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Spend NYE with Yacht Rock Revue!

12/29/2011 in Entertaining, Events, Holidays, Midtown, Parties, Random Musings, Vacation, We can BLOG!, What we're Doing by Lindsay | No comments

Each year, Kev and I spend New Years Eve with these fine-lookin’ folks:

Two years ago, we celebrated in Orlando at Disney for my very first visit.

Last year, we trekked out to Kansas City to watch the ball drop.  An excellent time was had.

THIS year, Kev + I are the hosts and we’re ringing in the New Year in Atlanta!  (Expectations are high.)  Sooooo, we’ve decided to celebrate with Yacht Rock at Park Tavern!

If you’ve ever seen Yacht Rock perform, you KNOW that we’re in for a great time!

And, Park Tavern is an awesome place to celebrate any holiday.  PT always throws a solid party…

NYE with Yacht Rock is an all-inclusive event.  Drinks and food are covered all night and into the wee hours of the morning.  There will be live music with Yacht Rock Revue & Atlanta’s best DJ spinning in the Piedmont Room overlooking the Midtown skyline.

Highlights include:
- Open bar: premium liquor, beer, wine and champagne
- Live music + NYE countdown with Yacht Rock Revue
- Gourmet food including hors d’ouvres, carving station, NYE specialties along with plenty of sides + salads to keep your energy up and dancing into the New Year.
- Sushi display
- Toast & get toasty with smores for dessert
- Midnight breakfast buffet including all your favorites + fresh Krispy Kreme donuts
- Photo booth
- NYE favors
- Champagne toast at midnight
- Coat check

This party is where it’s at on Saturday, so get your tickets NOW: NYE w/ Yacht Rock Revue!

***BONUS***  LOOK FOR ME AT PARK TAVERN totally rockin’ out to Yacht Rock…

…and I will give a fist pump + one of these super rad Q+DD koozies to the first three people who wish me a “HAPPY QUICK + DIRTY DIRTY NEW YEAR!”

Your drinks have never looked so fashionable…  I can’t think of a better way to toast 2012!

Q+DD koozies: so hot right now.

See y’all at Park Tavern!  Wishing a fun NYE to all!  :)

xx, L

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Holidays on Peachtree

12/02/2011 in Events, Gifts, Holidays, Midtown, Museums, PSAs, Theatre, Vendors, What we're Doing, Where we're Shopping by Lindsay | No comments

Something exciting was going down outside my office last night when I was walking out to my car to head home.  CLEARLY, I did not get the memo…

The holidays are here!  For the entire month of December, you can find the perfect gifts and enjoy all the holiday experiences that Midtown has to offer! 

The kick-off reception was last night (and it looked like fun!), but there’s more! 

12/2 + 12/3: Local Gifts + Treats Pop Up Shop at MidCity Lofts (West Peachtree at 6th St. between Tech Square + Renaissance Hotel).  Vendors include: Olive, Pieces of Me, Lisa Jill Jewelry, Kristi Hyde, and JuneBug.  To compliment your shopping experience, enjoy treats from Sinless Cocktails + Rockin’ Cupcakes!

All Month Long: Midtown’s holiday festivities continue! 
- Ice skate in Piedmont Park at Park Tavern
- Visit the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s “Garden Lights - Holiday Nights” installation
- Visit the ”Picasso to Warhol” exhibition at the High Museum of Art
- See “A Christmas Carol” at the Alliance Theatre
- Get tickets for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” at the Fox Theatre
- Revisit the story of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at the Center for Puppetry Arts
- Hear “Handel’s Messiah” at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

More info below…

December may be 31 days long, but you’ve got A LOT to do.  It’s going to fly by! 

Happy Holidays from the Q+DD!

xx, L

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Chastain Park Arts Festival (11/5 – 11/6)

11/11/2011 in Buckhead, Events, Festivals, What we're Doing by Lindsay | No comments

Looking for something to do this weekend??  We’ve got you covered…

The Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces will host its third annual Chastain Park Arts Festival in Buckhead on November 5-6, 2011.  Over 180 participating artists and artisans will display their works during this two day event. 

Visitors will enjoy fine art and crafts, a children’s area, and local food and beverage concessions including several “gourmet” food trucks.  Local acoustic musicians will enliven the atmosphere.  Best of all, it’s entirely free to attend!  

The Chastain Park Arts Festival will benefit Livable Buckhead, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and maintaining greenspace and a sustainable community in Buckhead, as well as a scholarship fund for local artists administered by the Georgia Foundation for Public Spaces.

Here’s the Q+DD on the Chastain Park Arts Festival:
Location: In Chastain Park near the Chastain Park Amphitheater, the Horse Barn, and the Golf Course.
Times: Sat., November 5 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. + Sun., November 6 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Music: Acoustic music from local musicians.
Admission: FREE!
More Info: I seriously heart a fall festival!

