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Cups Coffee offers a laid-back atmosphere

Editor’s Note: Every week variety writer Ashley Sanders profiles and reviews a local coffee shop. This is the fifth installment of the series. Despite popular belief, life does exist outside the four-street grid of downtown Athens. And when it does, that life is typically considered a gem among its sub-par shopping center neighbors.

Espresso Royale Cafe all about patrons, escape

Editor’s note: Every week, variety writer Ashley Sanders profiles and reviews a different local coffee shop. This is the fourth installment of the series. If Dorothy grew up in Athens instead of Kansas and had an affinity for coffee, she would have said, “There’s no place like Espresso Royale Café.

Trappeze Pub boasts a good roast

Editor’s Note: Every week, variety writer Ashley Sanders profiles and reviews a different local coffee shop. This is the third installment of the series. Double fisting coffee and beer is probably not anyone’s cup of tea. Having the option to do so, however, is pretty cool.

Easily missed coffee shop maintains clientele

The number of strolls, stumbles and drives students have taken down College Avenue during their four or five-year stay at the University is unfathomable.

The number of students who visit OK Coffee probably isn’t.

But this small-and-often-overlooked independent hut can play hardball, too.

Coffee shop builds clientele

Editor’s Note: Every week, variety writer Ashley Sanders will profile and review a different local coffee shop. This is the first installment in the series. A coffee shop is a lot like a first date, you either feel it or you don’t. But patrons of particular shops understand that the feeling lies far deeper than the drinks that so beautifully root back to a single rich coffee bean.

Bonnaroo no longer simply for jam bands

After skimming down the list of the first ever lineup at Bonnaroo from 2002, two words come to mind: jam band.

Images of tie-dye, braided hair and tents stocked with mass quantities of munchies also come fluttering through.

Fast-forward seven years and the picture is unrecognizable.

Uncork your inner Wino

Hot, full bodied, fleshy and lean. These are words commonly overheard around a college campus. WINE 101: THE BIG SIX WINE TASTINGWhen: 7 and 8:30 tonight Where: Ciné: 234 W. Hancock Ave. Cost: $20 advance, $25 at door Sorry lustful kids, think again. These are also descriptors students would hear if they happened to stumble into a wine class.

Next Stop: University of Dreams

Imagine jumping into a taxi with a pesky Moroccan man who won’t stop offering a “free” tour of Tangier after having guessed your native tongue in three languages. And try to envision what it would feel like jumping into six degrees Celsius water in Lake Geneva.

VIDEO: Dawg Abroad

Kelly Doyle-Mace, one of UGA’s very own, has made it into the top ten out of 700 applicants for the STA travel contest, a student and youth travel group. If Kelly wins, she and one other winner will have the opportunity to travel 15 countries worldwide, and at the end will complete an internship experience in Barcelona.

Food Fight – The Ultimate Food Fight

Taste of Athens is one of the most anticipated annual events in the Athens food community and beyond. Held at the Classic Center downtown, nearly 50 restaurants and cafés participate, and just over a dozen beverage vendors provide samples as well. The highlight of the event had to be Dondero’s Kitchen, which offers catering, groceries and in-house dining with a twist; they change their menu weekly, featuring authentic dishes from different countries and regions.

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