Coast 2 Coast Patches

Art connoisseurs and crafty people from all around have made the Atlanta Dogwood Festival a tradition in the city for the past 70 years. The festival takes place in Piedmont Park every spring, and features a variety of art forms. While strolling through the festival, you'll see booth after booth of sculptures, paintings, pottery, jewelry, photography and plenty more - including food. Don't miss out on live music, good food, and plenty of opportunities to buy and create art.

Wash down some seafood down with a tasty drink from the bar at Six Feet Under Pub & Fish House. The menu at this restaurant and bar seems never ending, listing items like gator bites, crab cakes, oysters, fried fish and shrimp, and lots more. If you like to mix your alcohol with your food - literally - try some oyster shooters off the pub's spirits menu. Vodka and oysters not your thing? Don't worry, the drink menu is just as vast as the food menu and the talented bartenders are sure to know how to make you're favorite cocktail.

Go on an undersea excursion without ever getting wet on a trip to the Georgia Aquarium, the world's largest aquarium. Check out exhibits and attractions like Ocean Voyager and River Scout to get a closer look at saltwater and freshwater fish. Throughout your exploration of the aquarium, you'll see creatures like beluga whales, sea horses, whale sharks, sea turtles, a variety of tropical fish, dolphins and hundreds more.