"Tis The Season In Dunaire!

 

Dunaire is ready for the spotlight! Our beloved neighborhood holiday ground zero, the Gibbons' home, will be featured in an upcoming television show on PBA Channel 30! You can catch it on Wednesday, December 19th at 10pm, or Thursday, December 20th at 8pm! Mark your calendar or set your DVR today! 

 

 

Ringing In The Season - Dunaire Style!

This year's Dunaire Holiday Party was a particularly nice welcome the holiday season.   Plentiful hors d'oeuvres, desserts and refreshments, good conversations, and warm smiles made for a really great evening.   For more photos, just click here!  And, happy holidays to one and all! 

Dunaire Dines Out at The Original Pancake House!

Here we go again! But this time, we're doing breakfast! The Original Pancake House on Memorial Drive has been serving up some of the best breakfasts in Atlanta for decades. Come taste for yourself!

When: Saturday, December 8th, at 9:00am

Where: The Original Pancake House at 5099 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaire residents and their families and friends are welcome!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Discover a new restaurant. Support local business. And have a great time!

The Dunaire Holiday Party - This Friday Evening!

Celebrate the holiday season with your friends and neighbors at the annual Dunaire Holiday Party! We'll gather next Friday evening, December 7th, at 7pm at the Indian Creek Baptist Church (in the meeting rooms). Please bring a simple dish to share or contact Virginia Barber to see what's needed.

Dunaire Dines Out at Mina's West African Kitchen!

For our next Dunaire Dines Out, we'll be exploring local West African cuisine. Mina at Mina's West African Kitchen will be serving up delicious delicacies from Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia. She's looking forward to our visit and has offered to serve up some samples first, so we get a feel for what to order. Mina says "if you like New Orleans food, you like West African!" You won't want to miss this one! 

When: Friday, November 9th, at 6pm.

Where: Mina's West African Kitchen at 5439 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain.

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaire residents and their families and friends are welcome!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Discover a new restaurant. Support local business. And have a great time!

Dunaire Shined At The 3rd Annual Dunaire International Fall Festival!

The 3rd annual Dunaire International Fall Festival was a fantastic time!  The warm autumn weather was perfect for pumpkin painting, soccer games, and bouncing in the bouncy house.  Thanks to the DeKalb County Fire Department, the little Dunaireans were able to check out a real fire truck - inside and out!   Dunaireans were even able to ride horses around the community garden, thanks to the kind folks at Snap-2it and their beautiful horses. 

The pot-luck table was overflowing with wonderful homemade foods from Bosnia, Ethiopia, Chile,  and regional favorites from across the United States.  Lance and Denise provided great tunes throughout the day, and Jennifer was an awesome pumpkin painter! 

We really want to thank EVERYONE who donated so much of their time, energy, and resources to make it such a fun time.  You all make Dunaire a truly outstanding place to call home!  

For photos....click here! 

The Dunaire International Fall Festival Is Coming!!

The 3rd annual Dunaire International Fall Festival will take place Saturday, October 27th, from 3 'til 6pm in the Dunaire Community Garden on Cheviot Drive. It'll be a great time for everyone to come out and celebrate the arrival of autumn, cooler weather, and our fantastic neighborhood!

All Dunaire residents, and their friends and families, are welcome, and there will be a lot of fun activities for our younger Dunaireans - pumpkin painting, temporary tattoos, arts and crafts, games, a bouncy house, international music, and pony rides! We'll also have a community yard sale (to benefit the pool), and a photo booth.

And, all attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to share at our international pot luck table! We're hoping to have another great table of food (like last year) to reflect the wonderful diversity of our neighborhood.


Click here, and check out the photos from last year's event! 

So, come on out and get to know your neighbors, watch the kids play, and enjoy the fall season. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Dunaire Dines Out at Savage Pizza!

Here we go again! Dunaire Dines Out at Savage Pizza in Avondale Estates!

When: Thursday, October 18th, at 6pm.

Where: Savage Pizza at 115 Laredo Drive in Avondale Estates.

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaire residents and their families and friends are welcome!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Discover a new restaurant. Support local business. And have a great time!

PRISM - Pride Rings In Stone Mountain!

PRISM (Pride Rings In Stone Mountain) is a community organization and neighborhood advocacy group that serves the neighborhoods of "The Heart of DeKalb" including Dunaire. Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month, except for December.

The next meeting will have the following guest speakers, and all Dunaire residents are strongly encouraged to attend and get involved! Great things are happening 'round here.

• DeKalb County Police Department, Major Brian Harris, Tucker Police Precinct to

give Crime Update.

• DeKalb County Solicitor ,Sherry Boston - What is the responsibility of this Office and how the Office works with the DeKalb Police Department.

Where: St. Timothy UMC
5365 Memorial Drive
When: Thursday, October 11 at 7:00 p.m.

Meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall

For information contact, Program Chair, State Representative Michele Henson at michelehenson@earthlink.net or 404-296-1442.

Dunaire Fall Festival Volunteer Committee Meeting - This Sunday!

Our first meeting to plan the 2012 Dunaire Fall Festival will take place this Sunday evening, September 9th, at 7:00pm. We'll meet at Tony Nastri's home at 3886 Bretton Woods Road.

If you are interested in helping with the festival, a little or a lot, please stop by. Your time, energy, and ideas, will make it another great event! Refreshments will be served!

Dunaire Civic Association Meeting - This Tuesday!

The Dunaire Civic Association will meet Tuesday, August 7th, at 7:30pm, at the Indian Creek Baptist Church. Topics of discussion will include the Dunaire Pool, keeping Dunaire safe and secure, the Community Garden, property taxes and values, code violations, and general neighborhood improvement ideas. All Dunaire neighbors are encouraged to come find out what's going on in the neighborhood....we need your input!

See you there!

For our next neighborhood dine out event, Dunaire is going to de islands, mon! If you haven't been to Kool Runnings yet, you are missing some of the best Jamaican food to be found on the mainland! If you're new to Jamaican cuisine, Kool Runnings is a great place to check it out!

When: Friday, July 20th, at 6pm.

Where: Kool Runnings at 4977 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain.

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaireans, their friends and family!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Support a local business. Discover a new restaurant. Help build a better community!

Dunaire Neighborhood Yard Sale!

Empty Your Garages! De-clutter Your den! Reclaim your basement! And make some $$$$$

Dunaire will be holding a neighborhood-wide Yard Sale on Saturday June 9th, from 8:00am 'til noon. The yard sale will be advertised in several local publications and websites to attract as many yard sale shoppers as possible.

All Dunaire neighbors should have received a postcard in their mailbox, regarding the event. We're asking that you please respond, so we know who will be participating, and what types of items will be for sale (so we can include the information in the advertisements).

If you wish to take advantage and participate in the yard sale, please e-mail DunaireNeighbors@aol.com.

Dunaire Summer Clean-Up!

Summer is nearly here and it's time to get out and tidy up our neighborhood. Since first impressions are everything, we'll be really focusing on cleaning up the entrances on Collingwood and Kingswood, but we're looking for teams of neighbors to pick up litter, cut back kudzu, and generally clean-up all over the neighborhood.

We'll meet at the two entrances at 10am on Saturday, June 2nd. We'll have garbage bags, recycling bags, gloves, etc.

And, one lucky clean-up participant* will win a $20 gift certificate from Savage Pizza in Avondale Estates, sponsored by Tony Nastri at Keller Williams Realty. 

So, come on. Get out of the house. Meet your neighbors. Make new friends. Contribute to your community. Increase your property's value. And HAVE FUN!!


* To be eligible to take part in the Savage Pizza drawing, you must be a Dunaire resident, have been on time for the clean-up, and participated for at least an hour.

Dunaire Annual Spring Cookout!

Our annual Dunaire Neighborhood Spring Cook-Out will be held Friday, June 1st, from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at the Dunaire pool pavilion. We're hosting it a little later this year to get the pool season kicked off right!

This is a great opportunity to get connected with your neighborhood and make some new friends. Come by anytime and enjoy food and drinks provided by the Dunaire Civic Association. All children MUST be accompanied by an adult guardian.

Dunaire Dines Out at Kathmandu Kitchen and Grill!

We all know Dunaire is a great place to live, and one of our biggest assets is the incredible ethnic diversity of our area. And, along with great ethnic diversity comes great ethnic restaurants! So, for this Dunaire Dines Out event, we'll be sampling Nepalese and Bhutanese cuisine at Kathmandu Kitchen and Grill in Clarkston!

For those that haven't yet been - the cuisine at Kathmandu is similar to Indian - but generally, less spicy. The atmosphere is definitely NOT upscale, but the food is great and they've received several good write-ups recently from local food critics.

When: Wednesday, May 9th, at 6:30pm.

Where: Kathmandu Kitchen and Grill at 926 Montreal Road in downtown Clarkston.

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaireans, their friends and family!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Discover a new restaurant.

Dunaire Dines Out at Chick-Fil-A!

For our next neighborhood dine out event, Dunaire is going to "eAt MoR cHiKin" at our local Chick-Fil-A. The Memorial Drive franchise owner, Nick, has been really involved in supporting the revitalization of Memorial Drive and the surrounding neighborhoods, so we're happy to be able to support his business (and maybe have a handspun banana pudding shake, too!)

When: Wednesday, April 11th, at 6:30pm

Where: Chick-Fil-A at 5542 Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain (between Rays Road and Hairston Road).

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaireans, their friends and family!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Support a local business. Discover a new restaurant. Help build a better community!

The 2nd Annual Dunaire Easter Egg Hunt!

