Up to Atlanta, Georgia - March 24th-30th 2007

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March 26th 2007: Grant Park, Downtown, The World of Coca-Cola, and The CNN Center

One movie was taken while wandering downtown. It's a full 360-degree panorama of Margaret Mitchell Square and its amazingly wide waterfall. The square is adjacent to the heart of downtown.

The other movie is of a bottling machine on display in The World of Coca-Cola.

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Some of Coke's marketing slogans over the years. The screening room near this ad showed Coke commercials from the last several decades and from all over the world. It's neat to see how the advertising messages and techniques have changed over time and by culture.
Coca-Cola once tried advertising by rewriting classic stories to include Coke. It's not as horrendous and arrogant as it sounds! For instance, in this picture, if you look at the full-sized image and zoom in, you'll see this brief story of Marie Antoinette: A lot of people have the wrong idea about Marie Antoinette. She wasn't entirely as nasty as they say. For instance, when she heard that the peasants were stirring and preparing to revolt, it occurred to her that the bright, clean, refreshing taste of Coca-Cola would lift their spirits and make things go a little better. So she decreed, in the legendary words, "Let them drink Coke". Unfortunately, she was misquoted, and you know what happened after that. All of which goes to prove that you can't have your cake and drink it too. (When transcribing, I replaced or dropped some words that I couldn't read in the picture.)
The garish tasting room with all of Coca-Cola company's biggest hits. Previously we visited a 1950s-style soda fountain. After this room, we visited a clean, modern room that felt almost sterile, with a long array of dispensers of colas marketed by Coca-Cola only in particular geographic regions. There was nothing I'd heard of before.
As part of Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art, Coca-Cola commissioned artists in various countries to make and decorate a wooden sculpture of a Coke bottle. I took pictures of the ones I liked. This one was made by artists from Azerbaijan.
Some of Coke's marketing slogans over the years. The screening room near this ad showed Coke commercials from the last several decades and from all over the world. It's neat to see how the advertising messages and techniques have changed over time and by culture.
Coca-Cola once tried advertising by rewriting classic stories to include Coke. It's not as horrendous and arrogant as it sounds! For instance, in this picture, if you look at the full-sized image and zoom in, you'll see this brief story of Marie Antoinette:
A lot of people have the wrong idea about Marie Antoinette. She wasn't entirely as nasty as they say. For instance, when she heard that the peasants were stirring and preparing to revolt, it occurred to her that the bright, clean, refreshing taste of Coca-Cola would lift their spirits and make things go a little better. So she decreed, in the legendary words, "Let them drink Coke". Unfortunately, she was misquoted, and you know what happened after that. All of which goes to prove that you can't have your cake and drink it too.
(When transcribing, I replaced or dropped some words that I couldn't read in the picture.)
The garish tasting room with all of Coca-Cola company's biggest hits. Previously we visited a 1950s-style soda fountain. After this room, we visited a clean, modern room that felt almost sterile, with a long array of dispensers of colas marketed by Coca-Cola only in particular geographic regions. There was nothing I'd heard of before.
As part of Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art, Coca-Cola commissioned artists in various countries to make and decorate a wooden sculpture of a Coke bottle. I took pictures of the ones I liked. This one was made by artists from Azerbaijan.
The piece that artists from Ireland made for Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art.
The piece that artists from Turkey made for Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art.
The piece that artists from Bolivia made for Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art.
The piece that artists from Ireland made for Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art.
The piece that artists from Turkey made for Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art.
The piece that artists from Bolivia made for Coca-Cola's Salute to Folk Art.
CNN Center
The CNN Center.
Yet another set of flags. This set hangs in the CNN Center. Of all the flags we spotted today, this location made the most sense. This picture also shows how the CNN Center is composed of pre-existing buildings that were then covered and glassed in. The tour guide told us the building previously was an amusement park with a human pinball game (yes, you sat in a giant ball) an ice skating rink, and more.
The escalator we rode up at the beginning of the tour of CNN. At seven stories high, it's the longest freestanding escalator in the world.
The huge television in the CNN Center's lobby. I guess people who work for a TV news station can't be disconnected for a minute. The atrium's floor had a large tile map of the world. Each tabletop displayed the logo of a channel owned by CNN. (There's a lot.) (None of these are shown in this picture.)
The CNN Center.
Yet another set of flags. This set hangs in the CNN Center. Of all the flags we spotted today, this location made the most sense.
This picture also shows how the CNN Center is composed of pre-existing buildings that were then covered and glassed in.
The tour guide told us the building previously was an amusement park with a human pinball game (yes, you sat in a giant ball) an ice skating rink, and more.
The escalator we rode up at the beginning of the tour of CNN. At seven stories high, it's the longest freestanding escalator in the world.
The huge television in the CNN Center's lobby. I guess people who work for a TV news station can't be disconnected for a minute.
The atrium's floor had a large tile map of the world.
Each tabletop displayed the logo of a channel owned by CNN. (There's a lot.) (None of these are shown in this picture.)
Dinner
From roughly left to right, nectarines, tomatoes, leftover almond date cake, Redwood Hill Farm cranberry orange goat milk yogurt, Woodstock Water Buffalo black currant yogurt, tomato basil soup, pasta and artichoke salad, turkey leg, seaweed salad, leftover chocolate-coated crystallized ginger, chocolate mandarin orange peels, and leftover focaccia. (Don't worry about my health, we didn't eat it all.)
From roughly left to right, nectarines, tomatoes, leftover almond date cake, Redwood Hill Farm cranberry orange goat milk yogurt, Woodstock Water Buffalo black currant yogurt, tomato basil soup, pasta and artichoke salad, turkey leg, seaweed salad, leftover chocolate-coated crystallized ginger, chocolate mandarin orange peels, and leftover focaccia. (Don't worry about my health, we didn't eat it all.)
Fodder for Panorama of Grant Park