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We arrived back at home this afternoon but werent quite ready to call it quits on our weekend vacation so we headed up to our local Dave & Busters arcade to waste some more money. Its more fun than the casino thats for sure.
Heres a video from our evening at the Harrahs casino in NC.
Here we are inside the club car! Lots of snoody white folks in here. lol
This weekend we're on holiday in NC relaxing and getting away from the busy havox of life in Atlanta. This morning we'll be taking a trip on a 1920's rail clubcar for a 4 hour venture through the Great Smoky Mountains.
Since Friday our high-speed cable internet has been interrupted going off and on. First I'd blame our cable provider, but after having a suspicious feeling about something going on behind our building I ventured behind out unit to find somebody has broken into the cable box and added a slitter to our cable line which is interfering with out internet service. Rather than tamper with the box myself I called the cable company like you're suppose to do and waited two days for them to come out and repair the box and restore service... while the repair contractor was here service was fine, they secured the box and left however whatever damage has been done, we're still have connectivity problems. Our unneighborly cable thieves deserve a digital ass-kicking.
Part of the fun to browsing through thrift stores is seeing all the obsolete technology for sale, you never know what you'll find. A scroll through memory line and a tech museum all rolled into one.
Caylee Anthony the missing central Florida toddler whom disappearance over the summer launched a statewide search and police investigation has been been spotted in Georgia. Well, her "missing person" flier has been spotted anyway. The Georgia Department of Transportation is actively dispersing these fliers across the state rest stop facilities in hopes motorist will uncover the helpful clue in the young girls mysterious disappearance.
While out at our local Barnes & Noble this evening Victor spotted a table display which prominently featured my old alma mater; the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in partnership with Barnes & Noble will feature a line of “Back-to-Campus” products in bold colors and prints designed by SCAD students.
Developed through the colleges Working Class Studio, the product line consists of nine journals, two pencil pouches, a sketchbook and a canvas messenger bag. Each product’s design is meant to inspire students to explore their creativity, while prices remain economical for student budgets. The collection is available exclusively in all Barnes & Noble stores nationwide, Barnes & Noble college bookstores and at www.barnesandnoble.com.
Working Class Studio, a product development venture of SCAD, selects student interns each quarter who form an interdisciplinary design team led by studio directors. Based on the team’s market research and designs, the studio manufactures a line of products that are sold nationwide.
Barnes & Noble executives, including Vice President of Gift Merchandising Bill Miller, encountered SCAD and its students’ work at national trade shows. When the company decided to expand its gift division last year, Miller said he thought it might be a good opportunity to work with the college.
“We were deeply impressed by the work that we saw at the Working Class Studio booth at the [2006] New York Gift Show,” he said.
Miller saw SCAD work again when photographs from students and alumni debuted in west elm stores, and he decided to contact the college.
“It was just one of those natural fits,” said Anna Burgard, director of new product development for Working Class Studio and Miller’s primary SCAD contact on the project.
Working Class Studio intern groups developed some of the chosen designs, and some were the results of projects in other courses. Students, faculty and staff worked on a short deadline to deliver the designs, but said the time crunch was worth it.
“It was a tight turnaround — about nine months from the project’s inception to the items being in stores,” said Burgard. “It’s been keeping us on our toes.”
The product launch in July was highly anticipated at Barnes & Noble. “I think our customers will respond to the sophisticated yet approachable designs,” said Miller. “I like [these products] because they appeal to more than one group of our customers — I believe we will sell this product to all age groups and interests.”
Burgard said that this launch is just the beginning of SCAD’s relationship with Barnes & Noble, and that the product development partnership between the two groups will be ongoing. “We’re already working on additional projects,” she said.
Too bad SCAD didn't offer this kind of program for us Computer Art students back in 2004. It's a nice way to gain exposure right out the gate. Congratulations to all the students selected to have their works sold.
This sign which healds back to days predating the civil-rights movement in the south is on display at the Atlanta History Center. It illustrates the ignorance that was far to common back then even by some states most revered companies.
Victor and I visited the Atlanta History Center and toured this elegant early 20th century estate dubbed the Swan House.
The Swan House is an excellent example of the Second Renaissance Revival style and represents the architectural and decorative tastes of affluent citizens in the late 1920s. The house was designed by well-known Atlanta architect Philip Trammell Schutze in 1928 and decorated by Ruby Ross Woods of New York. Swan House and its gardens are together considered Shutze's finest residential work, in which he adapted Italian and English classical styles to accommodate 20th-century living. The house is set on a rising slope and presents an Italian Mannerist facade complete with double stairs descending on either side of a cascade. Baroque inspired lawns, stone obelisks and retaining walls, and two stone fountains are other Renaissance elements found on the grounds.
The name of the house is drawn from the swan or bird motifs that found in many of the interior rooms. The interior of the house is as elaborate as the exterior and features five rooms: the entrance vestibule, the entrance hall, the library, the Morning Room and the Dining Room. Other rooms include four bedroom areas, a sitting room, a full basement and an apartment in the attic. Of the two impressive exterior facades of Swan House, the west facade facing Andrews Drive that is the rear of the house is the more impressive of the two. Symmetrical in every way, the facade has a central doorway at the top of a double winding staircase.
In 1966, the Atlanta Historical Society purchased the Swan House and most of its original furnishings, which range from 18th-century antiques to 20th-century objects. The house opened to the public in 1967.
The Swan House is located at 130 West Paces Ferry Rd. in NW Atlanta. It is owned and maintained by the Atlanta History Center. Tours are generally available daily from 11:00am (1:00pm on Sundays) until 4:00pm, although during the current renovation of the interior, these times are subject to change. Please call 404-814-4000 or visit http://www.atlhist.org to obtain the most up-to-date tour information.
