FTWS Talks Spring Break on WXIA

If you missed Valerie Hoff’s Ways to Save segment on WXIA this morning, it featured me talking about Spring Break ideas. Here’s a link to the article Spring Break Ideas on the WXIA site. If you are planning a spring break trip, here are some other blog posts you might be interested in perusing:

Going to [...]

CBS Better Mornings Features things to do in Atlanta & Augusta

If you missed this week’s Field Trips with Sue segment on CBS Better Mornings Atlanta, never fear. The segments featured the following:

Things to Do in Augusta, Ga. Beyond the Masters including:
Augusta Canal Intrpretive Center
Fort Discovery
Morris Museum of Art
Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s (March 23)
Free Rita’s Italian Ice (March 20)
Atlanta Opera Family Day
Places to [...]

Atlanta Home Show Features Clifford the Big Red Dog

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Who: Clifford the Big Red Dog
When: March 20, 1 – 4 pm
Where: 32nd Annual Spring Atlanta Home Show, Cobb Galleria Ctr.
Cost: Children 12 and younger and seniors over 65 are FREE, all others $10

If your thinking about a home improvement project, the Atlanta Home Show is a great place to [...]

BOGO Offer from Fernbank Museum of Natural History

What: Buy One Value Pass, Get One FREE
Where: Fernbank Museum of Natural History
When: Offer Expires April 4, 2010 and is not valid on group tickets
Cost: Value passes are $23 for adults, $21 for students and seniors and $19 for children 12 and under.

Fernbank Museum is offering a great deal to see the museum and an [...]

Augusta, Ga. | Things to Do Beyond the Masters

In a few short weeks, the world will be watching as the best golfers descend on Augusta, Georgia for The Masters golf tournament. If you’ve never been, it’s an experience worth the trip, but tickets, even for the practice round days, are hard to come by. So, why not take in the many other attractions [...]

Atlanta St. Patrick's Day Parade This Weekend

What: Atlanta’s 128th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Where: Downtown Atlanta
When: Saturday, March 13 at 12 noon
Cost: Free, but you’ll have to park in a pay lot around the parade route

St. Patrick’s Day is a BIG deal in my family. If you’re looking for a great way to celebrate, head to the Atlanta’s St. Patrick’s Day [...]

It's a Laughing Pizza Weekend | Meet and Greet and Shows

What: Musical Group for Kids Laughing Pizza
Where and When: Saturday, March 13, Towne Center Mall, Meet and Greet and Performance, 12 – 3 pm
Sunday, March 14, GPB TV, 3 pm
Cost: The Towne Center program is FREE, Tickets to Sunday’s show are $10 for children and $15 for adults

Winner: The winner of the Laughing Pizza tickets [...]

Laughing Pizza Plays Hometown Show at GPTV

What: Laughing Pizza in Concert
Where: GPTV, 260 14th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 
When: Sun., March 14, doors open at 2 pm, concert at 3 pm
Cost: $15 per adult, $10 per child (or win tickets here, see below for details)

Laughing Pizza, the musical group for kids that appears on PBS and the Disney Channel will be playing [...]

Phoenix Flies Celebration Features More Than 160 FREE Events

What: The 7th Annual Phoenix Flies – A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks
When: March 6 – 22, 2010
Where: Several locations around Atlanta
Cost: All Events are FREE

The Atlanta Preservation Center  sponsors this annual program that includes more than 160 events, from guided tours to lectures to open houses, at dozens of Atlanta’s historic sites. Best of [...]

Five Plus FREE Things to do in Atlanta

Center For Puppetry Arts Museum – The Center for Puppetry Arts offers world class puppet shows and a fantastic museum of all kinds of puppets including a recently acquired collection from Jim Henson. The Henson display includes, Big Bird and Bert from Sesame Street, Kermit and the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, and others from [...]