3pm: Crescent Crawl Registration
4:20: Vickery’s Party Starts
5.20: Front Page News
6:20: Twisted Taco
7:20: Charlie G’s
8:20: Steamhouse Lounge
9:20: Back to Vickery’s for complimentary food and live music from Fisheye
Participating bars and drink specials are subject to change without notice.

Advance ticket sales end Friday, August 22nd at Midnight. Tickets are $10 day of event at Vickery’s.

Tickets include a Vickery’s 25th Anniversary Crescent Crawl/SweetWater commemorative pint glass, food and beer specials at participating bars plus complimentary food and live music from Fisheye at Vickery’s After Party.

To purchase tickets, visit Ticket Alternative.

If you’re a wine drinker, check out the blog Wine Outlook
This site is your go-to for answers about wine, courtesy of someone in the business. Firsthand knowledge and hours of research logged each week provide informed and impassioned suggestions for what wine to serve with meals (sometimes with recipes), places to go for education or fun, and what to buy or not buy. Wine Outlook is where you go when you’ve had too much to drink or not enough.

Tickets to the exhibit will also let you into the aquarium.

Ticket prices:
Adult: $31.50
Senior: $26.50
Child:$23.50 Member: $6.00

I saw the Titanic exhbit when it was at the Civic Center and LOVED it! Yes, I saw the Titanic movie..Yes, I am in awe of the event still today…Isn’t everyone? Hence, number one box office movie..

This was probably a smart match-up. I hope the exhibit will have success and it’s worth checking out.

For more information on the exhibit or to reserve tickets visit the aquarium’s website.

For other fun events happening at the aquarium like swimming with whale sharks, check out this earlier post.

I am a native to Atlanta and therefore an Atlanta Braves fan. Recently, I visited Chicago and completely understand how you become a Cubs fan. There’s so much pride in Chicago. Heck, I almost wanted to become a Cubs fan. To be a part of an unwavering pride. We just lack that here in Atlanta. Plus there are so many transplants, we’re a melting pot of the US.

Anywho - now I go on to show you why were bad Atlanta Braves fans.. I AM SO UPSET WITH CHIPPER JONES. He and Javy Lopez used to be my favorites players, but now Chipper Jones is Mr. Disappointment. When he USED to come to bat, we had a good chance of a homerun or getting on base (atleast). Now it’s like he gets right back to his dugout seat and it’s still warm from when he left it.

What happend to Chipper Jones?? Is it time to retire or be traded?? I’m sorry (sorta) to say I’m a-okay with either decision.

On another note - HELLO Kotsay…You are my new favorite player. Last night when he came to bat, I’d say watch this guy, he’s good…And he was…Home run, 1st base, 2nd base hits… AMAZING….

If you want to check out a Braves game, there are some super cheap seats available: check out my earlier post.

All participating restaurants will be offering a prix fixe, three-course menu (appetizer, entrée and dessert) for only $25/person, not including alcohol, tax and gratuity. Here’s a list of all the fun restaurants you can choose from.
Participating restaurants include:
The Oceanaire Seafood Room ( never been but it is a chain ), Allegro,
Atmosphere, Beleza (I’ve wanted to check this out..this might be the right time),
The Real Chow Baby (really yummy but cheap on a normal day, so maybe try a more expensive place), Cuerno, Dogwood, Dolce (DON’T GO — HORRIBLE), Ecco (fancy and fun), Eno, Geisha House, Lobby at TWELVE, Marlow’s Tavern Midtown, Mitra, ONE. Midtown kitchen, Park 75, Repast, Rosa Mexicano, Shout, Silk, South City Kitchen, Spice Market, Steel, Strip, Tap, Taurus, The Globe, The Grape at Atlantic Station, The Melting Pot Midtown, TROIS, TWO urban licks, and Wolfgang Puck Express.

For more information on Midtown Restaurant Week check out their home website.

Also, remember you can make reservations on Open Tabe or call the restaurants…Good idea to do this..

Recently, we have downtown Atlanta restaurant week.. to read more about how that went down click here.

Available ticket levels:
- Field Level … $18 (reg. $36)
- Outfield Pavilion … $11 (reg. $22)
- Upper Box … $6 (reg. $12)

Schedule of games:
- Chicago Cubs … Aug. 12 & 14
- San Francisco Giants … Aug. 17 & 18
- Florida Marlins … Aug. 26 & 28

To buy tickets and for more information click the link
below. You must use promo code TRZOO to get the offer.
http://www.travelzoo.com/Newsflash.asp?447558

If you’re a baseball fan - check out the blog Fastball Fans.

