Chestnut Grove School Historical Marker

Located next to Chestnut Grove Baptist Church on Epps Bridge Road.

Christmas in Athens

Milledge Avenue is home to a number of Sororities and Fraternities who really know how to decorate their beautiful houses.  Here are a few of my favorites.

Alpha Gamma Delta house, located at 530 South Milledge,  is also known as the 

"Wedding Cake House." 

 Delta Sigma Phi House, located at 285 South Milledge, was built 

by Andrew Lipscome, UGA's first chancellor, for his mother.  

Mary Lipscome was the principal of the Lucy Cobb Institute for Girls.

My favorite this year is the Phi Mu House located at 250 South Milledge.

It was built in 1858 by Thomas and Sarah Hamilton who are said 

to be Georgia's first millionaires.  

Simply breathtaking!

Little King's Shuffle Club

Striking Mural on the back of the Little Kings Shuffle Club

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.

Homecoming Parade 11/8/13

 

I love these ladies

And this couple

 

And the Students

Pretty Shot of Athens

Taken from the Main Library Roof - The University of Georgia

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!