Atlanta is a city of transplants, natives being a rare breed. It leads to a widespread attitude of: I might leave Atlanta tomorrow. Or I might stay forever.
Which is exactly how I feel. Some days, I am in love with this city, and can imagine myself raising my family here, sweet little y’all saying babes. And other times, I think: what’s next? Where will my next adventure take me?
Regardless of how long I will be here, it’s high-time I put my bucket list into writing. So here we go. Every ATL must-do, for your partaking pleasure. I've already checked off a few long-standing bucket listers. But there are still quite a few to go.
Let's do this...
- Dahlonega to hike and wine taste
- Dogwood Festival ✓ done
- Grant Park Farmers’ Market
- Braves Game ✓ done. a lot.
- Peachtree Road Race ✓ done, albeit a last minute decision and a bandit entry.
- Triathlon at Lake Lanier ✓ done
- Serenbe Farm
- BBQ at Fat Matt’s done
- Breakfast at Ria's Bluebird ✓ done
- NASCAR/Atlanta Motor Speedway
- World of Coke Museum ✓ done
- Live music at Eddie’s Attic (Decatur)
- Six Flags Over GA ✓ done
- Eat at Antico ✓ done
- Go to the original Chik Fil A in Hapeville ✓ done - with this crazy broad - not even on purpose
- Fernbank ✓ done
- Have Hipster Night Out: The Local – MJQ – El Bar – Majestic (in that order)
- Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles
- 420 Fest ✓ done
- Live music at Northside Tavern
- Dinner&bocce at Empire State South ✓ done
- Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
- Explore the BeltLine ✓ done
- Chateau Élan
- Atlanta Botanical Garden
- Taste of Atlanta
- Atlanta Hawks game ✓ done
- Free Beer Friday at Diesel at 5:37
- Concert at Chastain
- Concert at Aaron’s Amphitheater ✓ done (Jimmy Buffett, Toby Keith and Def Lepperd. Kind of an assortment...)
- Ann’s Snack Bar
- Prohibition
- Drive in movie at Starlight
- Johnny’s Hideaway ✓done. but not until this weekend. how did i go that long without it?
- Blast 900 ✓done and was so sore.
- Go to a political debate at Manuel’s Tavern
- Atlanta Falcons game ✓ done
- Georgia Aquarium
- Visit Dad’s Garage
- Oyster Fest ✓ done!
- Volunteer at CHOA
- Monster Truck Rally at the Georgia Dome ✓ done
- Sweetwater on a Friday afternoon ✓ done
- Sunday beers in the park at Park Tavern
- Explore ethnic restaurants you can’t pronounce on Buford Highway
- Try the Holeman + Finch burger ✓ done. good burger. not so good date.
- Karaoke on Buford Highway ✓ done
- The Goat Farm ✓ done
- Hike to the top of Stone Mountain ✓ done
- Tabletop shuffleboard at Twain’s done
- Tuesday nights at Star Bar
- Martinis & IMAX
- Spend an afternoon at Historic 4th Ward Park
- Eat at Vortex (Little Five Points) ✓ done
- Go to The Sun Dial Restaurant Bar & View ✓ done
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (in costume)
- Highland Inn – late night dance party downstairs!
- Brunch at West Egg done and a major addiction
- Shoot the Hooch ✓ done. many times. (and will do many more times)
- Ride the Silver Comet Trail ✓done, while tri training
- Eat at Waffle House ✓ done, but only had chocolate milk. so did it count?
