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It’s Fri-yay! 📎💕 We’re keeping an eye on this developing storm tentatively headed for Florida. Hurricane peak season typically happens in September. As experts predicted, this season will be earlier and busier. Well if the creak don’t rise, let loose and have a fun weekend! Our co-founder, Julia, often jokes she is 13+ years new to Tallahassee and the South. Anyone else out there new to southern culture? We’ve got a mouthful of sayings only Southerners understand. One of which most grannies say, “Gimme Some Sugar” – she's not looking for sweets; she wants a hug and a kiss. 🤭 Scroll down for more southern phrases you won’t hear anywhere else.
Quick Summary
In our 211th edition, here are some exciting finds:
HBCU: Marching 100 to HBOB 2025
Fun Facts: 15 Southern Phrases
Featured Partner: NAT20 | Purpose
Event Highlight: 6th Annual TLH Beer Festival
HBCU
FAMU’S BAND TO HBOB ‘25
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HBOB 2025: Vote for FAMU’s band – The Marching 100! 🥁🐍 | IG Post
The event will be held on Feb. 1st of 2025 and 6 HBCU Bands are headed to the state-of-the-art SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. | Tickets on sale now!
Honda has selected two bands. Each of those bands will select one band they want to challenge. Since 2003, Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) has showcased the vibrant musical talent and rich traditions of HBCU marching bands, highlighting their cultural impact.
The final two spots are up to you! Voting closes on August 15, 2024.
Vote for the HBOB ‘25 lineup now. The results will be announced on September 10, 2024.
FUN FACTS
15 SOUTHERN SAYINGS
Image Source: Anchorman Movie via Giphy
Southerners know that sometimes words just need a special touch and that there's just no other way to get your point across. Here are some of our favorite Southern phrases and sayings. 💭 | Southern Living
Expressing How You Feel 🩷
Bless Your Heart
She Was Madder Than A Wet Hen
Expressing Time And Place 🕰️
Fixin' To
If The Creek Don’t Rise
Expressing Value 💎
Hill Of Beans
More Than Carter’s Got Little Pills
You Can’t Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Sow’s Ear
Expressing Love Or Beauty ❤️🔥
Gussied Up
Gimme Some Sugar
Sayings Of Exclamation and Surprise 😯
Well, I S’wanee
Hold Your Horses
Sayings That Describe People 🧑🏻
Too Big For His Britches
He Ain't Got The Sense God Gave A Goose
Expressions About Problems 🫠
Can't Never Could
That’s Cattywampus
We know there are more out there. Southern Living lists 50 sayings including their meanings. Which one is your favorite?
FEATURED PARTNER
Image Credit: NAT20
NAT20 | Purpose
NAT20 means Nerds Around Tallahassee. 🤓
NAT20 took the stereotype that tech workers were “nerds” and created an opportunity for tech workers to network in settings that interested them.
It is the 1st group of its kind and is attracting this niche group of employees with the hopes of helping them build community so they will be more likely to continue working in Tallahassee.
FUN EVENTS
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Festivals / Things To Do
Aug. 3rd to 4th, Sat. to Sun. 3 PM and 5 PM EDT at Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee: Cat Video Fest 2024 by It's Meow Or Never for Ferals, Inc. and All Saints Cinema | Tickets Learn More
General Admission: $11 per ticket; TFS Members & Students: $9
Aug. 9th, Fri. 5:30 PM to 7 PM EDT at Donald L. Tucker Civic Center: 2024 TLH Beer Festival Beer Mile | Ticket price: $25 Register
Registration includes T-Shirt if ordered by August 2nd, today: 4 beers, 1 Mile, and Ultimate Bragging Rights
EARLY Packet pick-up (including shirt if registered today) is on Wednesday, August 7th from 5 PM to 7:30 PM EDT at Fleet Feet Tallahassee
Featured Event: Aug. 10th, Sat. 2 PM to 6 PM EDT at Donald L. Tucker Civic Center: 6th Annual Tallahassee Beer Festival | Tickets
General Admission: $50 per ticket
Designated Driver: $10 per ticket | Learn More
Aug. 17th, Sat. 6 PM EDT at House of Music Tallahassee: 10th Annual Greater Southeastern Harmonica Festival by Big Bend Blues Society | Learn More
Aug. 17th, Sat. 11 AM to 6 PM EDT at 652B Capital Circle NE, Tallahassee, FL: 9th Anniversary Customer Appreciation Mega Sale by Community Thrift Market | Learn More
Aug. 24th, Sat. 2 PM to 5 PM EDT at Venvi Art Gallery: T is for Tallahassee: the ABC's of our Musical City - Book Signing | Learn More
Aug. 27th to 28th, Tues. to Wed. 6 PM EDT at Donald L. Tucker Civic Center: PAW Patrol Live! "Heroes Unite" by Nickelodeon and VStar Entertainment Group | Ticket price range: $35 to $120 Tickets Learn More
Aug. 31st, Sat. 10 AM to 3 PM at Tom Brown Park: Oasis Fun Fest | Learn More
General Admission is free
Tickets: $10 for Fun Day Rides & Games Wristband
Sept. 28th to 29th, Sat. to Sun. 7 PM EDT and 2 PM EDT at Donald L. Tucker Civic Center: Star Wars A New Hope In Concert | Ticket price range: $40 to $100 Tickets Learn More
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