http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/26/critical-mass-bike-ride-in-atlanta-on-friday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/26/critical-mass-bike-ride-in-atlanta-on-friday/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:32:47 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/26/critical-mass-bike-ride-in-atlanta-on-friday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/26/critical-mass-bike-ride-in-atlanta-on-friday/feed/ 0 The monthly Critical Mass bike ride takes place this Friday. Starting around 6 p.m., cyclists will gather at Woodruff Park in downtown and pedal where their urges take them. Commenters on the ride’s message board — it doesn’t have any real political or power structure — are requesting the pack makes its way through East [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/05/oakhurst-residents-push-for-trader-joes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/05/oakhurst-residents-push-for-trader-joes/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:58:37 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/05/oakhurst-residents-push-for-trader-joes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/05/oakhurst-residents-push-for-trader-joes/feed/ 0 Oakhurst residents are pooling ideas on the community’s online message board and crossing their fingers for a grocery store to occupy the strip mall that houses Mulligan’s bar on East Lake Drive. Some want to see the packaged-goods luxury-grub chain take its place and are encouraging neighbors to tell Trader Joe’s. Others want a store [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/soapbox-get-to-know-the-newcomers-among-us/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/soapbox-get-to-know-the-newcomers-among-us/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:30:29 +0000 Soapbox Editor http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/soapbox-get-to-know-the-newcomers-among-us/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/soapbox-get-to-know-the-newcomers-among-us/feed/ 0 By Nadia Ali I was talking to a young Turkish student at Georgia State the other day, making light conversation and asking about his experiences here in this country — and in Atlanta in particular — and his responses got me thinking. He mentioned many positive things about the United States and about [...]