(the) Jebbica

Sorry I’m not blogging much this week…I’m busy planning for my trip to Disney World!  I’m betting I will have post-overload due to that next week.

I am embarking on a new experiment, however, called Tweet Reviews.  I am guessing I am not the first person to think of this, since twitter.com/tweetreviews was already taken, but with all the books I’ve been reading, television shows and movies I’ve been watching, and albums I’ve been checking out, I thought it might be neat to have a page where I could review media in a nice little ADD package of 140 characters or less.

I’m hoping when I find my stride, this will become a weekly segment here.  Follow me @tweetreviews22!

Okay, so I thought the Oscars were today.  Sue me!  I will just have to rework that post to publish next week.  But, you might not ever get any winners from me, since I am supposed to go to Florida next weekend (yippee!)  So, since I am very small town, and anything good happening around here is pretty rare, how about a lazy Sunday post with a few commendations?

Ben Honeycutt:  Famous in my area, and he didn’t even have to be a wife-killing cop or a body-dumping crematorium owner to achieve celebrity status!  Ben is a singer-songwriter from Ft. Oglethorpe/Chattanooga area who auditioned this year for American Idol.  He got cut during Hollywood week for forgetting the words to “Carry On, My Wayward Son”.  He is playing a show at the Colonnade on 2A in Ft. O/Ringgold on March 14.  It’s pay-what-you-want.  Check out my interview with Ben here.

Lafayette Underground: Someone from Lafayette can spell besides me?  Cool!  LU is funny, outraging, mysterious, and overall a very good read!  Go for the articles, stay for the comments!

Paws Pet Supplies:  I ::heart:: Paws.  I can go and get my doggies’ corn-free dog food, and I don’t have to drive 45 minutes to get it.  They can answer any question about animals.  Their products are competitively priced.  They give free samples.  I hope they never go out of business!

‘You Know You’re From Lafayette, GA’ Facebook Group:  Started by my little sister’s friend, I think it started as kind of a joke and became an overnight hit.  The group currently has over 2300 members, not bad for a town of 6000!  It’s become a wonderful place to both poke fun of where you’re from and wax nostalgic about the “good old days”.  It’s more connecting than any real-life group I’ve ever been in here, more informative than the local papers.

Mama Mia’s Pizzeria:  They don’t use iceberg lettuce in their salads.  That’s enough to sell me right there.  Combine that with the fact that their portions are HUGE, they offer a little different fare than other places around here, and they’re cheap.  There are a few things I look for in a restaurant:  Great service.  Decent prices.  Fresh ingredients.  Mama Mia’s goes above and beyond expectations.

Got a local business you like or would like me to plug? Leave a comment!