Previous Update: http://sonria.org/blog/2010/day-203-december-4-2010
Today is Day 217, but this is going to be a different kind of post.
Item #73 is explore thirty new places in my local area. That’s a nice, solid idea and certainly falls into the definition of “quantifiable.” But I’ve realized that it’s not quite specific enough. Thirty new places? Great! But what are they?
I’d completely drawn a blank and at first decided to attack this by simply going someplace that sounded interesting at the time. It’s not working; I haven’t gone anywhere new in the Atlanta metro, even though I’ve gone to a lot of new places outside of it.
Instead, it’s time to make a list. Thirty places in the next 784 days (the time I have left) works out to a new place about every 26 days. I figure that if I manage one place per month, with a couple months where I do two, I should be able to finish this item.
- Zoo Atlanta
- Cyclorama
- Paris on Ponce
- Fox Theatre — I’ve seen two shows here but I’ve never really looked around the theater itself
- High Museum
- The Tabernacle
- Dialog in the Dark
- Waffle House Museum
- Junkman’s Daughter
- Mary Mac’s Tea Room
- Scott Antique Market
- Kenny’s Alley — I’ve been to Underground Atlanta, but only during the day
- Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
- Six Flags
- Millennium Gate
- Centennial Olympic Park, as I’ve never gone past the edge
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area — at least five sites
- Georgia Aquarium
- Atlanta History Center
- Center for Puppetry Arts
- Cabbagetown
- Jewish Heritage Museum
- Castleberry Hill Art Stroll
- Fernbank Museum
- CNN Center
- Georgia State Capitol
- West End
- Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historical Site
- Jimmy Carter Library
- Historic Roswell
There are a number of other Atlanta places that I can’t put on this list because they’re not “new” (i.e., I’ve been there before). But I want to go back to these places:
- Atlanta Botanical Gardens
- Piedmont Park
- Chastain Ampitheater (when it’s not raining)
- Turner Field
Sweetwater Creek State Park19-May-2011- Marietta Square
- The Varsity
- Sun Dial
- Decatur Square
Next Update: http://sonria.org/blog/2011/day-232-january-1-2011