Yesterday, we were in Atlanta. I drove us down to downtown Atlanta. We took highway 78 most of the way there, so didn't have to get onto I-75 or any of that part. We visited CNN News and took the studio tour. That was quite interesting. They operate 24 hrs a day. Each shift has about 100 workers. The production person has a screen with 24 different videos (some pre-recorded and some not) on a large monitor and whichever he/she thinks is the most interesting, he/she will put that in programming mode. The anchors will have about 2-3 hrs on the air and then spend the rest of their time researching stories, etc on the computer.
The building that CNN is in used to be an amusement park years ago, but that park lost money and had to close. That's when CNN bought the building and started. There is a huge escalator to go to the top.
After CNN, then we went over to the World of Coca Cola for the VIP tour. I learned a little about what is in the secret formula for their syrup. Some of the ingredients are: watermelon, oranges, and lemon. No one knows the exact formula to this day.
We got to try 64 different Coca Cola products from around the world. That was pretty neat.
We walked over to the Underground which is stores and restaurants under the ground; however, I think it is becoming the ghetto in that area.
My mom wanted to tour the Margaret Mitchell apartment which was downtown. She is the author of "Gone With the Wind". She lived in a very small apartment (3 rooms) and wrote the book. She knew what the ending was going to be, but did not write the book in order. When a thought came to her mind, she would write it down. She put each theme in an envelope and would hide them around her apartment, as she didn't want anyone to know she was writing a book. Eventually, she did take it to a publisher. After doing so, she found more of her envelopes hidden around the house so had to bring them to the publisher.
She received 15% royalty on each book sold. Next to the Bible, it is the greatest book ever written.
Our drive back to Logansville, which is where we were staying with our friends, took us about 1 1/2 hrs as it was 5:30 rush hour traffic. We were so glad to see their house. Gina, Jayne, Evan, Averie and Anderson were all very good to us. Thanks so much!!! The kids were very entertaining.
This morning, we went to visit my friend Jamie and her new son, Trenton, who live in Alpharetta which is about a 45 minute drive from Logansville. It was very good to see them. I hadn't seen Jamie since she left Muskegon in 2004. I can't believe it has been that long.
We got to Nashville around 6:30. We didn't realize Nashville was on Central time, so we couldn't figure out how the GPS was saying we were going to go 90 miles in 10 minutes...it had already calculated the time change.
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