http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/06/dagmar-midcap-wins-weather-emmy/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/06/dagmar-midcap-wins-weather-emmy/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:17:26 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21902 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/06/dagmar-midcap-wins-weather-emmy/feed/ 3 Dagmar Midcap has won a weather Emmy http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/17/perception-of-crime%c2%ae-watch-limit-five-5-burglaries/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/17/perception-of-crime%c2%ae-watch-limit-five-5-burglaries/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:29:33 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21024 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/17/perception-of-crime%c2%ae-watch-limit-five-5-burglaries/feed/ 1 Urban Body Fitness in Midtown has been burlgarized six times in June. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/10/atlanta-blogs-today-68/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/10/atlanta-blogs-today-68/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:20:00 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8897 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/10/atlanta-blogs-today-68/feed/ 4 — It’s Veteran’s Day tomorrow, which is set aside to honor the men and women who have put their lives on the line on our country’s behalf. Call a vet  and thank them for their sacrifices. At the Daly Briefing, our intrepid correspondent is back in the U.S. from Iraq. But he’s stuck in Kansas [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/atlanta-blogs-today-36/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/atlanta-blogs-today-36/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:52:41 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/atlanta-blogs-today-36/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/atlanta-blogs-today-36/feed/ 0 — Amy and Lauren are in Denver and blogging from the convention on Georgia Women Vote. They were both moved by a speech U.S. Rep. John Lewis gave this morning to the Georgia and Alabama delegations. Lewis will address the nation tonight before Obama accepts his party’s nomination. — One person not at the convention is [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/atlanta-blogs-today-25/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/atlanta-blogs-today-25/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:56:42 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/atlanta-blogs-today-25/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/atlanta-blogs-today-25/feed/ 0 — As the fall campaign season goes into full swing, Travis over at Lucid Idiocy notes that one reason voters are so cynical is because of all the lies, lies, lies that candidates expect us to swallow. When Paris Hilton becomes a political voice of reason, we know something’s drastically wrong. — For most of us, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-blogs-today-15/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-blogs-today-15/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:49:06 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-blogs-today-15/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-blogs-today-15/feed/ 3 — GriftDrift explains why he hates liberals, but really f*cking hates Republicans. His grumpiness is for our reading pleasure. — And Jason Pye is grumpy with CNN’s Lou Dobbs, who was grumpy on the air about our economy and the free-market. Pye’s point? Dobbs really doesn’t know what he’s talking about. — Has the “silly season” [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/atlanta-blogs-today-9/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/atlanta-blogs-today-9/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:38:42 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/atlanta-blogs-today-9/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/atlanta-blogs-today-9/feed/ 2 — Ah, a post-election hangover kind of day. As a break from the political winds, the folks over at Chicken Fat posted some recently-discovered photos of Willie B., the iconic gorilla that was the public face of Zoo Atlanta for most of his life. And, of course, he was named after former Atlanta Mayor William [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/31/what-about-dagmar/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/31/what-about-dagmar/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 14:25:54 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/31/what-about-dagmar/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/31/what-about-dagmar/feed/ 4 My friend Rodney Ho wrote a nice story in the AJC yesterday about the growing popularity of WGCL-TV weatherwoman Dagmar Midcap. Why is Midcap a hit with viewers? The auburn-haired Vancouver native possesses a soothing voice, a pretty face and a warm personality. True. There’s also this. And this. And don’t forget this. Oh, and these. Bookmark It