Atlanta NSTA March 2023

I got to present 2 workshops for GSLC and one of my own (about my songs!) so off I went!

My first stop (direct from the airport) was the carter presidential library. What an incredible man!
Oval Office replica
This artwork is a cool mosaic
The grounds were beautiful
Dinner that night was delivery from The Busy Bee. Fried catfish and all the fixings and berry cobbler. Yummo!
On Friday I spent some time at the conference in the morning but then took off in the afternoon. Went the the Harry Potter Exhibition
There were costumes and artifacts from the movies and play…
…recreations of scenes where you could pose for photos …
Reliving the epic H v V wizards duel
…plus some interactive elements, like seeing yourself on the marauders map,
choosing your house
and your patronus,
activating a port key,
and seeing your face appear in the Pensieve.
So it was fun sitting in Hagrid’s big chair and all, but honestly it wasn’t as cool as it sounded and not really worth what I paid for it. They didn’t even have any of the good treats like peppermint frogs and butter beer. 🙁
Rented a scooter and zipped around the city on a quick scenic tour of the Capitol,
the Olympic site,
the Liberty Bell replica,
the Coke factory,
the National Center for Human Rights (closed unfortunately),
Centennial Olympic park,
and the Sky View Atlanta Ferris wheel.
On Saturday I checked out and walked with my suitcase to the conference center. Got to hang out with April some which was fun
Chillin with moby
One of my sessions
Took a scooter (with my suitcase even) out to dinner at Paschal’s
Where I had Soul Food Dinner Number Three. Mmm. Mmm. (Dinner 2 was also delivered to my hotel from restaurant 10). Then I got an Uber to the airport and flew back to Utah to visit my family for a few days 😊