Year: 2015

Weekend Fun, September 11-13

Friday Fall Atlanta Home Show and Outdoor Living Expo. 10am – 6pm, Cobb Galleria.This is Georgia’s largest fall Home Show featuring kitchens and baths, gutters, shutters, windows, doors, siding, roofing and so much more! The Outdoor...

Weekend Fun, Labor Day Edition

Friday Tiny Tots at Sparkles in Kennesaw, 10am – 1pm, 1000 McCollum Parkway. Tiny Tots hours are for children 5 and under. Bring your favorite (non motorized) ride-on toy and let them enjoy the rink with other little ones. $5 for...

{Small Busines Spotlight} Buckhead Preparatory School

Though they’ve been serving the Smyrna/Vinings area for 7 years, Buckhead Preparatory School opened the doors of their current Smyrna location last fall. Their classrooms are now nestled among the trees on the 2nd floor of...

Weekend Fun, August 28-30

Friday Due West Treasure Chest Consignment Sale. 9:30am – 6pm. Due West United Methodist Church, 3956 Due West Road, Marietta. Everything for Children Consignment Sale. 9am – 8pm, St. Andrew UMC, 3455 Canton...

U-Pick Apple Orchards

It doesn’t seem right to post this apple picking post in August! But while apples are considered a fall fruit, the season actually begins in late August here in North Georgia. (And Mercier is open now!) So while the temperatures...

Weekend Fun, August 14-16

Friday Lil Blessings Consignment Sale. 9am – 7pm. Kennesaw First Baptist Church. 2958 North Main St., Kennesaw. Saturday, August 15, 9 am – noon (items 1/2 price) Martinis and Music. 5:30-8:30, Marietta/Cobb Museum of...

{Worth the Drive} BabyLand General

My mom claims that my favorite book as a toddler was a Cabbage Patch Kids book, Xavier’s Fantastic Discovery. In it, Xavier Roberts is playing in the woods of North Georgia when he notices a small animal that looks like a bunny, but...

Weekend Fun, August 7-9

Friday Marietta Square Art Walk. 5pm – 9pm. The 2015 Marietta Square Art Walk (formerly the First Friday Art Walk) takes place in historic Marietta Square on the first Friday of each month from March to November. The Art Walk is a...

Weekend Fun, July 31 – August 2

Friday Tax Free Weekend Begins. Tax exempt items include clothing with a sales price of $100 or less per item, computers and computer software priced $1,000 or less per item and school supplies priced $20 or less per item. Glover Park Concert...

Smyrna Area Playgrounds, Part I

The City of Smyrna maintains 25 parks, 11 of which include playgrounds. Yet, like most parents, we have our favorites and rarely venture outside of the same 2-3 parks. However, sometimes you just want a play area with shade…or one that...