Our Anniversary Trip - A Stay-cation.

Being a tourist in our own home town is a good way to spend a couple of days.

We decided to start our adventure by having lunch at the Majestic Diner located at 1031 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta.  The Majestic has been serving food 24 hours a day since 1929 and it is still going strong. http://majesticdiner.com/

Next we visited Oakland Cemetery founded in 1850. It’s the resting place of many of the original settlers of Atlanta.  http://www.oaklandcemetery.com/

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This 48-acre city owned cemetery also doubles as a city park, and it’s treated as such. You can take all kinds of tours from architecture to botanical. They also hold private events, weddings, and road races there.Oakland has it’s own green house which recently was moved from the Cyclorama.

One of the most interesting grave sites for us belongs to the famous golfer Bobby Jones. Legend has it that if you leave a golf ball there it will improve your game so there are plenty of them.

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From there we made our way to a bed and breakfast built in 1836 called Twelve Oaks located in Covington, Georgia. Voted one of the most romantic places to visit (we couldn’t argue with that).

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If you live in the Atlanta area it’s a great getaway and if you come from Buffalo New York (Like our new friends Gary and Joell did) you’ll get a feel for the true Gone with the Wind south. We stayed in the Cannon Ball Run Grand Suite located on the third floor. Nicole and John run this beautifully restored home.  http://www.thetwelveoaks.com/

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Wine and cheese in the early evening are served and the most elegant breakfasts in the morning, (one is pictured below). Even water and chocolates by the bedside when you return in the evening are little touches that make such a difference. Conveniently located within walking distance of the town square.

Photo Credit: The Twelve Oaks

The Atlanta Movie Tour on Monday was great. Clyde drove the bus and we were accompanied by Sally Smith who never broke character playing our tour guide Margaret Mitchell. We were shown all the high spots of Margaret’s life and death (the intersection where she was tragically run over by an off duty cabbie).
http://atlantamovietours.com/tours/gone-with-the-wind-tour/. 

Photo Credit: The Margaret Mitchell Museum

We had never toured the “Dump” (as Mitchell called it) where she lived while writing Gone with the Wind.  Afterward we visited Oakland again on the tour but this time we heard all the stories behind many of the residents there from our very knowledgeable tour guide "Margaret". We also visited Mitchell’s grave site there.

Photo Credit: The Margaret Mitchell Museum

Afterward we had lunch at Mary Mac’s Tea Room were they have been serving southern fair for over 70 years. We started lunch with Pot Likker with cracklin’bread and fried green tomatoes. It’s a nice friendly place with lots of history. http://www.marymacs.com/

This weekend was well planned by my sweat husband who orchestrated all of our little trips. I’m grateful for him everyday. This was taken about 19 years ago but it's still one of my favorites.
Happy Anniversary!

Photo Credit: Maura Nicholson