Cool things to to in Atlanta Ga

[Spurholder]

Try The Varsity for a chili dog and some onion rings.

CNN does tours.

Carter Library?

Fox Theater and the downtown area

[Sam]

I saw where they didn't do CCW, I normally do.

I was wondering about pocket knives and flashlights.

I normally carry a Surfire Backup and a Spyderco Endura. Are those Verboten as well? I don't want to hand them over to a guard to disappear.

I saw ads for Stone Mountain. Isn't it kind of a tourist trap type thing? Sort of like Rock City?

The Aquarium have Atlanta PD officers station at the metal detectors. They will take your Spyderco. Like I said, no weapons of any kind. It's scary because the Aquarium is located in one of the worst area of town. Go in the daytime when all of the goblins are asleep before they get too jacked on on khat in the evening.

The Stone Mountain isn't a tourist trap like Rock City. Locals go there all the time. On Friday nights they usually have a laser show on the face of the mountain. Although the laser show may be closed after September. It's a good place to walk, hike, take in a little fresh air.

[Sam]

Try The Varsity for a chili dog and some onion rings.

Word ! It's a local legendary institution.

Fogo De Chao is good too, if you like Brazilian churiscaria style food. Costly ($50 per person before drinks)

[jaxman7]

Again, thanks Sam. Its been a while since being over there.

-Jax

[Sam]

Ja! Helen is beautiful.

Now that's a tourist trap especially during Oktoberfest Actually, I like Helen.

[Crow Hunter]

Cool.

Keep 'em coming.

Thanks a bunch Sam for the advice on the Aquarium. I would probably have had to stop and turn around and go back to the car.

We will be going first thing on a weekday so maybe the goblins will be in for the morning.

Right now we will be there on a Friday night, I will definitely investigate the light show.

Thanks for the food ideas too. I would like to eat somewhere that isn't the same old chain restaurants that I can eat at here.

That turning restaurant sounds kind of cool. Do you have to have reservations?

Man those dogs look good, especially since all I have had to eat today is a bowl of Cheerios and I am going to have to eat a chicken salad sandwich out of the machine.

[Sam]

Thanks a bunch Sam for the advice on the Aquarium. I would probably have had to stop and turn around and go back to the car.

We will be going first thing on a weekday so maybe the goblins will be in for the morning.

Right now we will be there on a Friday night, I will definitely investigate the light show.

Thanks for the food ideas too. I would like to eat somewhere that isn't the same old chain restaurants that I can eat at here.

That turning restaurant sounds kind of cool. Do you have to have reservations?

Man those dogs look good, especially since all I have had to eat today is a bowl of Cheerios and I am going to have to eat a chicken salad sandwich out of the machine.

Where is "here" that you're from? that will give me an idea of the non chain food that I can recommend. We visited my sister in law in Wash, DC and I specifically asked that she take us to "non chain" restaurants. She did not disappoint us, we went to some good places.

You don't have to make a reservation at the Sun Dial if you just want to have a drink at the bar. You do need to make a reservation if you want to dine in. They used to have Sunday brunches, those are good too.

The Sun Dial/Westin Peachtree hotel, the Varsity and the Aquarium are all within a two mile radius. They are smack dab in downtown ATL.

You're in luck, the laser show is still running.

http://www.stonemountainpark.com/act...Lasershow.aspx

A question for you. Are you going to be at the Peachtree Dekalb Airfield with the P51?

[Crow Hunter]

Where is "here" that you're from? that will give me an idea of the non chain food that I can recommend. We visited my sister in law in Wash, DC and I specifically asked that she take us to "non chain" restaurants. She did not disappoint us, we went to some good places.

You don't have to make a reservation at the Sun Dial if you just want to have a drink at the bar. You do need to make a reservation if you want to dine in. They used to have Sunday brunches, those are good too.

The Sun Dial/Westin Peachtree hotel, the Varsity and the Aquarium are all within a two mile radius. They are smack dab in downtown ATL.

You're in luck, the laser show is still running.

http://www.stonemountainpark.com/act...Lasershow.aspx

A question for you. Are you going to be at the Peachtree Dekalb Airfield with the P51?

Jackson TN is my "here", for chain restaurants. So Logans, Applebees, Chilis, Longhorn, TGI Fridays, Red Robin etc.

Yes at Peachtree Dekalb.

[Sam]

Jackson TN is my "here", for chain restaurants. So Logans, Applebees, Chilis, Longhorn, TGI Fridays, Red Robin etc.

Yes at Peachtree Dekalb.

Gotcha on your location. Good, so far we haven't recommended you anything you can find at home.

I have to stop by PDK to check out the planes.

Do you like watches (wrist watches), if you do, take a trip to Phipps Plaza (upscale mall) and check out a few watch stores. Omega has their boutique in Phipps, Mayors sell Rolexes, there are a few other stores that sell stuff like Breitlings, Tags, Hamiltons, Panarais, etc. Phipps plaza is about 3 miles south of PDK on Peachtree Road.

[Crow Hunter]

Gotcha on your location. Good, so far we haven't recommended you anything you can find at home.

I have to stop by PDK to check out the planes.

Do you like watches (wrist watches), if you do, take a trip to Phipps Plaza (upscale mall) and check out a few watch stores. Omega has their boutique in Phipps, Mayors sell Rolexes, there are a few other stores that sell stuff like Breitlings, Tags, Hamiltons, Panarais, etc. Phipps plaza is about 3 miles south of PDK on Peachtree Road.

Technically the only chain restaurants where I live is an Applebees and our new Cracker Barrel. Have to drive 45 min to Jackson to find the other chains. So in reality, the other chains are like we are "going out on the town" but I would like to eat somewhere that I can't easily get to.

Not a watch guy. If you hadn't said they were watches, I would have assumed you were talking about store names. My watch consists of my cell phone or looking at where the sun is in the sky.

I am a plane guy though and I am hoping that CAF Dixie will have most of their other aircraft around while I am there so I can look at them too. I really want to see their F4U Corsair. I have never seen one in person before.

Thanks a bunch for your help.