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• Lewis Produce will have fresh cut trees the week of Thanksgiving... • Earthlover may soon musical instruments...
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• Liam’s is having a Black Friday sale on giftcards… 20% more value... • Insanely good homemade cheese straws are available at Nanee's Donut Hole… • Relic’s is having their first warehouse sale on Nov 2-3… • Wiregrass Gallery has gifts $30 and under for Christmas… DO YOU HAVE A WHISPER? PSSSST........
The 17th Annual Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival is almost here! I met with Brandy K. from the Center for the Arts last month to get the scoop and it looks like they are really amping it up this year. The opening event will be the always fab Patron and Preview Party on Friday Nov. 16th. Maybe even more exciting is the guest speaker scheduled for Saturday at 3:30 - Guy de la Valdene is hosting a screening of his film Tarpon. For all my fellow fishing fanatics out there - this is going to be something to see. The film is about fishing in Key West in the 1970s and is set to the music of Jimmy Buffet - need I say more? And I know you don’t want to miss Bird Dog Bash out at Pebble Hill with a bourbon tasting hosted by J’s, bluegrass by the Packway Handle Band, a quick-draw auction and dinner by John Thomas of Cowboy Grill. The other special event I’m crazy about is the wild game cooking demo with The Outdoorsman’s Table on Sunday. Plus - many downtown shops will be open on Sunday. So make a weekend of it and get a little * * at Plantation Wildlife!
Happy Birthday TO THE TOWNIE! My chum Melissa T. is a native of the ‘Ville and works at the family business, Astro Exterminating. Ever stylish and constantly kind, she’s one of the most Towniest of Townies — popping in all over downtown and spreading a little cheer. 1 - Gold or Silver? GOLD! 2 - Spicy or sour? Spicy 3 - Bermuda or London? London 4 - Faux jewels or faux fur? Real jewels - faux fur! 5 - Friday nite: home with the hubs or out with the girls? Girls nite out!
Three years ago I met with a hodgepodge group of ladies to talk about Thomasville. The consensus was that there needed to be a voice or a person to tell the Thomasville story, to tell people what’s happening and to highlight our local culture. I thought about that for a bit and then said Hmm….. maybe a blog? And the Townie was born! Three years later and with so many new friends I can’t even count them and with umpteen blog posts and now six newspapers published with partner Ballenger Design, not to mention an article in Southern Living, I have to say it…. I love this Thomasville life!! I can’t thank my sponsors enough for believing in me these past three years and I really can’t express how much it means to me that all of you Townies read and love this funny little thing I write. Thomasville is an incredibly wonderful place like no where else on Earth. People are kind and supportive and
Grand Opening TODAY! November 2nd
Jackson Street, Next to Lavish
genuine. It’s more than I could ever have hoped for in a town and I’m sure so many of you feel the same way. So Happy Birthday to The Townie and a million thanks for your support! XOXO - Bunny
WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES!
PLANTATION WILDLIFE ARTS FESTIVAL
In November, Downtown Thomasville is celebrating Mr. Bob White! Hello!
17TH ANNUAL
november 16-18th, 2012 • The Nation’s Finest Sporting & Wildlife Artists • Special Guest Guy de la Valdene
• The Outdoorsman’s Table’s Wild Game Cooking Demo
• Hands-on Kids Activities at the Wildlife Discovery Area
it’s not an event, it’s a way of life
www.pwaf.org
You can go on a “quail hunt” for the 12 hidden bronze quail downtown and on
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November 2nd and 3rd Kevin’s antique quail wagons will be on display for First Friday and again on Saturday morning.
MR. BOB WHITE
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ORVIS endorsed Pine HIll Plantation will join Kevin’s on
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that shops will be featuring sporting art, clothes and gifts
SINCE 1981
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the 2nd and 3rd with information on upland bird hunting on their plantation in Donalsonville, Georgia. We hear and restaurants may have some seasonal specialties, too! Shops will be open on Sunday, November 18th during PWAF.
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What I LOVE This Week...
Supplies…and Art pickles at Ponder’s
yummy
homemade
The Salad Pizza at Moonspin - an addiction Holiday Casseroles at Nanee’s Donut Hole dressing, hash brown casserole, and more!
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Brews News in The Ville Tally’s popular Proof Brewing is coming to The 'Ville! Liam’s is hosting a casking on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 6:30. Proof will be casking some of their hand-crafted brew and you can enjoy artisan cheese and charcuterie as
Swanky eye-pillows at Lavish - for yourself or someone you reallllly like
well as a Treated Rye and Stout. Cost is $20 per per-
Pinecone baking tins at Firefly - french madeleines, anyone?
Note: This will replace the regular Thomasville Beer
son, and reservations are required (call 229.226.9944).
