Yesterday in Athens

Tribute to Aimee

Health Science Campus UGA

The Blue Bird Cafe

Downtown

 

 

Lost Athens

Allen's (1955-2004) Normaltown

1950's to 2011. Now home to Health Science Campus

Restaurant in Normal Town.  Closed in mid 2000's

Bus Stop in Athens used to be downtown. Now located 6 miles from downtown.

Beautiful mural on the side of the Georgia Theatre. It was painted over long ago.

Encouragement where you least expect it

Located at the crosswalk in front of the Chicopee Complex (UGA)

1180 East Broad Street

Best Company Party Ever

Awesome.  Just awesome.

Ghosts of Athens Past

Have you noticed all the old signs on the sides of the buildings downtown?  I love it when the owners leave remnants of the past.  Here are a few of my favorites.

If you look close you can make out "Davison's" under the top red line.  Davison's was a department store that occupied the building now housing The Mellow Mushroom, Herschel's, and the Graduate School.  As a kid I used to visit the store and dream.  To me it was the most magical place I had ever seen.  You can see this sign from the corner of Broad and Jackson.

 The next two are on the side of the Magnolias also located on the corner of Broad Street and Jackson.

Just walk up a few paces toward the Arch and you will see this cool advertisement from the past.

Closed for the Georgia-Florida Game

Most of the local restaurants and stores will be closed today so that people can either go to or watch the Georgia-Florida game.  Standing in line last night to get into the Georgia Theatre for the awesome Folk show Todd Snider brought to Athens, I overhead a couple from Atlanta comment about how dead Athens was on a Friday night.  They were unaware of how many people make the trip to Jacksonville to drink and watch the DAWGS play ball.  The couple were even more amazed to hear about the one day "fall break" that the university started several years ago to legitimize the faculty's practice of cancelling classes on the Friday before the game.  Just another thing that makes Athens the unique city it is.

Go Dawgs!

Random Shots for a Saturday morning

Just some random shots that I came across this morning while I was trying to organize my photos.  I always enjoy the messages on the Methodist church downtown but this one is my favorite!

And she did bigger and better.  Great job everyone.   I am looking forward to more concerts this year.

And of course, Jared did not save the tree.  I don't have words to describe the house that took the place of the tree.  My mom always told me if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all.  Let's just leave it at that.

Athens is my favorite town.  There is both good and bad here like in any town.  New and old.  Ugly and beautiful.  Sometimes you will find them living right next door to each other.   I hope you get a chance to enjoy our town.

Signs (with apologies to the Five Man Electrical Band)

While walking home from work today I passed this sign.  No stopping or standing?  Really?  Be careful.  They might prosecute you if you spend too much time trying to read the historical marker to the right of the "sign."  While I was taking the photos I kept expecting someone to come running out of the church yelling at me for stopping on the corner.

Actually I am sure this sign is just a way for the church to try to drive away the homeless people who congregate in the "park" next door.  I guess they haven't gotten around to reading Matthew 25:31-46 yet.