I loko o Atlanta: Hale Hoʻohanohano 'Âlapa Kulanui John John Stephenson, Jr.

Ke hāʻawi aku neiʻo John John Stephenson i kāna 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, ke kamailio pū nei mākou me John Stephenson, Jr., pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka Hale Hoʻohanohano 'Ōlelo Kūleʻa Kulanui a me Chik-fil-A Fan Experience ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Atlanta. Kapaʻia ma nā papa inoa 'elua o Atlanta Business Chronicle ' 40 "a ma lalo o 40" a me "100 Most Influential Atlantans", Stephenson, UGA-alum, a me kaʻohana o ke kanaka i haʻihaʻiʻia e haipule mai iā Troutman Sanders, ke haʻaheo i ka ulu a me ka holomua o ka Hall o ka Fame iʻike nui, i loko o ka manawa pōkole (hiki wale ke weheʻia iʻAukake 2015).

"Ma ka haʻaheo e like me aʻu nei,ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻohālikelike i nā hōʻailona a me ka hoʻolaha a ka Hall of Fame i hana ai, no loko o nā haneli he kāne a he mau wāhine i hana ikaika e hana i kēia hoʻokipa hou. " I kēia lā, hele mākou i kahi huakaʻi o The Big Peach lead e Stephenson iā ia iho.

Noho wau i ... Sandy Springs, ma waena o Brookhaven a me Chastain. He noho mālie, akā hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i nā wahi a pau o ke kūlanakauhale me ka maʻalahi. Hānauʻia a hānaiʻia maʻaneʻi,ʻaʻole wau i manaʻoʻia e noho ma kahi'ē aʻe. ʻO Atlanta kekahi wahi nui e lilo i keiki kāne, he'ōpiopio'ōpio, e kūkulu i kaʻoihana, hānai i kaʻohana a me ka haʻalele. 'Akea maoliʻo Atlanta.

Makemake au eʻike i nā mea a kākou e hāʻawi nei! Makemake au e haʻaheo loa nā kānaka i kēia kūlanakauhale kupanaha. ʻAʻole pono mākou e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ko mākou nui aʻaʻole hoʻi e lawe. ʻO kahi mahele e pili ana i ka Centennial Olympic Park, he koina o nā kaʻina honua kahi e kū'ē i kekahi kūlanakauhale ma ke kua'āina -ʻo ka mea a pau e hele mamao ana kekahi i kekahi, nā hokele a me nā haleʻaina.

Ponoʻo Atlantans e hoʻolālā i kahi hoʻomaha a me ka hauʻoli!

Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa iaʻu ... Ma kahi mākaʻikaʻi āpau a iʻole i kaʻaina awakea me koʻuʻohana.

I ka manawaʻaina, ke hele nei wau i ... Taqueria del Sol, he lā awakea aʻaina paha akā maikaʻi loa i kēlā me kēia manawa. [No nā manawa kūikawā: Rathbun's; sushi: Sushi Nami; ʻO kaʻaina kaiʻina: Bone's; iwi: Nan; ke kula kahiko: Taxco a iʻole Jalisco; e holo ana: Last Resort Grill ma Athens.

Hiki ke ea i ka holaʻelima, Ke inu nei au ... He pia paʻakikī. ʻO ka hale kūʻaiʻo Brick i Decatur he mea anu aʻo STATS ma ke kūlanakauhale he wahi nui e nānā ai i kahi hanana pāʻani.

Inā makemake wau e noho i kahi hoʻokipa, e nānā au i ka ... ʻO kaʻOihana Omni ma ka CNN Center - he wahi kūpono loa ia ma nā wahi āpau a me nā wahi hoʻokipa o ke kauhale. He kūpono no ka halaʻana ma kahi pāʻani, kahiʻaelike a noho hoʻomaha paha.

ʻO kahi papa punaeweleʻo Atlantaʻo ia ma kahi kokoke i ke ala holo ma DeKalb Peachtree Airport, inā he mau keiki (a he keiki paha i ka puʻuwai). Hiki i nā'ōpiopio ke pāʻani a nānā i nā mokulele e lawe a lele i ka lā a pau. Aia ma kahi hale liʻiliʻi i kapaʻiaʻo Downwind me nā mea nui.

Ke hele au i ka Hale Hoʻokele Aliʻi , hele au i ka ... The College Football Hall of Fame a me Chick-fil-A Fan Experience,ʻoiaʻiʻo! Ma hope o kēlā,ʻo ka Honua o Coca-Cola a me Georgia Aquarium e kaulana mau i nā poʻe waho. ʻO ka Atlanta History Center, Zoo Atlanta a me Stone Mountain kekahi mau wahi nui e lawe ai i kaʻohana.

Loaʻa wau i koʻu papahana ... Ma muli o kaʻu mau keiki! I kekahi manawa, hele au i 9 a 18 mau puka ma kekahi o nā papa kālepa e pili ana a pili pono e kāhea aku i ka "hana."

Makemake au e hoʻonui i kaʻu kālā ma ... Bass Pro Shop. Pāpā wau i kekahi e hele i laila aʻaʻole kūʻai i kekahi mea (ināʻaʻoleʻoe e pono ia mea). He makana maikaʻiʻo Kane Boutique ma Midtown, a inā pono iaʻu ke olakino (ʻo ia hoʻiʻo)ʻo Veda Juice ma Peachtree Hills.

ʻOlelo e Savanna Sturkie. Hiki ke kiʻi iā Atlanta ma muli o About Travel,ʻo Kate Parham Kordsmeier , ma twitter @KPKords a iʻole ma ka leka uila ma kpkords@gmail.com . Mai poina ka makemake iā mākou ma Facebook .