Brown’s Guide is Online
Welcome to the Brown’s Guide to Georgia online, the website that adapts the best of Brown’s Guide to Georgia Magazine to the Internet.The Internet allows us to expand the Brown’s Guide format and strengthen the bond between readers and Brown’s Guide editors, writers and contributors. Plus, bring you much, much more updated information about the remarkable travel and recreational resources of Georgia.Here’s a quick look at what you will find now and what’s on the way.Over 5,000 Profiles of Travel and Recreation Resources With More to ComeBrown’s Guide to Georgia goes on line with over 5,000 profiles, more than any other website about Georgia’s travel and recreation resources. In the coming months, we’ll be adding to the number of profiles and expanding the content of each one. You can find a profile of a resource you are interested in by looking through the index of categories or typing the name or key words in the search.Accommodations and LodgingOver 180 Georgia bread and breakfast inns, “Georgia’s Classic” hotels, Mobile Travel Guide’s 3-Star-and-up hotels and more. We’ll be adding more of these in the months to come. Have a favorite B&B or know of a “Georgia Classic” that’s missing from our list? Let us hear from you!Do-it-Yourself ToursVidalia Onion Country, The Andersonville Trail, Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation. More of these time machine journeys into Georgia’s remarkable history and culture are on the way.Hiking and Canoeing GuidesOver 300 trails in Georgia’s mountains, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. In the coming months, you’ll go hiking and canoeing with top experts and some of the most experienced outfitters in the state.Best Beaches, History, Natural Resources… And Much, Much MoreThe best thing to do is browse the Category Index and see what’s in store for you when you set out to explore Georgia. You’ll always find one or more links that connect you directly to the experience.A Word About Restaurants…You’ll find over 500 Georgia restaurants included here with more on the way, everything from the 5-Star Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, to the 79-year-old Fresh Air Barbecue in Jackson. The first thing you’ll see is a brief description of the restaurant, usually written by the restaurant itself. Brown’s Guide reviewers will be visiting the restaurants to provide brief objective summaries. And now it’s your turn! Tell us about your personal experiences at the restaurants included and add your favorites that we may have missed.BlogsRead how when he was governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter not only canoed the Flint River, but saved it from a Corps of Engineers dam at Sprewell Bluff. Cook a Georgia Classic recipe with Nathalie Dupree. Search for Tara with 20 South Magazine Editor Sherri Smith Brown. Meet the Sage of Seminole. Add your comments. What’s your favorite Georgia topic? Genealogy? Railroads? Bicycling? Let us hear from you via your own blog.There’s lots more, and the best way to find out about it is to explore the website for yourself.And let us hear from you!Send us your comments on the Georgia travel and recreation resources you’ve personally experienced. If you see something we’ve missed, send us the information or tell us how to get in touch with the right people.The Internet offers a boundless forum for learning about and experiencing the travel and recreation resources of Georgia. We look forward to sharing the experience with you.Fred Brown
March 10th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I’m interested in obtaining a back issue of a 1970’s copy of Brown’s Guide to Georgia. I don’t know the exact date of the publication, but I know that the cover features a painting of a tractor by Mike England. Any assistance you may be able to provide would be much appreciated. I can be contacted via email - s_england@lycos.com.
March 16th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Stephanie is looking for the October 1979 issue of Brown’ Guide that featured the cover painting by Mike England, a watercolor titled “Field Hand. If anyone has a copy of the issue, Stephanie would appreciate a contact.
That same issue contained a Special Section on the sea islands of the Atlantic Coast from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Fort George Island Florida, by Russ Rymer who continues to have a distinguished literary career as author of Genie – A Scientific Tragedy; American Beach – A Saga of Race, Wealth and Memory; and former editor-in-chief of Mother Jones magazine. Tom Patterson hiked the Chattooga River Trail, Reece Turrentine canoed Alabama’s Little River Canyon, and William “Dub” Anderson fished with legendary Georgia Tech football coach Bobby Dodd.
We’d like to hear from anyone with back issues of the original Brown’s Guide.