 Years Old From Vinings is quite interesting….it includes some audio that’s a real treasure.

Southern Mamas – the tagline at this blog states “a source for savvy moms in Savannah, the Lowcountry, and beyond”….recently Anne posted about the Savannah Arts Camp for kids. Southern Mamas was started nine months after Anne had her first child out of a need to have one resource to find everything the Savannah-Bluffton/Hilton Head Island area had to offer her children.

Anything and everything you could ever want to know about Laurens County history can be found at the following blogs…..Pieces of Our Past...Dublin and Laurens County History

History of Laurens County, Georgia

People Like Us

Laurens County Sports History

Laurens County African American History

While I find a few Georgia blogs on my own it’s a much easier process when the Georgia blogger contacts me directly and requests a link. You can contact me at gamind@mail.com to request a link.

Please remember the next Georgia blog carnival will post TOMORROW, April 10th here at Georgia on My Mind. You can submit your post to the carnival here . Please remember to keep submissions down to two and they must be dated within the last 30 days to keep the carnival relevant.

Invading The Melting Pot for a Sweet 16!

If you happened to be in downtown Atlanta last Saturday night and found yourself next to a white stretch limo at a red light you might have noticed what looked like strobe lights going on and off inside the car.

No, it wasn’t a rolling disco. No, it wasn’t even over anxious paparazzi practicing for a celebrity sighting.

It was just my sixteen year old daughter and seven of her friends….along with her father and I on our way from our home west of Atlanta to The Melting Pot for her birthday dinner. Of course each girl had her own camera plus I had my own. We took more than our fair share of crazy pictures and videos to remember the occaision.

Ben Eratabe from Goodness Limo took great care getting us downtown and back home again in regal style. Here is a picture of the girls in front of the limo, one of Dear Daughter with Ben, and another of the party inside the car enroute. Yes, the music was turned up loud.

Everyone had a blast. Dear Daughter’s birthday was actually at the end of February, but an over scheduled life on the part of her parents and her busy social life as well necessitated in a month-long wait for the big dinner and spend-the-night-party.

While the melting pot is a bit pricey, the service was impeccable, the food great (if you don’t mind cooking your own), and the surroundings interesting.

Along with a wonderful salad course we had three more courses of great fondues….cheese, meats, and a chocolate course that was wonderful. Since we were a party of ten we had three fondue pots on the table. For each course we ordered a different cooking style for each pot which ended up giving everyone more variety as we shared and shared alike. The girls liked the cheese and chocolate courses the best.

When you visit their main page here notice the three fondue pots on the left side side of the large picture click those for an interactive tour through the courses. Roll your curser over different parts of the table for more information to pop up. The page for the Midtown Atlanta (4th and Peachtree) location can be found here.

Ben got us all home safely and Dear Husband and I trudged away to our bedroom to TRY and get some sleep. The hard part was yet to come…..getting everyone up, dressed, and out the door for church Sunday morning, so they could all be reunited with their parents.

We made it just as services started. :)

I hope you had a very happy birthday celebration, Daughter Dear.