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Summer 2010 | Activities for Atlanta Area Families

A friend once told me she was surprised I could keep this blog going for over a year. “I would have thought you’d run out of things to write about,” she said. Well I am continually amazed at how many cool, fun things there are to do in Atlanta. I’m even more amazed [...]

Things to Do with Tweens and Teens | Silver Scream Spookshow

What: Silver Scream Spookshow Where: Plaza Theatre When: Sat. May 29, 2010 (and the last Saturday of every month) 1 pm is the kids show. 10pm is the late (adult) show Cost: Kids 12 and Under are FREE, Over 12 and Adults $7, Late Show is $10

If you read this blog often, you know [...]

FREE Football Clinic with NFL Pros

What: One-Day Football Clinic, sponsored by DTLR (urban retail chain) Where: Decatur High School When: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 8 am Who: Open to student athletes aged entering grades 8 – 12 Cost: Free

Atlanta Falcons Chauncey Davis and Jonathan Babineaux, along with Atlanta native and former Baltimore Raven Daniel Wilcox are headlining [...]

Things to do with Kids in Atlanta | All-Comers Track and Field Meets

What: Atlanta Track Club All-Comers Track and Field Meets When: Tuesdays through June 15, 2010. Gates open at 5:00 and events start at 5:30 pm Where: Emory University’s Woodruff Physical Education Center Cost: $1 for Youth/Student Athletes, $2 for Adult Athletes, Spectators are free Thanks to Lynne Clarke for sending this great opportunity [...]

Waffle House Museum Open Once a Month

What: Waffle House Museum Where: 2719 East College Ave., Decatur, Ga. When: May 8 from 12 – 3 pm Cost: Free

If you missed the Waffle House® museum open house in March, never fear, the museum will now be open to the public one day a month. The Waffle House® Museum is the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Freebies Highlight Better Mornings Atlanta Segment

This mornings Field Trips with Sue segment featured lots of upcoming freebies including:

Target Free Day at Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta Free Admission times at the Center for Puppetry Arts Museum Free skate rental at the Centennial Olympic Park Ice Rink (this post will be up next week, so [...]

Pirate Weekend at Fernbank – See it FREE

What: Pirate Weekend Where: Fernbank Museum of Natural HistoryWhen: Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 – 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 8, 12 – 3 pmCost: FREE for Bank of America Customers, $15 adults, $13 children 3 – 12

It’s the first weekend of the month and that means it’s a Bank of America Museums [...]

Halloween Hauntings Headline Better Mornings Segment

Part of the fun in doing Better Mornings Atlanta is the people you meet in the studio. This morning, I met folks from Netherworld. This creepy guy is the collector. He truly is spooky and has the eeriest voice. He must be a star; he has his own bobblehead. See him holding [...]