Thanksgiving Thursday
Nov. 28 — Happy Thanksgiving! Today’s newsletter features some highlights from our food and film newsletters. Enjoy!
🌧️ Rainy this morning with sun and much cooler temperatures hovering around 58° in the afternoon.
🥶 After today’s rain, a dramatic cold snap will bring freezing temperatures through early next week, with overnight lows expected to drop into the mid-20s.
🎺 Jonesboro High School’s Majestic Marching Cardinals will represent Georgia in this morning’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. NBC has live coverage starting at 8:30 a.m.
💦 The Tucker City Council approved contracts this week to rehabilitate two public dams at Henderson Park and John Homestead Park.
🍑 Peach Pass customers are being urged to take steps to prepare for the launch of a new mobile app and website on Dec. 17.
🎩 Sammie had the opportunity to interview “Real Housewives of New York” OG Countess Luann ahead of her cabaret show at City Winery on Dec. 2-3.
🛥️ The Discover Boating Atlanta Boat Show is returning to the Georgia World Congress Center Jan. 9-12.
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➡ Enjoy this live video of Minnesota’s Nongame Wildlife EagleCam, which shows a live view of a bald eagle nest.
🚗 A car found submerged in a Georgia pond last week may solve the 44-year-old disappearance of a New York couple. The 1979 Lincoln Continental contained human remains and matched the vehicle of Charles and Catherine Romer, who vanished in 1980.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Turkey tips via Side Dish
• Scene recap
• Apple x Georgia Tech
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• Thanksgiving football
Have a good day,
Collin & Sammie
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1. Turkey tips
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☎️ For many households, roast turkey is the main event for Thanksgiving dinner. But getting the bird from brined and basted to roasted and ready can be challenging, even for the most seasoned home cook. Enter the Butterball Talk Line. You can call or text one of Butterball’s turkey experts who will walk you through everything from thawing your turkey and options for brining or marinating, to roasting times per weight and carving techniques.
🦃 Here’s an interesting turkey fact. While founding father Ben Franklin may have defended the honor of the turkey in a letter to his daughter, calling it a “much more respectable bird” than the bald eagle and a “true original Native of America,” he did not push for the turkey to become the national bird displayed on the Great Seal. It’s just a myth — or rather, a misinterpretation of Franklin’s words.
➡ Read more in this week’s issue of Side Dish.
Shop handmade, local art
SPONSORED BY SPRUILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
🗓️ Now through Dec. 23.
Spruill Gallery’s 31st annual Holiday Art Fair continues through Dec. 23. Located in Dunwoody with free valet parking on busy nights, don’t miss the opportunity to shop unique, beautifully crafted works from over 90 Georgia artisans.
🥂 Artwork is replenished daily so there is always something beautiful and meaningful to be discovered. Bring the family for two special events – Family Story Time on Dec. 7 and The Cocoa Cookoff on Dec. 19.
🎁 Shop local and celebrate local artists as you find that special something for a loved one or yourself.
2. Thankful for the movies
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🎥 In light of the holiday, Scene – our weekly entertainment newsletter – hit your inbox yesterday instead of Friday.
Entertainment never stops, so even though it’s a holiday week we still have some new pieces for you to check out, such as Sammie’s interview with Jolena Yao – a Milledgeville native and Look Development Artist on the new movie “Moana 2.” Sammie also reviewed the new movie “Maria,” about the opera singer Maria Callas, starring Angelina Jolie.
If you’re looking to see a movie this Thanksgiving weekend, Sammie’s also got you covered. There are plenty of great movies out in theaters right now, as well as a ton that you can stream from your couch.
🦃 Read more in this week’s issue of Scene!
3. Georgia Tech expands Apple partnership with chip design initiative
Georgia Tech joined Apple Computer’s New Silicon Initiative (NSI), expanding its partnership to prepare students for careers in hardware technology and chip design.
🖥️ The collaboration brings Apple engineers into electrical and computer engineering classrooms, offering hands-on experience with microelectronic circuits and integrated system design.
Georgia Tech joins UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon in the program, which builds on the university’s existing digital circuit design course launched with Apple in 2022.
➡ Read the whole story from Hypepotamus here.
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If you need a respite from arguing about politics at the Thanksgiving table, there’s a full slate of football to watch while your uncle sleeps on the sofa.
🏈 Chicago @ Detroit 12:30 p.m. CBS
🏈 New York Giants @ Dallas 4:30 p.m. Fox
🏈 Miami @ Green Bay 8:20 p.m. NBC
🏈 Memphis @ No. 21 Tulane 7:30 p.m. ESPN
TOMORROW
🏈 Las Vegas @ Kansas City 3 p.m. (Amazon Prime)
🏈 No. 7 Georgia hosts Georgia Tech for their 131-year-old rivalry game tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The Bulldogs are trying to protect their playoff hopes, while the Yellow Jackets are looking for their first win in the “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate” series since 2016. Tech has beaten two Top 10 teams this season. (ABC; 95.5 FM)
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📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.