Friday Smyrna Shop Hop. Various locations along Concord Road. All day Friday & Saturday. Get an early start on your holiday shopping…or just go to browse and see what is new at our great local shops! Grab a “passport” at any of the stores listed below and then visit each location to get it stamped. […]
Read MoreFall is here and I am so excited! A few weeks ago I wandered into a Hallmark store with my three-year-old daughter and was giddy to see all the fall decorations. I took a big sniff of a pumpkin candle and was immediately ready for changing colors, pumpkins on my front step, and big […]
Read MoreGeorgia (On My Mind) • Midnight Train to Georgia • The Devil Went Down to Georgia • Sweet Georgia Brown Clearly people love to sing Georgia’s praises — no surprise because there is a lot to adore about our state. And Georgia Crafted founder, Erin Zwigart, has a passion for discovering even more to love. This Smyrna mom scours […]
Read MoreWhat do you do when are so happy you may explode? Well, in the picture book Anna Hibiscus’ Song, Anna Hibiscus asks this question to her many family members as she experiences a day in her home in amazing Africa. Her Grandfather counts the reasons he is happy. Grandmother squeezes Grandfather’s hand. Her aunties […]
Read MoreFriday Kindermart. Smyrna First United Methodist Church, 1315 Concord Rd SE, Smyrna Friday, September 12, 9:30 am – 8 pm (strollers not allowed Friday morning) Saturday, September 13, 9 am – 12 pm Our sale is widely known as a top source of quality, gently used children’s clothing, shoes, toys, infant care items and room décor/furniture. Spectrum […]
Read MoreSaturday Smyrna Fresh Produce Market. 8am – 12pm. Smyrna First Baptist (Market Village). Michaels Kids’ Club. 10am, 10:30, 11, 11:30. All Michaels locations. Barnes & Noble Storytime. 11am. Akers Mill location. Great Locomotive Chase 5K. 7:30am. The Kennesaw Grand Prix is a series of six running events in Kennesaw that take place between May and November. Each 5K (3.1 mile) […]
Read MoreWith the start of school comes the start of many after school activities. Summer is as good as gone and we now have to go back to using a calendar again. When a little girl was brought into our lives, it did not take me long to start getting excited about ballet classes. I started […]
Read MoreCollege football kicked off this Saturday and, like many of you, it’s hard to describe my excitement. This is perhaps unusual since my immediate family wasn’t a sports family and I went to a college that was smaller than a single section of Sanford Stadium. I love sports, but I think that’s because I love the […]
Read MoreSaturday Smyrna Fresh Produce Market. 8am – 12pm. Smyrna First Baptist (Market Village). Michaels Kids’ Club. 10am, 10:30, 11, 11:30. All Michaels locations. Barnes & Noble Storytime. 11am. Akers Mill location. Southern Order of Storytellers Emerging Voices Storytelling Workshop. 10am – 12:30pm. Switzer Library, Marietta. The Southern Order of Storytellers Cobb County (SOS) is presenting their 2nd annual […]
Read MoreWe first heard about Poole’s Mill Park from Red Tricycle Atlanta’s awesome post “Up The Creek: Where to Slip, Slide & Splash in Atlanta.” We did a little more research on the listed locations and about 48 hours later, we were on our way to Poole’s Mill Park to cool off in the shoals of […]
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