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/2009/10/02/on-this-special-day-lets-remember-atlantas-olympics-joy/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/02/on-this-special-day-lets-remember-atlantas-olympics-joy/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:54:57 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25668 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/02/on-this-special-day-lets-remember-atlantas-olympics-joy/feed/ 1 Ah, 1990. Things were so much easier back then, ya know? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/5-things-to-do-today-saturday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/5-things-to-do-today-saturday/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:55:27 +0000 Amanda Peterson http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/5-things-to-do-today-saturday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/5-things-to-do-today-saturday/feed/ 0 1) Atlanta Rollergirls compete at Yaarab Shrine Center. 2) Gipsy Kings perform at Chastain Park Amphitheater. 3) Comedian Christopher Titus performs at Funny Farm. 4) Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent for CNN, discusses and signs his new book, Chasing Life, at Decatur Library. 5) Ringling Brothers opens at Beep Beep Gallery. (Photo by Frank Mullen/Matteblack) Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:32:26 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/feed/ 6 We’ll never live down Whatizzit, a.k.a. Izzy, the lamest, stupidest aspect of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Slate has a piece today defending China’s Olympic mascots that includes a take-down of Izzy and takes some surprising swipes at Atlanta as a city: Let’s not forget the 1996 Atlanta mascot, known variously as “Whatzit,” “Whatizhee,” or the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:12:39 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/feed/ 0 ELECTRIC BUGABOO: Fuel costs, new plant construction and repairing an aging power grid are driving electricity prices up as much as 29 percent in some parts of the country; Georgia Power’s rate hike takes place this month. CLAYTON: Corrective superintendent John Thompson brings in a second member of his inner circle to help lead Clayton schools [...]