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LynCoLa, Deb in GA and Richiesheff, I will be in Atlanta the end of April and wonder if you'd like to get together for dinner. Let me know.

Anybody else in the Atlanta area?

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "LynCoLa, Deb in GA and Richiesheff, I will be in Atlanta the end of April and wonder if you'd like to get together for dinner. Let me know.

Anybody else in the Atlanta area?"

No, but I would LIKE to be there! Sounds like fun.

I still have photos from your last visit there, Carol. It was nice to "meet" the group.

deborah

I should be in. We are going to Vegas in May. It will depend on Tony being around, or where you will be that I could drive too. Would love to see everybody again.

Carol, sounds great! Keep me updated on when and where. It has been 2 years since you were here.

My brother and his kids moved to Atlanta 25 years ago. So over the years we have been to many places.

1) The High Museum of Art - http://www.high.org/Visit/Hours-Direc...

2) Little kids loved The Fernbank Museum - http://fernbankmuseum.org/visit-fernb...

3) Visited the World of Coca-Cola -- http://www.worldofcoca-cola.com/plany...

4) We saw fireworks at Stone Mountain -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mo...

5) went swimming or played in the water park at Lanier World at Lake Lanier Islands -- http://www.exploregeorgia.org/Listing...

6) National Historic Site of Martin Luther King Jr. -- http://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm

7) Margaret Mitchell House & Museum -- http://www.margaretmitchellhouse.com

8) The Underground -- http://www.underground-atlanta.com

9) Centennial Olympic Park -- http://www.centennialpark.com

The Marta is the public transportation.

I've never been to Georgia. Thanks for all the links !

This is good information. I've just driven through a small part of Georgia but want to actually visit. Stone Mountain is something i only heard about when i read Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War last year. Tony Horwitz covered much of the south, including Atlanta and battlefields. But Stone Mountain surprised me--more that i'd not heard of it.

I live near Lake Lanier and have been here almost 21 years. I have never been to some of those places, but there is a great Acquariuum also. Another must for little girls is the Cabbage Patch Hospital, where the real Cabbage Patch dolls are created. There is always something new to do.

Went to the top of Stone Mountain a few years ago, not walking but on the Sky Tram. Awesome.

Oh, that must have been a neat tram trip. What am i saying? I'd find a Sky Tram over anything neat!

What fun about the Cabbage Patch Hospital. I recently saw an ad for those dolls. For some reason i thought they were no longer made. Maybe once my daughter passed that stage, i just stopped noticing.

The "real" ones cost over $200. They have a live birth and you can adopt one of those then and give it a name, etc. My daughter was too old when we went the 1st time. but you could buy the regular ones in their gift shop. They have just opened a new hospital in the last year or so and have not been to it, but have been at least 3 or 4 times.

Remarkable. When they came out i thought they'd go the way of the Pet Rock & such. Apparently i am no prognosticator!

The Cabbage Patch dolls were my daughters' favorites. Mothers and grandmothers were getting into fights in the toy stores during their first Christmas season in the early 1980s. My kids still talk about how much they loved those dolls, and how much softer they were compared to the American Girl dolls that are so popular now.

I remember that frenzy the first Christmas the dolls were out. I had one in my shopping when i (finally) recalled that my children had never asked for one. I put it back on the shelf, by which time it was the only one left. It was scarfed up before i left the aisle.

I know those American Girl dolls are popular but something about the stores creeps me out. Maybe it's that EVERY time i've seen people on the street with them the family has been dressed very prettily, too sweetly, imo. I suppose it is an "event", much more so than going to KMart to buy one, if they are even offered in discount stores nowadays.

When they first came out, i thought they were great, too. I think i still have some of the stationery based on the Kirsten (prairie settle) series. It's just the stores that freak me.

Oh my. I just checked out to see what i could about the dolls & found this article, for anyone wanting more info. There is a term for those who were around when the dolls first went on the market, "avids". LOL! http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3447792...

I had a neighbor who worked at our version of Kmart the 1st year and she said they never shelved them just put them in a pile and they were gone. So she took one from the back room for me, A hiy. The next year she wanted a boy, along with my neice, as well as a lady I worked with. Got all 3 with the help of a little boy and $5, got 3 then changed the names to get the right on for our daughter, Oh the memories. We still have all of them.

Good choice to keep those dolls, Richiesheff. With each move we seem to get rid of more items i've saved from my children's past, after asking them if they want them.

I ask, but then the mom in me says save. The funny part is she only remembers the name of her 1st one and the 2nd one. The rest were just dolls. When the Olympics were here, and she was a senior in high school. I bought her an Olympic Doll, which she still has in the box. I meed to open my trunk and see what is there, as when we were moving the 1st time, everytime she found something that she wanted to save. that is where it went. If only dad knew.

Funny. When i posted yesterday i glanced at my Lane Cedar chest, which is where items i have saved from my children's lives, which i never want to throw away, are stored. About every 4 or 5 years on return visits both children want to see what's in there. There are sheets they decorated (iron on crayons--anyone remember those?), blankies, a few stuffed animals and many books. That's all i can recall now. We often shake our heads at what i opted to store but they are all respectfully restored to the box. Those things are sacred, all the rest have a disposable nature. (I say that but i've kept the Lincoln Logs for me!)

Oh, i forgot to mention that i've moved some toys to holiday decorations. Meaning i couldn't quite dispose of them but also couldn't feel right about keeping them, either. :-) Our son was a "Star Trek: The Next Generation" avid fan, so we have many Christmas tree items which feature those characters. Now there is balance with some of our daughter's items.

Madrano wrote: Oh, i forgot to mention that i've moved some toys to holiday decorations. ."
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Great tip !

LOL--just trying to fool myself, i think. But it works! DH is less likely to "complain" when i do that, although i'm sure he is on to me.

Not having heard of those, i had to look them up. I liked the fact, "The word 'momo' in Japanese means 'peaches', and its host state, Georgia, being the "Peach State" led to the naming of MomoCon."

I wonder how Covid-19 will play into Dragoncon this year?