Month: August 2016

BYOB and Enjoy Brick Oven Pies for Dinner at Antico Pizza Napoletana

If you live in Atlanta’s west side and are a fan of pizza, you’ll want to check out Antico Pizza Napoletana on Hemphill Avenue. Located less than a minute drive from The Local on 14th apartments, Antico Pizza Napoletana is a casual and inviting pizza place where the real focus is on the food.

Antico has a very laid-back vibe, with long communal tables filling up the industrial looking dining room. Guests can watch their pizzas being made in the open-air kitchen and brick ovens after placing their orders at the front counter. Pizza is all that you'll find here, but locals claim it is some of the best they’ve ever had. If you want to enjoy some libations while you eat, you can even bring your own, as Antico is a BYOB establishment.

Socialize Your Pets With Doggy Day Care at Doguroo

If you're a dog owner looking to spoil your pup, or you just need some help with taking care of your pooch while you go to work or on a vacation, check out Doguroo. This is a full-service dog care center serving the residents of Home Park and Midtown Atlanta, and many area dog owners love to use its services.

When Doguroo says it’s a full-service dog care center, they aren’t kidding. The center offers a very wide range of services for pups and their owners, including boarding and doggy day care options where owners can check-in on their pooches via live dog cameras. You and your pup can also stop in for a fresh grooming session or to pick up your favorite dog food and treats, or if you are just looking to make sure your dog is getting properly socialized, you can bring your pup to puppy hour, where dogs can play with others close in their size. It’s free for anyone to drop by and get to know their puppy peers!

Shop for Functional, Affordable Furniture at IKEA

For most people, moving to a new place means many trips to IKEA. The Sweedish furniture store is known for its affordable variety of furniture items that are easily customizable, and the Atlanta location is even conveniently located less than a mile from The Local on 14th apartments.

The IKEA showrooms are famous for their intricate detail, allowing shoppers to truly envision how different items could look in their own homes. Outside of its large furniture items, IKEA sells kitchen ware, décor, office supplies and even fresh plants. IKEA is also known for its food court and snack items that guests can purchase on their way out of the store, or to refuel after a few hours of shopping. Their meatballs are famous, as is their soft serve frozen yogurt!

Purchase Your Tickets for “Chihuly in the Garden” at the Atlanta Botanical Garden

From now until October 30, the Atlanta Botanical Garden will host "Chihuly in the Garden", a special exhibit by internationally acclaimed artist Dale Chihuly. His first exhibit at the garden was so popular that locals demanded an encore presentation, so even if you already attended the first installment, there's always something new to see each time you visit.

"Chihuly in the Garden" features 19 different installations scattered throughout the lush, green plants and colorful flowers in the Atlanta Botanical Garden. These include bright, vibrant sculptures in shades of neon yellow, firey red and electric blue, and each one includes wild sculptures of glass in the form of spheres, starbursts and masses of swirling tendrils. At night, Chihuly's sculptures take on a completely different look, so the garden will offer extended hours for those visitors who want to check out the exhibit by the light of the moon.

Tickets to "Chihuly in the Garden" are $21.95 for adults and $15.95 for children.