Our Atlanta Bucket List

I started this list on my old laptop just before it died and have yet to recover it. *insert grrrr face* I keep mentally adding to it and figured I should probably start getting these goals down somewhere before I forget! This list is a constant work in progress. I started from the one I found on the blog “sometimes, always, and never” about a year ago and have discussed it aloud with my husband on several occassions. This list does include several “to-do/sees” that are outside Atlanta, but within Georgia, and much more likely to happen than when I was living in California! We’ve also included a couple of things we’ve already done but want to do again now that Benjamin is a bit older. I’ll go back and check things off as they’re accomplished. Our list is in no way complete and we welcome your feedback and ideas!

[Photography by @be_atlanta.]

In no particular order:

1. Braves game (date)

2. Braves game with Benjamin

3. Duluth Fall Festival ✓ 09.28.14

4. Dogwood Festival

5. Visit Lake Lanier

6. Take Benjamin on the train at Stone Mountain

7. Laser show at Stone Mountain

8. The Nutcracker at Fox Theatre

9. Eat ice cream at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams ✓ 10.18.14

10. Serenbe Farm for brunch and exploring

11. The Art Barn

12. Visit and photograph the Goat Farm ✓

13. World of Coke Museum

14. Georgia Aquarium as a family ✓ Season passes 2016

15. Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles

16. Fernbank Museum of Nature History ✓ done 02.03.17

17. Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

18. Go to the original Chik-fil-a in Hapeville, Georgia

19. Taste of Atlanta

20. Explore the BeltLine ✓

21. Atlanta Botanical Garden ✓

22. Concert at Chastain Amphitheater

23. Movie at Suwanee Town Center

24. Atlanta Falcons game

25. Atlanta Hawks game

26. Sweetwater Brewery Tour

27. Hike Stone Mountain (as a family) ✓ 05.10.15 (Mother’s Day)

28. Shoot the “Hooch” ✓ Summer 2016

29. Tailgate with friends

30. Decatur Farmers’ Market

31. Ice Skate at Centennial Olympic Park

32. Pink Pig at Lenox Square

33. Paris on Ponce ✓ done ✓ done ✓ done

34. Scott’s Antique Show

35. Tour Oakland Cemetery ✓ done (sort of… we didn’t take the official tour yet!)

36. Dunwoody Food Truck Thursday

37. Yum Yum cupcake Truck

38. Purchase a cupcake from the Sprinkles ATM ✓ 03.21.15

39. CNN Center

40. Dekalb Farmers’ Market

41. Governor’s Mansion at Christmas

42. Atlanta Zoo ✓ done + twice more

43. Atlanta History Center

44. Apple picking ✓ done 10.19.14 (Hillcrest Orchards)

45. Christmas tree lighting at Lenox

46. HIGH Museum (date)

47. Visit Savannah (I know that’s not in Atlanta…)

48. Starlight Drive-in Theatre

49. Medieval Times

50. Cabbage Patch Factory Tour in Cleveland, Georgia

51. “I Rocked the Guac” at Rosa Mexicano (Atlantic Station) ✓

52. Chamblee Antique Row ✓

53. Decatur Book Festival

AJC Decatur Book Festival

Woodruff Park

54. ATL Playground at Woodruff Park ✓ done 07.04.16

55. “Public art scavenger hunt” — visit the Living Walls installations ✓ done ✓ done ✓ done

56. The Varsity ✓

57. Fried Chicken at Watershed

58. Bellwood Quarry

59. Calloway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia

60. Tallulah Falls, Georgia

Updated 5/31/16 I’m adding a few Atlanta must-see locations to this list that I can already check off for us.
61. LEGOLAND Discovery Center ✓
62. Center for Puppetry Arts ✓
63. Children’s Museum of Atlanta ✓
64. Ponce City Market ✓
65. Visit MLK’s Home

Updated 3/31/17
61. Summit SkyRide at Stone Mountain Park ✓ 03.23.17
62. Civil Rights Museum

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