It’s actually a really fun place to go dancing, drink, and meet ladies… From beers, to cocktails, to Smirnoff Ice — they’ve got your drink taken care of.. For the summer enjoy their huge back patio with deck bar available.. A nice size dance floor inside - And remember to bring some cash for your cover charge.. Saturday you’re looking at a $10 cover charge..

For more information, locations - check out their website at: www.mysistersroom.com

There’s also tons of other great bars, restaurants in the area…so go hopping…make a night out of it..

To know what else is available check out this previous entry where I discuss my favorite spots in East Atlanta.

What’s this play all about??
A group of gay male friends gather in an upper east side Manhattan
apartment in April 1969 for a birthday party when an unexpected guest
arrives. Truths begins to flow as freely as the cocktails, leading to
a funny, sometimes vulgar but ultimately open and honest dissection
of their lives and relationships.

The cast features: Kevin Harry, Sam Clapp, Derek Ratliff, Rob
Hadaway, Colin Hughey, Kent Igleheart, Thy Pham, Dan Balmer and
Charles Green.

Understudy is John Evans.
Directed by Michael Snow. Stage Manager Betty Mitchell. Technical
Director Ron Wiles.

Southern Voice did a write-up on the show, go to this link to read about it:
http://www.sovo.com/2008/8-1/arts/theater/8962.cfm

Watch the promo video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=LHtM-z_tpN8

Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. through
September 13.Tickets are $16-21. For online reservations and theatre
directions visit www.wholeworldtheatre.com or call 404-817-7529.

For more theater going on this weekend, check out Crimes of the Heart at Rosewater Theater in Roswell, GA - more details here.

No one else is going to, so it might as well be you. Seriously. Some
sources are now saying that only 1 in 20 folks might vote. That means
you’re making a decision for 19 other folks.

Find out who’s on the ballot and also a link to know where you’re registered to vote:

There is one statewide contest. Jim Martin is Facing off against
Vernon Jones in order to then face off against Saxby Chambliss.

In the Dekalb CEO race, Stan Watson is running Against Burrell Ellis.

In the Fulton County there is a the Sheriff’s race.

Then there is Clayton County. Oy. With all the trouble down there,
no one is voting. There are school board, Sheriff, and County
Commission Chair races to be decided.

This election will have as much effect on your day to day life as the
election in November. If you have no other opportunity to vote, you
can take two hours away from work. It’s the law.

If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.

If you don’t know about these candidates, WABE did the work for you. Go to their site where Steve Goss interviewed each of these candidates, click here to go straight there.

Also if you’re not sure where you go to vote, go here and you enter your personal information and they’ll tell you where to go. So easy..

If you can’t get enough of the political frenzy, check out the blog: www.politicalfrenzy.com

I haven’t taken advantage of this yet, but it’s true… Want to know how?? READ ON..

1. Go to the restaurant’s website: www.stoutirishpub.com
2. Sign-up your name and email address for the free offer
3. Receive an e-mail that you print out and bring to the restaurant
4. Make a reservation first - space is limited for the offer

If you have been to this pub before or end up using this offer, leave a comment with what you thought..

Here are some menu items:
Award Winning Reuben - $6
Rye Bread, Corned Beef, Swiss cheese, Russian Dressing

Irish Whiskey Wings - $6
10 Wings Marinated in Irish Whiskey, served w/ Celery, Blue Cheese

Chicken & Chips - $6
5 Battered Chicken Strips & Chips

Bangers & Mash - $6
2 Pork Sausage Links, Mashed Potatoes, Guinness Gravy, Sauerkraut, Grain Mustard

Traditional Irish Boxty - $6
3 Pork Sausage, Green Onion and Potato Pancakes, with Guinness Gravy

Stout Burger - $6
All Beef Patty with All Fix-ins

Beer Battered Fish & Chips - $6
2 Cod Filets, Chips, Tartar Sauce

*Food Served Until 2AM
*Free Popcorn Available on Request

If you’re digging the freeloading food idea, check out Thrive on Tuesday for sushi..Here’s some insight to it: http://www.about-atlantaga.com/free-sushi-on-tuesday-at-thrive/

Through August 9 on the Cabaret Stage - Friday & Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

Many people know this title from the movie that starred Sissy Spacek, Jessica Lange, and Diane Keaton..but the real beauty behind this story comes to life on stage..Come see a great dramedy..for details on the show, keep ‘on readin’

The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future—but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.

For directions and more information, visit the theater’s website: http://www.rosewatertheatre.com/

Rosewater Theater is located in Roswell, GA.
Tickets are $18 - Fri, Sat and $16 - Sun.

For more insight to the theater world, check out the blog: www.alwaysauditioning.com