ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Page 6 January 2018
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Talkin’ Trash with Marty Jones
WOW! What a ride it has been. GO DAWGS! We ended the season the way we started. Kickin’ some butt and taking names. We beat KY. We just destroyed GT and then handed some payback to AU.
12-1 … SEC East Champions …. Kirby is SEC Coach of the Year. Roquan is SEC Defensive Player of the Year. The awards and accolades keep coming and are well deserved but the job is not done. There is not one of us that bleed’ s Red and Black that does not recognize what a great and special season this has been. We also recognize what is left to accomplish.
If you had told me we would be 12-1 and SEC Champs back in August, I would have high five’ d you. If you told me we would leave the SEC East in ruins and 2 of our biggest rivals in tears, I would have kissed you. However, ther is still more work to do.
This will be a test for our guys. OU can move. They play fast and throw it all over the place. If you sleep on the run game they will gash you there too. Glad we have almost a month to get ready.
The game will be won up front. If our front guys can hurry Baker and if our OL can move the OU defense, that is how we win. Nothing new there. It is what we have done all year.
It will be a game of a lifetime, UGA vs OU in the ROSE BOWL. Color me there. The Bulldog Nation will own Pasadena, The Rose Bowl, and OU. How‘ Bout Them Dawgs!!!! GATA
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Kurt Heine
Go Dawgs!
Marty Jones
Well, I have a very large plate of crow sitting in front of me that I will have to eat tonight. I thought we had more than that, but the doggies had much more, and they showed it. They pushed us around all over the field and beat us down. Congrats to the DAWGS( yes I spelled it right for a change). They had a great season, and they’ re headed to the playoffs. Good for them. I even told Marty I would be pulling for them in the Rose Bowl against OU. That hurt!
So, in Paul Johnson’ s 10 years at GT, we’ ve had 2 decent years; both of them: 11 and 3. The rest of the time we’ ve been less than mediocre. Yes, I cheered when he came here, because I thought he would make a difference but really? Why do we put up with so many bad seasons? Tired of the losing, and maybe it’ s time to make a change. Does the faithful Jacket really want to put up with this?
So, on to basketball.
The big man, Lammers, is having a heck of a year already but, coach Pastner has a load of freshmen on his squad, so we can’ t expect too much. Wait a minute. Wasn’ t GA TECH expected to lose every ACC game last year? And he was coach of the year in the ACC. The boys look pretty good given their inexperience, and they could have a decent year. I’ ve watched 3 games that I could get, and he’ s got them playing well with teamwork. I think we might have to be patient, and let the kids get some experience before we get too excited, but MAN. They play well together. We’ ll see what happens once the conference play gets going.
Go Jackets!
SPARKLING KISSES
Happy Holidays and Cheers!
Every day is a day for celebration and I think a toast and cheers is always in order. As you cozy up with your loved ones to ring in the new year, why not pop open a bottle of wine! What better way to celebrate any occasion than with a glass of bubbly? Which one to choose? Well, I’ m glad you asked. There are three popular types of sparkling wine and these are; Champagne, Cava and Prosecco. steal a kiss from that special someone. Have a glass of bubbly!
C O M I N G T O O L D E T O W N
Regina Jackson Corks and Cuvee
Champagne is a bubbly wine that must come from the Champagne region of France to be called Champagne. Usually, it is made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. These wines can be sweet, off-dry, or dry. They give a little bit of a fizz to your ordinary wines. Cava is a Spanish bubbly made primarily from the Macabeu, Parellada and Xarel · lo grapes. While it is a little less complex than Champagne, Cava can certainly accompany a meal and is typically a very good value. Prosecco is an Italian bubbly made in Veneto primarily from the Glera grape. Prosecco is a great introduction to sparkling wines with its soft mousse and fruit forward style. So grab a longstemmed wine glass, pop the cork and enjoy a night with the ones you love as you wait for that ball to drop! Maybe even
Alcohol is a social drug because it reduces inhibitions and allows for conversation and camaraderie to spring forth. One would argue that this is alcohol’ s main contribution towards human society. Dating back thousands of years, humans have gathered and experienced the shared euphoria of alcohol ingestion. However, the effects of alcohol do vary based on the other constituent parts of the vehicle. Beer, Wine, different liquors, all produce different results physiologically and emotionally. So to maximize the very real value of alcohol as a communitybuilder, drink what those around you are drinking. It is above all, a classy move, as well as a means of bonding in a shared experience. You wouldn’ t take a trip to a Bavarian beer fest and order a tequila, so the next time you go out with friends repeat after me:“ I’ ll take the same, please.
Clark Carmichael Operations Manager Tin Plate Restaurant www. corksandcuvee. com
IT IS ALWAYS IN GOOD TASTE TO DRINK WHAT OTHERS ARE DRINKING.
Happy Thanksgiving!
LOCAL. HANDCRAFTED. COFFEE. TEA.. COMMUNITY
CULTIVATING COMMUNITY
What does it look like to cultivate community through coffee? In a world where American coffee culture has morphed( or rather deteriorated) into unending drive-through lines and hurried interactions, there seems to be little room left for the idea of community. The“ Third Place” envisioned by Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, as“ a comfortable sociable gathering spot away from home and work,”( Howard Schultz, Pour Your Heart Into It) sadly seems to be a fading dream. Despite this plummeting appreciation for meaningful, face-to-face communications in our hurried, instant gratification culture, there are growing number of coffee shops striving to revive the“ dreary, but-toned-down coffee culture”( Jeff Koehler, Where the Wild Coffee Grows) that has become embarrassingly resonant. Nestled into Old Town Conyers like a hidden gem of East Atlanta’ s craft coffee scene, AWAKE Coffee Community considers the connection between good coffee and genuine community, inherently linked.
Understanding how this link was broken is the key to cultivating the beautiful“ extension of the front porch”( Howard Shultz, Pour Your Heart Into It) environment that is so refreshing to find in a coffee house. Many coffee shops have succumbed to the pressure of the“ hustle” generation, and have unknowingly become pit stops rather than destinations. This idea of destination is that which draws a line in the sand. When someone enters the shop at AWAKE, they are immediately
greeted as guests and not customers, almost as if they had stepped into someone’ s home. When you go to someone’ s home, it is with the intent to spend time and stay a while. Home is a destination.
Whether they are simply passing through or they are a regular, there is something entirely humbling about serving someone and making them feel welcomed, accepted, and at home. What has been reduced to a daily caffeine routine is actually ripe with potential for meaningful encounters. Conversations had by friends over a cup of coffee or even between barista and guest, range from lively and boisterous to heartfelt and sometimes tearful. To host these moments and cultivate an environment that allows them to flourish is the heart of what coffee shops were created to do.
Community is often defined as“ a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals,” and yet so many of us pass by one another without ever stopping to think that they might share any form of commonality. In a coffee house, the coffee becomes this unifying interest. It ties together individuals from all walks and creates a gathering space in which we all do life together. To cultivate community through coffee is to welcome strangers in as friends and give them a space to call home.
Christina Moon Coffee House Project Leader