Community Blog

September 6, 2010

The business office here at the apartment community will be closed this Monday, September 6th, for Labor Day.  We will re-open on Tuesday with our normal business hours.

We hope everyone has a fantastic long weekend and great Labor Day!

We hope you enjoy your much deserved R & R everyone!

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Do you want to ride in my beautiful balloon?

Callaway Gardens is having their annual Labor Day Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival this weekend. Villa Rica’s hot air balloon festival is better, but hey! they can’t all be in Villa Rica.

They’ll have music, exhibits, ballooning demos and hot air balloon packages that you can purchase.  Yep that’s right, all those colorful balloons that will fill the sky over Callaway Gardens (which is totally beautiful) can take you up for a float.

You can buy vacation packages that include accommodations, admission into the gardens, balloon rides as well as meal and activities vouchers. Or, since it only takes about an hour and a half to get there, you can go down just for the day and look at the balloons as they float over Robin Lake Beach.  It makes for a great daytrip or a romantic evening (hint-hint fellas) when the balloons float alit in the night sky.

Oh! I found this great video clip of last year’s West Georgia Hot Air Balloon Festival…check it out…

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Looking for something in the city this weekend? The countdown is on! Literally, there’s a count down on the official German Bierfest website. This Saturday, August 28th,  marks Atlanta’s “7th Annual German Beirfest.” Although, when you hear German you most likely think beer, but there are some other things German’s are known for.

Come out this weekend and enjoy the German culture, 30 different beers, a DJ and a couple bands. This is happening at Woodruff Park from 2pm – 7pm. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Genießen Sie (enjoy)!

Villa Rica Parks and Rec is teamed up with redzone leagues to provide the Villa Rica Adult Soccer League again.

The adult co-ed soccer registration for the 2010 fall season will be September 6th through the 17th.  This is for males or females ages 18 or up – at the time of registration- and the cost is 30.00 per player.  There will be 6 regular season games plus the tournament.  The season is scheduled for between September 26th through November 17th Fullerville or Gold Dust.

If you are interested, you can contact Paul Hale via phone 404-312-0630 or via email paulhale1@charter.net

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The Carroll County Animal Shelter has lots of pets available for adoption. They are open on Saturdays from 8am to 7pm and you can easily adopt your new furry family member at their shelter off Columbia Drive.

The adoption fee for a dog is 115.00 and the adoption fee for a cat is 95.00 and your new pet will be up to date on their shots, be spayed/neuter and microchipping.

Pets enjoy a really nice standard of living here at Hickory Falls. Our resident dogs especially enjoy long walks around nearby Sweetwater Park.  We welcome all new furry residents so if you want to adopt a new dog or cat, it’s only a 300 one time pet fee and we have no weight restrictions.  Oh, there are some breed restrictions however, so call the office (888-499-3595) with questions.

Redbox is my go-to plan.  When there is nothing on TV- and let’s face it, right now there is nothing on TV because the summer line up is winding down and the fall line up hasn’t started up so there are 500 channels of nothing to watch- Redbox is my savior.  The closest one is at the Walmart on Highway 61.

Cop Out- a buddy cop movie with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan just came out.

The Losers, which I saw in the theater and thought it was great, also just came out.

Furry Vengeance with Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields

Next week is also a big week for releases when Repo Men, Clash of the Titans, The Back-up Plan and City Plan

I am thinking Furry Vengeance is the way to go:

Carpooling usually sounds so formal, most people carpool without even thinking about it.  Maybe you and a friend share a ride to a party or maybe you pick your mom up on the way to the store so she doesn’t have to make a special trip, well that’s carpooling.  How about carpooling as partly organized and partly social?  There’s a social networking website called PickUpPal where you can organize a carpool in your area.  It can be as formal as a schedule with notifications emailed to everyone to sending out an alert to some participants on an adhoc basis. You can set it up for work, school, team practices and games as well as social events.

Everyone can sign up for the group-for free-and reduce their gas consumption and their carbon footprint.

how do you say "yummy" in French?

Red Brick in downtown Villa Rica is an understated culinary gem- just as their website professes- where you can enjoy meals that consist of several courses (very European) or a simple entree.

By the look of it, they have an extensive wine list, as well as a full bar.  I have to say it though, as enticing as the drinks menu is, it’s the food that looks amazing.  The small plates and salads look incredible.  I mean prosciutto and melon, tomato butter or saganaki??? Seriously??? Wow…

And then you can move on to a hanger steak or the roasted chicken?  Um yes please, sign me up for that.

They offer two course dinners for 15.00 and three course dinners for 21.00 but the real deal is the lunch menu.  They have a 10.00 lunch that is a soup or salad, the lunch special of the day and a drink.  For 10.00!

C’est Magnifique!

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To ease the blow of having to return to school, the Atlanta Braves are hosting an ultimate Kids Day at Turner Field this Sunday. Upper box seats, which are normally 12.00, are now 5.00 for kids 14 and younger and they’ll have free hitting and pitching games, as well as free admission to the Braves on-site museum.

Homer, the mascot, will be celebrating his birthday with a specialty birthday cake -which kids can get a slice of- and the opportunity for the kids the run the bases after the game.  If you get there early they’ll have a kids parade.  The game against the Giants starts at 1:35pm.

Throw in autograph opportunities by Braves’ greats Charlie O’Brien, Gaylord Petty and Sid Bream and kids will totally forget they head back to school this month.

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This Saturday, The Mill, in downtown Villa Rica, is hosting yet another great event.  Tropical Steel Vibes will be at playing from 7:30-9:30 as part of the amphitheater’s Summer Concert Series.

Tropical Steel Vibes is a Caribbean/island-inspired quartet who plays calypso and steel drum party music for crowds throughout the metro-Atlanta area and the Southeast.  You’ve probably seen them before, as they’ve had engagements in Villa Rica before.

Pack a picnic and your camping chairs and head out for the evening.  Oh!  New rule at The Mill- no dogs allowed, even if they are on a leash.

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