Hot 'Lanta for the weekend

[User 1019]

This weekend is my birthday weekend (Sunday, to be exact), and Mrs. t_b_f and I are headed to Atlanta.

It's been way too long since we've been. Haven't been since our first wedding anniversary in 2000. Watched UCLA kill what looked to be a promising Alabama season in about two drives.

I have to work the graveyard shift Wednesday, and we're catching a Lookouts game Thursday in Chatanooga.

We'll head into Atlanta on Friday and hit the Sweet Auburn district and check out some MLK/Civil Rights history.

We're hitting the Braves/D'backs game Friday night, and that's pretty much where the schedule ends.

IJAG gave us some restaurant/bar/sightseeing recommendations, and I'd like to hear from the rest of yous guys.

What should we do and where should we eat? We're up for anything.

 

[bydesign77]

Ha! IJAG recommendations? I scoff! She couldn't even decide on LUNCH the other day.

She'll recommend Six Feet Under, though. And so do I.

 

[User 1019]

Yep. She sure did. It's on the list.

 

[imjustagirl]

I'm not THAT predictable! (OK, so I am)

You know I like the area where you're staying, especially the shopping. And you guys can come see my new house if I close Wednesday like I'm supposed to.

 

[bydesign77]

Oh hells yes! Party at jags!

T_b_f, have you bought bravo tix yet?

I think I can maybe swing some...let me check...

 

[imjustagirl]

I still have my full book of Braves vouchers if you guys want those.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

We always Hotwire a room right down town that is within walking distance of all the major stuff there Coke/CNN/arena/Hard Rock and a MARTA stop that takes you to the Underground where you transfer to a bus that goes to Turner Field. IMO, the only way to go to a Braves game.

Go to Stone Mountain.

While in Chattanooga, the baseball stadium is kind of across the street/corner from Sticky Fingers which is good ribs. There are also several places right around the Aquarium to eat/drink. (BTW, the Harley store in Chattanooga - Thunder Creek - is up at about Exit 7 on 75 and has some nice t-shirts, but I guess you'll be entering town from Nashville so you really won't go past it.)

 

[User 1019]

Oh hells yes! Party at jags!

T_b_f, have you bought bravo tix yet?

I think I can maybe swing some...let me check...

I just bought some, actually. Damnit.

 

[MonsterLobster]

Eat at Vortex in Atlanta. Those places are ridiculously great for burgers. It's 18-and-up, though, so I haven't been able to go with the kid in tow for a couple years. Be sure to post a picture of your meal and a description so I may live vicariously through you if you go.

I think the Chattanooga Aquarium is way underrated. I'm a big fan of aquariums and have been to the ones in Tampa and Atlanta many times and been to just about ever large aquarium up the East Coast, and I think Chattanooga deserves to be ranked up there with the best of them and the most unique because of the emphasis it puts on freshwater species.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Unless it's changed, the Tennessee Aquarium is set up as a tour of Tennessee. You start with the fish and other creatures in the mountain streams of East Tennessee and progress to the Mississippi.

 

[User 1019]

We always Hotwire a room right down town that is within walking distance of all the major stuff there Coke/CNN/arena/Hard Rock and a MARTA stop that takes you to the Underground where you transfer to a bus that goes to Turner Field. IMO, the only way to go to a Braves game.

Go to Stone Mountain.

While in Chattanooga, the baseball stadium is kind of across the street/corner from Sticky Fingers which is good ribs. There are also several places right around the Aquarium to eat/drink. (BTW, the Harley store in Chattanooga - Thunder Creek - is up at about Exit 7 on 75 and has some nice t-shirts, but I guess you'll be entering town from Nashville so you really won't go past it.)

We probably won't do too much Thursday night in Chattanooga. I won't get off work until about 0900 on Thursday morning. I'll grab a few hours of sleep before we head out. We're losing an hour, too, making it a little tougher. I won't pass up a chance at a Harley shirt. Never do.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Nope. I got a cool one last Saturday over in Cherokee. (typed as I sit wearing one I got in Murfreesboro back in the spring!)

 

[User 1019]

Just Pricelined our hotels. Got a Sheraton downtown Chattanooga -- looks insanely nice on the web -- for $55. Marriot across from Lennox Square in Buckhead for $90.

Score.

Edit to add: Price-line Ne-go-shee-eight-er!!

 

[dixiehack]

If you are a beer lover, hit up Taco Mac. I think they've got everything ever brewed.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

I have never been to Atlanta but that will not keep me from renewing my recommendation of Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs

 

[User 1019]

Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs? Hmm. That sounds promising. Googling.

 

[Cosmo]

Eat at Vortex in Atlanta.

Yes.

 

[rico_the_redneck]

Eat at Vortex in Atlanta.

Yes.

Another vote for Vortex. Also, Brick Store Pub in downtown Decatur (just east of Atlanta) is awesome for selection of beers, plus they have a separate Belgian bar and the food and atmosphere are great. Can't go wrong with Brick Store or Taco Mac.

 

[93Devil]

I hear some guy named Dusty Rhodes is going to whip Teddy Dibiase's ass at the Omni.

 

[NDub]

The Georgia Aquarium is fantastic and it's near CNN Center, Coke and Centennial Olympic Park. You could make day out of all of that.

There's a neat Irish pub in the Buckhead district called Fado. It's extra cool if you like soccer/rugby. I was there for the USA-England World Cup match and that place was a friggin madhouse.