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An occasional look at everyday life in Virginia-Highland Patch. Have a picture you'd like to submit? Send it to: jaclyn.hirsch@patch.com. Be sure to include details about who is in the photo and where it was taken.Get into the spirit of Halloween this season at the newest store in the Midtown Place shopping center Spirit Halloween, a seasonal store that sells Halloween costumes, wigs, decorations and more, opened in the space left vacant by Borders last month. Spirit Halloween is located at 650 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE. The store is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Visit the Spirit Halloween website for more information about the store.
Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall visited Springdale Park Elementary School last week to visit with students and teachers and give out King of Pops popsicles.
The two-day Festival on Ponce features a juried art exhibit, crafts and local food. See a full gallery of photos from the festival here, and don't forget to share your own!
Owners of a house on Amsterdam Avenue in Virginia-Highland are reminding neighbors about the significance of the date Friday, May 13. "Happy Friday the 13th," the banner on the front lawn of the house reads.
Just around the corner of North Virginia and Los Angeles, it was hard to miss this thoughtful sign, which dangled in the breeze on Sunday afternoon. Thoughtfully encased in a plastic sleeve so the intermittent rain wouldn't blur the type, the offer spelled out the gardener's generosity. And sure enough, right around the corner more than a dozen carefully pruned cuttings, gently encased in wet paper towels, sat patiently on a low cement wall, waiting. Green leaves sprouted from the tops of each twig like promises, conjuring images of the fig tree that could one day be yours, with a little …
