I loko o Atlanta: Amy Grantll Bransford, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i kaʻami-spa Aviary

Ke hoʻokaʻawale nei ka mea hale hoʻokipa a me ka mea hana kaiaulu i kona mau punahele punahele ma Atlanta

Ke hoʻi nei mākou me kā mākou papahana ma loko o Atlanta-i kēlā me kēia pule, noho mākou me nā poʻe o kaʻoihana koʻikoʻi e kamaʻilio e pili ana i keʻano o ka heluʻo Atlanta iā lākou. I kēia manawa, aloha mākou me Amy Leavell Bransford, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Aviary, he lālā maikaʻi a me ka pilina i loko o ka Ward Fourth Ward (hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomanaʻo iā Aviary mai ko mākou alakaʻi i ka puna maikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale ). ʻO ke kaikamahine a kekahi makua kāne mele a me nā mea kapa lole,ʻo Bransford, i ulu i kahiʻanoʻano hilinaʻi, a me ka hoʻomauʻana - ua kapaʻia kona mau mākuaʻo ka'AlaʻauʻAla oʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa i ka makahiki 1999.

Hāʻawiʻiaʻo ia i kēlā mauʻano iā Aviary, ka mea hāʻawi i ka lauoho, ka pākiko, ka lole, a me nā lawelawe maikaʻi'ē aʻe me nā huahana eco-friendly mai nā mea likeʻole me Coola, kahi hui mālama mālama ola, a me OWAY, ka lālani laula o ka lauoho laula. I kēia lā, hele mākou i kahi huakaʻi no ka Big Peach alakaʻi e Bransford.

Noho wau i ... "Decatur-ma kahi Lenox Place, kahi ma waena o Dekalb Avenue a me Ponce de Leon. Iʻeono mau makahiki i hala, ua hoʻomaka kaʻu kāne a me kekahi hoaaloha i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka moku'āinaʻo Ryan Gainey i noho ma Decatur. E hoʻi maiʻo ia i ka home me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i kahi o ka māla nani o Ryan i loko o ka makahiki. Iʻelua makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai mākou e neʻe, hiki mākou i kaʻehaʻeha ma ka hale ma waho o ke alanui mai Ryan. ʻO ka liloʻana iā ia he hoalauna,ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi loa o koʻu ola, a ua nele mākou e komo iā ia e pili ana i kona akamai no nā mea kanu. Akāʻo Decadur ka mea holoʻokoʻa: walkability , nā kula nui, nā hoa noho aloha, nā meaʻai nui a me nā kūʻai. "

Makemake au i nā kānaka iʻike ... "pehea ka nui o nā lāʻau i loko o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Atlanta. Uaʻikeʻiaʻo Atlanta no ka liloʻana i kūlanakauhale ma loko o ka ululāʻau, a ke manaʻo nei au e mahalo mākou i kēlā. Noho mākou i kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ka honua! Loaʻa iā mākou kokoke he 350 mau pāʻani ākea, nā māla, nā ala a me nā ākea ākea. "

Hiki iāʻoe keʻimi ... "ma ka hanaʻo Aviary, ma kaʻaoʻao o ka pōkale e nānā ana i kaʻu mau keiki e pāʻani ana no InterCity FC Blues, ma koʻu hale e noho ai ma kahi pū ahi ma koʻu kuapā, a ma Beltline e hele pū ana me kahi hoaaloha."

ʻO kaʻaina awakea, ke hele nei wau i ... "koʻu poʻi. He maikaʻi loa koʻu ola a no laila he kanaka nui au i hiki iaʻu. E hauʻoli nui au i kaʻaina ahiahi me nā hoaaloha ma mua o ka hālāwaiʻana i kahi haleʻaina. Akāʻo kahi o kaʻu mau wahi punahele eʻai ai e like me ka hopena o ka Bread & Butterfly. Heʻuʻuku a hoʻoluʻolu a hoʻokipa lākou i ke kaula. ʻO ia ka haleʻaina maikaʻi e hoʻohālikeʻoe he kanaka helekaʻi, e lawe i kahi puke, eʻike i ka waina a nānā i ka poʻe hele wāwae. "

Ua hahau ka Clock i ka horaʻelima, Ke inu nei au ... "ʻo La Croix a iʻole he Pina Verde (he meaʻono i ka wai'ōmaʻomaʻo mai ka Nature Garden o Krog Street Market),ʻoiai e hana mau au i ka hana. Inā ma ka home, makemake au e hoʻohuiʻia,ʻo Gin a me La Croix a me Pina Verde wai'ōmole me Tequila. "

Inā makemake wau e noho i kahi hōkele, e nānā au i ka ... "hiki koke ke kūkuluʻia ka'O4W Hotel e hele nei i mua o Studioplex i nā makahikiʻelua e hiki mai ana. Nui wau i ka hauʻoli i nā mea a pau e hana nei ma ka HaleʻAhaʻEhā ... heʻano like ia me ke kikowaena o nā mea apau ma Atlanta. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa kūpono e hālāwai ai me ka wahine iʻikeʻia i ke ala e hiki ai i kēia hale hoʻokipa ma hope koke iho nei a keʻike nei wau i ko lākou hoihoi i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka'āina a me kaʻoihana liʻiliʻi. E hele ana nā malihini mai ka honua a pau eʻike i kekahi o nā hale kūʻai maikaʻi loa, nā haleʻaina a me nāʻoihanaʻoihana ma ke kūlanakauhale. "

ʻO "Atlanta Best Best Kept Secret "ʻo ia ke kumukūʻai o Coca-Cola. "

Ke hele au i ka Hale Hoʻokele Pāleʻaleʻa, hele wau i ... "ke Beltline a me ke Kahua Kūkākūkāʻo Ponce. I ka hopena hope loa, ua lawe mākou i kekahi mau hoa mai LA a hiki i ka papa a ua like lākou, "HE KANAKA maikaʻi kēia!" Inā hele akuʻo ia ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, aloha au iā Sweetwater Creek a me Arabia Mountain no ka heleʻana o keʻano. "

Loaʻa wau i koʻu kāʻei ma luna ... "ma FitWit ma Decatur / Kirkwood. He mea hoʻokūkū paʻakikī kēia, akā, me ka hoʻonaʻauao nui a me kahi kaiaulu aloha a kākoʻo. Ke kali nei au e hele. "

Makemake au e hoʻolimalima i kaʻu kālā ... "ma ka Hale Hōʻaipa ma Intown Ace mea hoʻohana ma Scott Boulevard. Mahalo i koʻu makuakāne, ua hoʻomākaukau wau i kahi mea hōʻailona i nā manu hānai manu. I kēia manawa i kēia manawa. He 19 ka helu hope. "