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{Small Business Spotlight} Georgia Crafted
Georgia (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 […]
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Book Review
Book Review: Anna Hibiscus books by Atinuke for kids 3-7
What 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 […]
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Weekend Fun, September 12 – 14
Friday 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 […]
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Weekend Fun
Weekend Fun, September 5 – 7
Saturday 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) […]
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{Small Business Spotlight} The Studio Atlanta Dance at Vinings
With 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 […]
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Smyrna Voices
{Smyrna Voices} Football Memories + Giveaway!
College 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 […]
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Weekend Fun
Weekend Events, August 29 – 31
Saturday 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 […]
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Worth The Drive
{Worth the Drive} Poole’s Mill Park
We 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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Crowd Safety for the Littles
Given the current heat it may be hard to believe, but the days will soon be shortening and the weather will be cooling. The new season brings a variety of fun from fall festivals to football games to crowded pumpkin patches. But if you’re the parent of young children, the crowds can be cause for more stress […]
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Weekend Fun
Weekend Events, August 22-24
Friday City of Kennesaw’s Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival. 6pm – 10pm. Adams Park, 2753 Watts Drive, Kennesaw. Experience the mouth-watering aroma and delicious taste of smoke-cooked barbecue, savor every heavenly bite of sweet peach desserts, and take delight in every moment of fun at the City of Kennesaw’s Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival. It features multiple cook-offs and […]
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