Have fun, festival-goers!  :)

xx, L

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2011 Atlanta Dogwood Festival: 4/15-4/17

04/12/2011 in Events, Festivals, Midtown, Pampered Pooches, What we're Doing, Where we're Eating by Lindsay | 2 comments

Festival season is upon us, Atlantans!  This weekend we start it off with the grandest of them all: The 75th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival.

It’s an event over seven decades in the making! 

The Atlanta Dogwood Festival is one of the largest + most diverse juried arts festivals in the country.  More than 250 artists exhibit in 12 categories, including painting, glass, clay, wood + mixed media.  Some of the country’s top painters, photographers, sculptors, leather + metal craftsmen, glass blowers and more will be participating in the 2011 Dogwood Festival Artists Market. 

As a special feature for the festival’s 75th anniversary, there will be a nine story classic Seattle Ferris Wheel built in 1963 to give visitors a whole new perspective of Piedmont Park and Midtown + a fully restored 1965 vintage carousel for the entire family to enjoy!

dogwood blossoms

Here are the festival deets:

Where: Piedmont Park
When: 4/15 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., 4/16 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., 4/17 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Special Event Info:  I’m Special…
Directions: I Can’t Find the Park!
Entrance Fee: FREE!  FREE!  FREE!
Pets: Sorry festival-goers, you can’t bring them to this one.  :(
More Information: Dogwood website

I’ve been going to this festival for years now + I am always the most excited about two aspects of it – neither of which are the artists, who are excellent, but I’m just saying…

1 – Disc Dog Exhibition
The 20th Annual Disc Dog Southern Nationals USDDN Qualifier will be held on-site at the festival Saturday and Sunday!  Find the schedule here:  Dogs w/ Ups


2 – Serious Festival Food! 
No. description. REQUIRED.

There’s a funnel cake w/ my name on it…

See you all there!  But first, my momma has one last reminder for you:

"don't forget your sunscreen!"

(You just gotta listen to Adele.)

xx, L

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The Eagles Have Landed!!

07/30/2010 in Events, PSAs, What we're Doing, What we're Listening To by Lindsay | 1 comment

Do you scream-sing “Hotel California” in your shower like I do?

Do you like bands who say that they are never getting back together (“Hell Freezes Over”) and then proceed to do so anyway?

Do you like old guys in tight pants who’ve still got it goin’ on?

If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, you might be interested to know that THE EAGLES are playing PIEDMONT PARK’S GREEN CONCERT on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15!

The Eagles

The concert is presented by the Piedmont Park Conservancy, and tickets go on pre-sale tomorrow!  Get ‘em while they’re hot!!


The Dave Matthews concert at the Park a few years ago still remains one of my top five favorite days of living in Atlanta.  Seeing a concert in the Park IS the very best!

Piedmont Park

Who cares if your Outlook calendar won’t stretch past next weekend?!  Buy these tickets for the October concert as soon as you can.  I have a pretty strong feeling that this one is going to sell out.  Don’t want to have to say “I told you so…” :)

Piedmont Park's Green Concert

Information on tickets here: http://www.piedmontpark.org/support/the_green_concert.html

Be there or be incredibly square.

xx, L

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Atlanta FESTIVALS!

04/15/2010 in Events, Festivals, What we're Listening To by Lauren | 3 comments

I’m so excited about the Sweetwater 420 Fest in Candler Park and the Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park this weekend!  

Here’s the Q+DD on SW420F: This 6 year old event is basically a two-day music and arts festival held to better the Candler Park Community by “inspiring positive change and through ongoing community outreach.”  Admission is free, and you can purchase a wristband for a mere $5 to sample some brewskis.

There’s an awesome band lineup (click here to see.) Seth says (SETH SAYS!) his FAVORITE bands are playing Sunday afternoon and the word on the street is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is not to be missed.

Thanks, E!

Additionally, lots of local artists, a 5K (click here), and an opportunity to get in touch with local, regional, and national non-profits as well and find out how you can take earth friendly practices back to your community and homes.  FAB!

And the Q+DD on the 74th Annual Dogwood Festival:

One of Atlanta’s oldest festivals and in my beloved Piedmont Park! Not only will there be awesome music and food, but Dogwood is one of the biggest and most diverse juried arts festivals in the country! All kinds of artsy-craftsy types and independent genius artists will be in attendance…more than 250 of them! SO excited.
Hit up Dogwood tomorrow from noon until 9pm, Saturday 10am – 9pm, and Sunday 10am – 5pm.

There’s few things I love more than shopping for tchochkies (and priceless works of art!) day drinking, live entertainment, and Atlanta’s AMAZING parks!

Oh yes, my friends.  It is FESTIVAL SEASON. Next weekend:  INMAN PARK FEST!

See you in the park(s)!

Sorry, Olive. No pups allowed!

xx, L

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