Club Meeting. Bell’s Brewery takes over the Sweet Grass Dairy
JUST ANOTHER
Cheese Shop on Nov. 10th from 10am to 7pm! The day
THOMASVILLE BUSINESS
kicks off at 10am with a special Bell’s-themed menu
Thomasville is so entrepreneur friendly that Tville native and Townie Evan Carraway Wortman grew up knowing she’d one day start her own business. After college and some work experience, she decided to open up shop as Mimi’s the Look for Less - and my how it’s grown! What started as trunk shows is now a full-scale wholesale line under the name of Caroline Hill and is in 400 stores across the Southeast. Evan says she wasn’t afraid to start a business because she knew how well Thomasville supports its local entrepreneurs - what a great testimonial for The ’Ville! In addition to the wholesale line, the flagship location of Mimi’s the Look will be right here in Thomasville. Look for the new store to open on Jackson St. {next to Lavish} just in time for First Friday! Mimi’s will have all the fancy bling you’ve come to expect, plus trial-run merchandise for Caroline Hill as well as overstocks. They’ll be introducing new items such as bone jewelry from South Africa and some other higher end items as well as clearing space in the warehouse, so get there on Friday for opening day deals and steals!
and special release/seasonal beers both on tap and in the bottle. Then, from Noon to 4pm, they'’ll have representatives from Bell’s in the shop to chat with customers. From 5pm to 7pm, Bell’s Specialty Brewer Zeke Bogan will be on hand to answer all your beer questions! {There is no charge for this event}
Thomasville’s New Artist Collective
In six short months, the Thomasville Center for the Arts has started their Artist Collective and attracted more than 80 members. They’ve also launched an online gallery with more than 50 diverse pieces of work, ranging from paintings and mixed media collage to hand-crafted furniture. The work represents a wide creative spectrum with an emphasis on professionalism and can
RELISH & DASH
even be purchased directly from the website. Proceeds from sales
KITCHEN GOODS AND RUNNING GEAR
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also be displayed in TCA’s second-floor hall gallery. The artists will
SWEET GRASS DAIRY
be on-hand to share their work at a special Artist Collective opening at the second-floor hall gallery on November 9 from 5 – 7 p.m.
For more information, visit www.thomasvillearts.org.
YOU DESERVE A NIGHT OUT! Fine wine, handcrafted cheeses, charcuterie, small plates, desserts OPEN UNTIL 9 PM THURSDAY— SATURDAY
THE PLAZA Restaurant
A Thomasville Tradition for over 90 years
Steaks — Seafood — Greek — Italian Bar Lounge with Live Music Entertainment 217 South Broad Street (229) 226-5153
art education programs. “Change” is the title for the collective’s first themed gallery exhibit, which will be rotated quarterly and will
come see us on broad street!
Sunday Brunch until 2PM
made on the Center’s main page will support its fast-growing adult
FROM THE BOOKSHELF & GALLERY Author and illustrator Jon Klassen is back with This Is Not My Hat, a story about a tiny fish with a very smart bowler hat -- one that doesn’t belong to him. Filled with the same quirky illustrations, simple sentences, and on-the-edge-of-your-seat excitement found in Klassen’s debut I Want My Hat Back,This Is Not My Hat is a new staff favorite -- one we’re sure children and adults alike will love. Klassen’s illustrations can be found in a couple of other Bookshelf favorites, too: Extra Yarn and The Incorrigible Children series. COME AND SIT A SPELL AT 126 SOUTH BROAD STREET.
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ROLFING® Structural Integration offers a
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America Recycles Day 10 am - 2 pm TCCH Stadium Parking Lot across from McDonald’s. Bring your recyclable items, old fluorescent light bulbs, batteries (including car batteries), electronics, and “white goods,”auto fluids; oil, brake, transmission, antifreeze & fuel.Tire disposal, household hazardous waste- paint, paint thinner, cleaning supplies and pesticides. Document Destruction Services— personal documents, up to 15 lbs.
Pilau Dinner Takeout Thomas County Museum of History 4:30pm-7pm; $6.00
Sundays at Four Concert Free and open to the public. Veteran’s Day Celebration Center for the Arts
NOVEMBER 10 35th Annual Old South Day Festival Ochlocknee, 9-4 PM
NOVEMBER 2-4
NOVEMBER 10
TOSAC Presents The Journal of Pokey Perkins $12, www.tosac.com
The Bookshelf, from 1-2 pm Author Joshilyn Jackson will be signing A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
combination of hands-on bodywork and movement education. Rolfers slowly work through deep layers of tissue to change structural patterns in the body and may bring relief
NOVEMBER 13 Liam’s Taste of France Normandy 6:30 PM, $45 PP 3 course dinner with beverages from the region Call & reserve your spots today! 229.226.9944
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from chronic pain, stress, and injury. Results can be dramatic.
Pamela von Dressler, M.Ed Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner 125 N. Broad Street, Suite 215 • 910-551-5147 www.DeepRootsBodyWork.com
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