- W rooftop pool ✓ done
- Feed to duckies at Piedmont Park ✓ done
- Tailgate for Tech ✓ done
- Tailgate for UGA (I know. It’s a blog divided) ✓ done
- Brunch at Sun in my Belly ✓ done
- Decatur Farmers Market ✓ done
- Ice skate at Park Tavern ✓ done
- Summerfest in the Highlands ✓ done
- Southern lunch at Mary Mac’s Tea Room
- Go to Flip Burger, Farm Burger and Yeah! Burger (but not in one night) ✓ done, done and done
- Buy something at Paris on Ponce
- Scott’s Antique Show ✓ done
- CNN Center
- Falafel King in Emory Village
- Picnic in Grant Park and visit to Zoo Atlanta
- FlyWheel Atlanta ✓ done
- Coffee at Octane
- Tour Oakland Cemetery
- Lucky Fest ✓ done
- Dinner at TOP FLR
- Jewelry making class at Brina Beads
- Casual Sunday drive down Tuxedo Road
- Darts at Smith’s Olde Bar
- Helen, GA Oktoberfest
- Late night doughnuts at Krispy Kreme
- Eat at One Midtown Kitchen and Two Urban Licks ✓ done and done
- “I Rocked the Guac” at Rosa Mexicano ✓ done
- Pumpkin Carving Contest at P’cheen
- Screen on the Green
- Thrashers game ✓ done
- Food Truck Park ✓ done
- King of Pop it ✓done
- Fireworks at Lenox ✓
- Eat at the Varsity ✓
- Callaway Gardens
- Music Midtown
- Eat at Woody's ✓ done
- Yum Yum Truck ✓ done
- Souper Jenny ✓ done
- Piedmont Park Arts Fest ✓ done
- Café Jonah ✓ done
- Yacht Rock ✓ done and done
- PureBarre ✓ done
- Dekalb Farmers' Market ✓done
- Stone Mountain Laser Show
- Ansley Park Playhouse
- Governor's Mansion at Christmas
- A show at the Fox
- Brew at the Zoo
- Atlanta History Center ✓done
- Hike Sweetwater Creek State Park
- Apple picking in north Georgia
- Christmas tree lighting at Lenox
- Breakfast at White House
- Fox Bro's BBQ
- Tasting at Red Brick Brewery (forermly ABC)✓done
- HIGH Museum
- Improv at Village Theatre
- The Glen Hotel Rooftop Bar
- Green Market at Piedmont Park ✓done
- Dinner at Watershed ✓done
What am I missing?
PS: A HUGE thank you to everyone who added to this list via comments and emails. I love that it is a work in progress and a compilation of the ideas of so many amazing people! Let me know what you try :)
PS: A HUGE thank you to everyone who added to this list via comments and emails. I love that it is a work in progress and a compilation of the ideas of so many amazing people! Let me know what you try :)
39 comments:
Not much!:) You've inspired me to make my own list. Which will consist of many of the things you have listed here. Let's mark off a few together!
My friend just moved to ATL! I'm going to send her this list!
I just pinned this. I'm so impressed--I've lived here forever and I don't know if I could've done this good of a job!
Breakfast at White House is one of my favorite atlanta things ever, that and a burger and beer at Vortex.
Now I'm hungry...
Fun list! How about Clermont Lounge, burrito from El Pollo burrito, MLK's house. Where did you get that awesome photo?
love love love :)
There are so many fun things left for you to do! I'm excited for you! (And yes, you need to do #59 again, and preferably at 4am).
Great list :)
As a Georgia native (30 minutes south of Atlanta), I loved reading tis list! I've done/want to do a lot of your list! I'll have to think if I can think of anything to add.... :)
woah! what a list! get going!
Great list! I would add ... See Gen. Lee (the South's famous groundhog) at Yellow River Game Ranch.
Thought of a few more ... Eat at the OK Cafe and visit the governor's mansion (perhaps for the Christmas tree lighting). Also, the metro area has a lot of great churches to visit. (Many have well-known pastors.)
A few more...sorry if these are repeats...Atlanta History Center...And if you have kids...LegoLand at Phipps...American Girl Store at North Point...the children's museum downtown...Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth (although that's not necessarily a kid thing).
I keep thinking of more, but I'll stop after this ... ;o)
Ride The Pink Pig at Lenox--it's an Atlanta tradition! (Open late October-December).
This is SUCH a good list – so many that I need to cross off, too! I totally agree with the Governor’s Mansion. It's beautiful during the holidays. I also recommend a behind-the-scenes tour of the Fox - and to see a show at the Fox – or any of the in town neighborhoods with the Atlanta Preservation Society. Tour the Atlanta History Center and Swan House and have brunch at the Swan Coach House. Hike Sweetwater Creek State Park and go up Amicalola Falls, especially at this time of year. Others: rent a cabin in the North GA mountains, go pick apples in the fall, see a show at the Laughing Skull Lounge, see Cirque under the big top at Atlantic Station, attend the Christmas tree lighting at Lenox, I could go on and on!
