Megabus is known for $1 bus fares throughout Europe, but the company has expanded into the United States market and even here in the South. Comfortable buses have WiFi and big windows. We highly recommend using Megabus as an option for traveling around the South, especially as an alternative to driving or flying. Where Does Megabus Go? Megabus has done a great job … [Read more...] about Riding Megabus in the South
Small Town Saturday: Cartersville, GA
Cartersville, GA is a small town near where my grandparents live, about an hour north of Atlanta. The day this particular photo was taken there was an auto show going on on the main street. It was the filming location for the Three Stooges remake. The wall you see above is at Young Brothers Pharmacy and was the first Coca Cola mural, painted in 1894. … [Read more...] about Small Town Saturday: Cartersville, GA
Film Friday: Django Unchained
The Oscar-winning film Django Unchained has been named one of director Quentin Tarantino's best works, starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Kerry Washington. In this play on the spaghetti western, a freed slave in the antebellum South seeks out a German bounty hunter to save his wife from the clutches of an evil plantation owner in rural Mississippi. … [Read more...] about Film Friday: Django Unchained
Visiting the Charleston Museum
The Charleston Museum is known as "America's First Museum," having been founded in 1773. Charleston, South Carolina, was still a British colony, so the collection was mostly pieces from Europe. It was inspired by the famous British Museum, founded 20 years prior, which explains the replicas of sarcophagi and Egyptian artifacts. The museum was housed on the College of … [Read more...] about Visiting the Charleston Museum
Small Town Saturday: Lynchburg, TN
Lynchburg, TN may be known for one thing in particular: Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey. I visited the distillery last year and thought the town itself was charming. While it's a couple of hours from Nashville and Atlanta, it makes for a nice day trip. Just remember that you won't be able to drink in Lynchburg, as it's a dry county. … [Read more...] about Small Town Saturday: Lynchburg, TN