http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Jamie Gumbrecht explores Atlanta with your help. en-us jgumbrecht@ajc.com 2008-08-29T07:00:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/29/annualevents.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer A Chicago family visited Atlanta for its first Dragon Con in 2001. They’re Kathy , Quincy 9 and Vincent Newkirk. Kathy made the Star Wars costumes. I SO want to see this in my city this weekend! In typical... 6387503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ 2008-08-29T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/28/gwtw.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer The man that spoke the first lines in the “Gone With the Wind” movie died last week. Fred Crane, who played one of the red-headed Tarleton twins, along with George Reeves, died of complications from diabetes on Thursday. He had... 6361903@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ History 2008-08-28T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/27/newyork.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer I read this story on NYTimes.com yesterday: “City Fits, Eventually, for New Arrivals.” It’s a thoughtful, other-side-of-the-looking-glass version of an amusing Creative Loafing story from a few weeks ago, “I Love New York: Ex-Atlantans dish on life in New York.”... 6335203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Make This Place Make Sense 2008-08-27T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/26/tattoo.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Some things should be done only with the recommendation of others. Cheap Chinese food, for instance. It can be sickening to even the drunkest gullet, or a surprising delight. (Delivered!) It helps when someone vouches for it. Unknown books longer... 6298503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Fun stuff 2008-08-26T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/25/hopescholarship.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer 6234103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Uniquely Georgia 2008-08-25T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/22/questions9.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer 6204803@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Questions & Answers 2008-08-22T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/21/openrecords.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer One of the best ways to get to know the place you live is to look at its paper trail. It’s exactly the kind of stuff that makes huge money at the box office and shows up on the New... 6176403@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ 2008-08-21T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/20/drought.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer This is drought? A newcomer pal moved here from the desert of Arizona. As far as he and his fiance are concerned, you can shower just by stepping outside in Atlanta. (I exaggerate; it is a shower, but it’s not... 6137203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ 2008-08-20T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/19/parking.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer A few things you oughtta know about parking in Atlanta… Lots of people don’t pay their parking tickets. The city is owed about $10.5 million in unpaid parking citations issued in the last 3 1/2 years. Seems easy to be... 6098303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Getting Around 2008-08-19T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/18/statesymbols.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Today, a quick return to fourth grade: let’s learn our Georgia state symbols. They are people, animals, objects and events designated by our General Assembly because they represent the state. Some are long-standing designations, like the state seal and motto.... 6073303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Uniquely Georgia 2008-08-18T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/15/doctor.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer I’m nervous about the sniffle and hack medley that rings through the newsroom this week. There are a few too many sick days and Z-Pak prescriptions going around, far too much exhaustion and malaise. And oh yes, school is in... 6032503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Questions & Answers 2008-08-15T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/14/pandatown.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer Lun Lun: baby mama, again? Zoo Atlanta is on 24-hour baby watch for it’s mama panda, Lun Lun. Cute. But so what? Zoo Atlanta seems to have a fresh crop of babies all the time. Well, prepare yourself. In... 5996603@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Fun stuff 2008-08-14T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/13/beauregard.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer This is Beauregard. I’d never heard of him until yesterday, when I read the Gwinnett Braves mascot was inspired by him. His keepers in Lilburn hadn’t heard they’d inspired a mascot until yesterday, either. I made a newcomer stumble... 5957003@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Fun stuff 2008-08-13T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/12/backtoschool.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer I’m back! I feel like summer is in full swing, but in fact, school started this week for most kids in the area. There is all kinds of super-cute back-to-school photo gallery proof right here. Five-year-old Kylie Kirk heads to... 5929803@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Make This Place Make Sense 2008-08-12T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/entries/2008/08/08/roar.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_newcomer A notebook containing the information for today’s blog post is mysteriously missing. Instead, I bring you this important announcement: we have baby lions roaming in Atlanta, and they’re pretty adorable. By the way, here’s the story from when they were... 5859303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/newcomer/ Fun stuff 2008-08-08T07:00:00-05:00