For 85 years, Fran Tarkenton’s impactful life has been changing the world around him. The University of Georgia legend helped jump-start the Bulldog football program; in the NFL, 47,000 passing yards, 18 seasons, nine Pro Bowls; network entertainment programs and, of course, his mega-successful entrepreneurial exploits post-football. The Tarkenton life never slows down, and retirement is never a thought.
Augusta National, Masters Week, a celebration of spring in the South. Over the course of the last 89 years, the tournament has evolved into one of the greatest sporting events in the world.
The Masters Tournament was conceptualized and created by the forever cool Atlantan, the incomparable Bobby Jones. Mr. Jones died in 1971, but never seems far away, his footsteps are everywhere around here, those who knew the celebrated attorney with Georgia Tech, Emory roots are still with us.
The grand opening of the Otis Redding Center for the Arts (Orca) was held March 18th in Macon. The new facility will serve children between 5-18 thoughts the arts and musical education.
The Shalhoub home is a testament to the wonderful design qualities of 1931, the backyard is a reflection of a different era, nuclear paranoia and destruction.
Winnie the Pooh, obviously, is a wonderful book, but the immortal voice of Cedartown, Ga., native Sterling Holloway (1905-1992) with the intrepid bear as Sterling was the wind beneath Mr. Milne’s words.
It was on the couch, an Atlanta fiefdom, a kingdom was conceptualized, born. The Carse boys, brothers Steve and Nick, would become rulers of a new Atlanta world, “The King of Pops.”
“My office has the largest archive of Macon memorabilia outside the Washington County Library,” said Atlanta Intellectual Property/ Internet attorney Pete Wellborn with a smile, “the 1897 city phone book, the Macon Peaches baseball cards, ancient Coca Cola bottles, and photos of my grandfather’s restaurant, all here.”
Billy Howard has been described as “the go-to photographer for the game-changing idealists of the world.” He has worked with the Carter family for decades, documenting health and education issues around the world.
It’s mind boggling how much of Atlanta’s past is linked by a few blocks, in a blighted, mostly forgotten area of south downtown. These blocks seemingly disappeared 50 years ago, erased from civic relevance, spiraling into crime and hopelessness, as forgotten as a Packard, Hudson and Studebaker.
