http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:01:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/videodrome-robbed-on-friday-night/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/videodrome-robbed-on-friday-night/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:00:29 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=26647 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/videodrome-robbed-on-friday-night/feed/ 0 No one injured during robbery at popular video store http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/14/yard-sale-on-saturday-to-benefit-l5p-police-mini-precinct/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/14/yard-sale-on-saturday-to-benefit-l5p-police-mini-precinct/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 22:28:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19774 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/14/yard-sale-on-saturday-to-benefit-l5p-police-mini-precinct/feed/ 0 Location faces closure because of city cutbacks http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/l5p-anti-crime-rally-video/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/l5p-anti-crime-rally-video/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:26:06 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=13573 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/l5p-anti-crime-rally-video/feed/ 1 Nearly 175 residents gathered in Little Five points to raise awareness about Atlanta's growing crime problem. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/anti-crime-rally-in-l5p-tonight-dine-out-benefit-on-wednesday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/anti-crime-rally-in-l5p-tonight-dine-out-benefit-on-wednesday/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:06:29 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=13431 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/anti-crime-rally-in-l5p-tonight-dine-out-benefit-on-wednesday/feed/ 2 Citizen group calls for awareness and action tonight and Wednesday. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/08/chris-devoe-rachael-spiewak-benefit-at-highland-inn-on-thursday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/08/chris-devoe-rachael-spiewak-benefit-at-highland-inn-on-thursday/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:57:26 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10448 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/08/chris-devoe-rachael-spiewak-benefit-at-highland-inn-on-thursday/feed/ 1 Fundraiser to raise community awareness at funds for local musician and activist. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/21/obama-vandalism-part-ii/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/21/obama-vandalism-part-ii/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:05:43 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/21/obama-vandalism-part-ii/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/21/obama-vandalism-part-ii/feed/ 1 The Little Five Points mural of Barack Obama has been defaced. Again. Last time, it was a swastika. Now, a Hitler stache. Really, people? (Photo credit: Joeff Davis) Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/save-our-starbucks-really/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/save-our-starbucks-really/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:43:33 +0000 David Lee Simmons http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/save-our-starbucks-really/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/save-our-starbucks-really/feed/ 0 Everybody’s favorite punchline to all jokes consumerism and Democrats, Starbucks now has become a rallying point for the caffeine obsessed. A week after the ubiquitous coffee announced it would be not so ubiquitous, the Wall Street Journal reports today that there are campaigns to protest those closings. (Yet another reason to switch to decaf, but [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/hungry-for-change-obama-gets-baked-in-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/hungry-for-change-obama-gets-baked-in-atlanta/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:29:47 +0000 David Lee Simmons http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/hungry-for-change-obama-gets-baked-in-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/hungry-for-change-obama-gets-baked-in-atlanta/feed/ 0 What is it with liberals and bake sales, anyway? They’re fascinated by them. I’m thinking of the bumper sticker plastered all over Volvos back in the day that bemoaned, “It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/mcdonalds-in-little-five-points/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/mcdonalds-in-little-five-points/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 13:36:27 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/mcdonalds-in-little-five-points/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/mcdonalds-in-little-five-points/feed/ 3 No, the burger behemoth isn’t opening a store in the alt-hippie neighborhood. But a crew was filming a commercial in the parking lot in front of Junkman’s Daughter this morning. So the ultimate fast-food chain comes to L5P in search of scenery that it can use to brand itself as authentic, i.e. non-chain-ish. Isn’t that kind [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/26/swastika-defaces-obama-portrait-in-l5p/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/26/swastika-defaces-obama-portrait-in-l5p/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 18:48:00 +0000 Joeff Davis http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/26/swastika-defaces-obama-portrait-in-l5p/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/26/swastika-defaces-obama-portrait-in-l5p/feed/ 57 Someone spray-painted a swastika and X’s last night over this graffiti portrait of Barack Obama in Little Five Points. Camron Wiltshire and two other artists had been working last week on the piece at the corner of Colquitt and Euclid avenues. Sir2 painted another Obama portrait, and Michi had scripted out the old Sam Cooke [...]