re: 2 Games, 2 States, 1 Long Weekend - Columbia/Athens

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You'll have a good time. Make sure you go out Friday night in Athens to get a better feel for the town. Saturday will be an absolute clusterfrick downtown after the game and a lot of bars will be wall to wall crammed with people. If you start feeling claustrophobic or want to get in a bar that you can actually breathe air in, head towards Washington street and check out some of the bars there. They are generally a good bit less crowded than the bars off of Broad and Clayton street.

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Definitely all of this.

Which reminds me, here's a crash course to the lay out of downtown:

- There are four main streets that make up downtown Athens - Broad Street, Clayton Street, Washington Street, Hancock Street.

- All four streets are parallel to one another, running East to West.



- Broad Street is the main avenue of Athens and separates downtown from campus. Across Broad from Downtown stands the famed UGA Arch and acts as the main entrance to campus. There are some good bars and restaurants on Broad worth looking into (Magnolias, Bourbon Street, Le Dolce Vita, DePalmas, Etiennes, Taco Stand, etc.):



- Clayton Street, though, is bar central. It is the next street up from Broad and is where you'll likely end up spending a lot of time as it starts with Last Resort Grill to the West, passes by Waffle House and the Georgia Theater, passes a million and one bars, shops, and restaurants, and dead ends into the Classic Center to the West:






- As mentioned, Washington Street is a bit quieter than Clayton, but still has a fews good bars and clubs. It's West end is particularly important to visit as it's home to the 40 Watt Club which was home for acts like REM, Pylon, the B-52s, Drive-By Truckers, and a million others:




- And then there's Hancock Avenue which is largely devoid of bars except for it's West end which features Creature Comforts Brewery, Cine, Dawg Gone Good BBQ, and The National.



- In addition to those four streets, the streets that run perpendicular (in this order, from West to East) are Pulaski, Hull, Lumpkin College Ave, Jackson, and Thomas.

- College Ave is like the middle of downtown. It runs from the Arch at Broad Street up to Prince Avenue (which leads into Normaltown).

- Lumpkin and Jackson will take you onto campus.

- If you learn the street names early, it makes things easier to find. Not required, but recommended if you're trying to seek our or get directions.

Skip Toppers. The talent is lacking.

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"40 Watt Club"

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Saw smashing pumpkins there forever ago. God damn it was hot in there. I think sweat was raining down from the ceiling.

The great road trip week is finally upon me. Long day of travel tomorrow. Leave work at 11am MST to head to the airport and we probably won't arrive in Columbia until about 12-1230ish am EST Thursday, assuming no flight delays. My 2hr layover is in KC. We're not planning on going out after checking in to our hotel that late. It's basically pointless at that time and we'd be better off getting more sleep and feeling great for Thursday.

I'll re-read the whole thread many times over at least, between this evening and during my travels tomorrow. Lots of great info from both fanbases. It's much appreciated. Thanks to Cristobal bustin a move out to the deep Atlantic, it looks like the weather will be amazing all weekend. I can't wait to experience the people and atmosphere at each gameday.

Thurs in Columbia we'll be tailgating, then go to the game of course, then head to the bars afterwards.

Saturday in Athens will likely be the same general plan. No tickets yet (haven't tried), but we plan to really get working on that Friday and/or Saturday.

I'll look at suggestions and input in this thread from UGA folks about Friday night, but since it is the week of, are there any good live music shows going on Friday night that we should consider? Rock, classic rock, blues, southern blues rock, bluegrass, etc.

Not sure you're going to want to watch that second football game ... You know, after you get your shite pushed in by Davis and company.