Print WindowGround Crew After Hours Activities
Members of the 2009 Ground Crew
- Felicia Barnett
- Ben Bentkowski
- Martha Berry
- Bill Denman
- Corey Diehl-Miller
- Tim Frederick
- Yvonne Jones
- Leigh Lattimore
- Keriema Newman
- Robert Pope
- Julie Santiago
- Erik Spalvins
- Nestor Young
- Craig Zeller
The 2009 NARPM Ground Crew has organized the following after hour “fun” activities for the training conference in Atlanta. Sign-up sheets will be at the NARPM registration desk – but those outings with an asterisk (*) require early commitment. If interested, please contact the RPM organizing that specific outing.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Monday Night Pub Crawl
Atlanta and especially the Buckhead area has an amazing assortment of bars, pubs, clubs, lounges and taverns. It can be overwhelming to figure out where to go next. Well, Region 4 is here to help you. Buckhead is not the same as it was a few years ago when the 20 something crowd thought it was the Mecca of Atlanta nightlife. However, we'll show you Buckhead is still a fun place to crawl and see some great spots that have nothing to do with peach trees! We cannot possibly hit all of these, but they are walking distance (some are a long walk) from the hotel and we'll hit a few of the good ones Monday.
Possible stops include:
- Rock Bottom Brewery - (great brew pub)
- McKinnon's (Nawlin's food, upscale)
- Hole in the Wall (just what it says)
- Moon Dogs (Live music, Texas Hold'em, dancing)
- Peachtree Tavern (live music, great bands, not open till 9 p.m)
- Stout Irish Pub (local joint)
- Fado' Irish Pub (a small chain)
- Black Bear Tavern (neighborhood place with darts)
- Beluga Martini Bar (very cool and very $$$$)
- Sambuca (great Jazz and very $$$$)
- The Tavern (at Phipps Plaza mall, but patio dining
- Twist (also at Phipps - martini bar)
- Dante's Down the Hatch - An Atlanta MUST: The outside appears to be a group of shanties along a wharf and once in the door you find yourself on a pier. Below you, water filled with snapping turtles and alligators and directly in front is a pirate ship with full rigging. In the hold of the ship is a jazz combo which you can enjoy while munching on any number of Dante's well handled specialties - fondue
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
*Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves Baseball Game
RPM Contacts: Rob Pope and Tim Frederick, EPA Region 4
Ticket Price - $10/person; tickets must be purchased in advance
Seats will be Upper Box seats. A total of 20 to 199 people are $10 per ticket. If your group has more than 200 people, you get to sing the National Anthem! The baseball game starts at 7:00 p.m.
Participants will depart the hotel at 6:00 p.m. and take MARTA to the Five Points Station. From the Five Points Station, participants will take the MARTA Braves Shuttle, which departs from the Underground/Steve Polk Plaza 90 minutes before each game and runs every 15 minutes through the game until 1 hour after the final out. The shuttle will return to the Underground/Steve Polk Plaza up to the 7th inning of the game. After the 7th inning, the shuttle returns riders to the Forsyth Street entrance of the Five Points MARTA Station. The shuttle is free when you transfer from any MARTA bus or rail station with a valid Breeze card.
Please remember to purchase a round-trip MARTA Breeze card early to avoid lines the day of the game. A round-trip fare will cost $3.50. Breeze cards can be purchased at any Breeze Vending Machine in the 38 MARTA Rail Stations or a MARTA RideStore. Each person must have their own Breeze Card.
For more information, please visit http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/ballpark/index.jsp
*Agatha's Mystery Dinner Theater
RPM Contact: Yvonne Jones, EPA Region 4
Agatha's is Atlanta's original comedy, murder, mystery dinner theater with audience participation up to 170 people. All shows are original comedy murder mystery plays that take place in the dining room between the courses of the meal. Agatha's serves a five-course meal, which includes appetizers, soup, salad, choice of entree and dessert. Wine is served with dinner.
Ticket Price - $60.00/person; tickets must be purchased in advance
Participants will need to depart the hotel at 6:30 p.m.
For more information on Agatha's, please visit http://www.agathas.com/info.htm. For information on upcoming shows, please visit http://www.agathas.com/shows.html. For more information on the menu, please visit http://www.agathas.com/menu.html.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
SweetWater Brewing Company Brewery Tour
RPM Contact: Bill Denman, EPA Region 4
SweetWater Brewery is located in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta. The brewery is a 49,000-barrel microbrewery specializing in the production of aggressive West Coast-style beers for the Southeastern U.S. Brewery tours run about 20 minutes, leaving time for sampling, shopping for merchandise, and listening to live music.
The brewery is located approximately 20 minutes from the hotel. Sign-up sheets will be available at the Ground Crew table located near the NARPM Registration desk to coordinate carpooling efforts to get interested participants to the brewery.
Ticket Price - $10/person
For more information on SweetWater Brewery, please visit http://www.sweetwaterbrew.com/.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
NARPM Annual Picnic - Additional information will follow
Other Activities During the Week
Engineering Forum Puzzle
During the week, members of the Engineering Forum would like participants of the conference to participate in the Engineering Forum Puzzle, to help promote what the Engineering Forum does. Members of the Engineering Forum will ask three people to form a team to answer a series of questions and exercises. Each team will need to gather information about the Forum from various sources such as the Internet Café, clues hidden in the Picnic grounds, and other areas at the conference. Prizes will be given to the winning team.