Brew at the Zoo on Memorial Day Weekend!
Kangaroo Sanctuary in Dawsonville only one like it in the country carriage ride diwntown
the varsity high museum atlanta symphany family concert lake lanier christmas lights
your list is awesome
See the General at the Southern Museum of locomotive history in Kennesaw? Eat a chili dog at Brandi's World Famous on Church St in Marietta? Feed a giraffe/panda/kimodo dragon at the zoo? Visit the Cabbage Patch General Hospital (and while you're up there, eat at the Smith House)?
Shakespear's Tavern...Tin Lizzies
Shakespear's Tavern...Tin Lizzies
Oh and Serenbe Farms is amazing! I'm in love with that little town and they have a farmer's market on saturday mornings :)
Oh and Serenbe Farms is amazing! I'm in love with that little town and they have a farmer's market on saturday mornings :)
Hi Britney! As a native Atlantan I want to say THANK YOU for making this list. Still so much for me to see and do despite having lived here my entire life. Can I just slap you on the wrist now for only having chocolate milk at Waffle House? :) How about Margaret Mitchell House, HIGH museum and Friday night Jazz, Cafe Intermezzo, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Gone With the Wind Museum (Marietta), lunch at Downwind Restaurant/Peachtree Dekalb airport, concert at Variety Playhouse and everyone has got to experience MARTA at least once. I really love this city and hope you will too. It's never ending and you could possibly start another entire list just for restaurants to try!
Glad to have found your blog...love following other ATL bloggers.
Amy
118 things on that list?! Dayyummmm you're an ambitious woman!
Dogwood festival. Atlanta pride. Show at the fox. Bike in piedmont.
L5P halloween parade and pride!
I've been in Atlanta a year and I've already done some of these! YAY! I'm happy to have found another Atlanta blogger :)
You just made me miss Atlanta so freaking much!
I love ATL!! But you missed my favorite place in ATL, Georgia Shakespeare! They are remounting one of their best shows this next summer, Metamorphosis!
A few more from a lifetime Metro-Atlantan...
Tallulah Gorge
Horseback riding in the mountains
Egg Harbor Cafe
Drive HWY 20 (at least for a little while)
Lake Lanier Islands Resort’s Magical Nights of Lights
Visit the Chamblee Antique Row District
Underground Atlanta
See a horse show at Conyers International Horse Park (used for the '96 Olympics)
It's a good thing you already marked going to a Thrashers game off your list since, well, they're no longer in Atlanta!
Eat fried green tomatoes at Mary Mack's Tearoom, show at the FOX, people watch DragonCon, laser show at Stone Mtn, and the Ms. Atlanta Pagent
What about making a midnight trip to the hanging tree up in Cumming? http://www.thehauntedinternet.com/cumming.html
Oh wow! This is a great list. I moved to Atlanta from Chicago 10years ago. I never knew there were so many things to experience here! I'm definitely starting my own ATL bucket list and will revisit yours frequently. Thanks for the inspiration!
You need to try Sublime Doughnuts on 10th street in Midtown! And Antico pizza down the street
Really enjoying the list. It's a great starting place for my own list, and a fun trip down memory lane. Anything I haven't checked off myself is on the to do list for my girlfriend and I. I hope the list grows as fast as you check things off!
Such a great list, thanks for sharing!! I'm not sure how much longer I'll be in Atlanta either. I've had a bucket list ever since I moved here, but it's only getting longer. We finally started doing some of the things on it!! And now we have even more to add! :)
This is great!! But please please please, tell me....Where did you get the beautiful picture? I am most recently from Atlanta and I love that poster. Please let me know. Thanks!
Since you're a runner, you should think about doing the Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon (if you're ever in Atlanta over Thanksgiving) or the Publix Half Marathon! They're both such fun races. Also, the sunrise service on Easter morning at the top of Stone Mountain, eating at Buckhead Diner (expensive but so worth it), drinks at Churchill's, brunch at Rosebud, and going to a concert at the Georgia Theater in Athens!
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