This Saturday, April 7th, is the second annual Dunaire Easter Egg Hunt for our little Dunaireans. Children should arrive at the community garden by 11am. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults who wish to contribute are asked to supply plastic Easter eggs and goodies and arrive early (10:30am) to help set up and hide eggs! To avoid any allergy concerns, please stick to non-food items (tattoos, stickers, erasers, etc.). Little goodies can be purchased at any of the dollar stores on Memorial Drive or our local CVS. So, bring your little ones and hop on over to the Dunaire Easter Egg Hunt! We'll see you there!

Dunaire Dined Out at Mi Casa Tex-Mex Restaurant!

This month's Dunaire Dines Out event was a great success!   We had a good turnout and great food from south of the border!  A sincere THANK YOU from Mi Casa owner, Michelle, to all who came out to mingle and support another local business.  Stay tuned for details on upcoming Dunaire Dines Out events at Chick-Fil-A, All Island Cafe, Expo Eritrean Restaurant, Kathmandu Nepalese Kitchen, and Donnie's Country Cookin'!  Have a suggestion for a dine out destination?  Let us know!  

For more photos from the event, check out the photo page (on the sidebar to the right), or click here.  

Dunaire Community Garden Work Day - Next Saturday

After a lot of hard work and organizing, and our grant money well spent, we are ready to start our best Dunaire Community Garden season yet!

On Saturday, March 3rd, we'll meet at the garden at 10am, to clean up (remove all the wood, rocks, and debris from the area) and to mark off the spaces for the new plots (using our fantastic new garden design).

* If you aren't able to attend, and you have a plot from last season, please make sure to clear your plot before March 3rd.

* If you want to save something that is still growing, please dig it up and move it outside the plots area (to the right of the compost pile). After all plots are marked and tilled, you'll be able to re-plant in your plot.

* The Atlanta Community Food Bank Garden will bring several volunteers to help build the new raised bed frames on Saturday, March 10th.

* Our new season will officially start March1st. The Dunaire Community Garden has an annual fee of $30 per plot. We need to pay Dekalb County their annual fee before April 1st, so we'll need to have everyone's $30 fee paid by the end of March. You can make out your check to Adrienne Gil or Stephanie Dean.

* Please help spread the word! We will have more plots available this year than ever before, so let your friends and neighbors know!

At 6pm we'll all reconvene at Mi Casa Tex-Mex Restaurant for an after-work day Dunaire Dines Out event!  

Dunaire Dines Out at Mi Casa Tex-Mex Restaurant!

Finally! We have a good Mexican restaurant in our neighborhood! Mi Casa Tex-Mex Restaurant on Rockbridge Road (near Pine Lake) has been serving delicious, inexpensive, authentic Tex-Mex food for just a few months, but has already built quite a loyal following. The restaurant is cute and comfortable, but not fancy, and won't break the bank.

When: Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 at 6pm

Where: Mi Casa Tex-Mex Restaurant at 4449 Rockbridge Road, Stone Mountain, GA (a little before the entrances to Pine Lake).

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaireans, their friends and family!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Support a local business. Discover a new restaurant. Help build a better community!

Dunaire Dines Out at Sweet Potato Cafe!

For our next Dunaire Dines Out event, we'll be gathering at the brand new Sweet Potato Cafe in Stone Mountain Village. The Sweet Potato Cafe is getting some great reviews, and if you haven't been yet, you're in for a real treat. They have an large menu offering a nice mix of comfort food and farm-to-table healthy options - with a sweet potato twist - all served in a very nice, but casual, atmosphere!

When: Friday, February 3rd, 2012, from 7pm until 8:30-ish. 

Where: Sweet Potato Cafe at 5377 Manor Drive in Stone Mountain Village - Right across the street from ART Station.

How: We'll meet at the restaurant, and everyone will be responsible for their own check.

Who: All Dunaireans, their friends and family!

So, come out. Get to know your neighbors. Support a local business. Discover a new restaurant. Help build a better community!

Dunaire Community Grant Meeting - A Day Of Service!

In the spirit of honoring the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will be meeting on Monday, January 16th, from 2pm until 3:30pm, to take the next steps in making our community even better!

We'll be discussing the final projects from the grant we received from the Community Foundation. The following items must be completed by February 9th, 2012....

1. We need to set a date to build the 20 raised beds for the Dunaire Community Garden.

2. We need to develop Dunaire Community Garden By-Laws, and we need input from all garden members (current and future).

3. We need community members to schedule a time to participate in a training on "How to Effectively Facilitate Community Meetings."

We hope you'll be able to take some time on Monday to engage and participate in a community related event! That is what this day is all about - a day of service! 

The meeting will take place at Tony and Joe's home at 3886 Bretton Woods Road.  Refreshments will be served.  

Please feel free to contact Adrienne Gil at 404-308-0510 or wilscheka@yahoo.com if you have any questions about the meeting. See you all soon.