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Look ma, no hands … or arms!! CP 1 is truly a red head found in Folk Art Park north of race headquarters.

 

 

Red Head in Folk Art Park

 

2

Atlanta Math!! Compute the number suggested below to find CP 2: Trey Hodges plus Jason Marquis minus Chipper Jones minus Vinny Castilla plus Rafael Furcal equals CP 2 etched in stone in Centennial Olympic Park.

 

 

55 in Centennial Park

 

3

Huh?! CP 3 is a restaurant in downtown Atlanta whose two-word name is epitomized by the following extract from the Internal Revenue Code:

an individual who is a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church or a member of a religious order shall compute his net earnings from self-employment derived from the performance of service described in subsection (c)(4) without regard to 107 (relating to rental value of parsonages), 119 (relating to meals and lodging furnished for the convenience of the employer), and 911 (relating to citizens or residents of the United States living abroad), but shall not include in such net earnings from self -employment the rental value of any parsonage or any parsonage allowance (whether or not excludable under 107) provided after the individual retires, or any other retirement benefit received by such individual from a church plan (as defined in 414(e)) after the individual retires;

 

 

Mumbo Jumbo Restaurant

 

4

No cracks about this one! Within 200 yards of the capitol grows a tree dedicated to peace and a dude named Sri Chinmoy. Don't bother with a Google search on this one. You are on your own. The plaque in front of the tree is CP 4.

 

 

Sri Chinmoy Peace Tree

 

5

Brought to you by the letter M! CP 5 is a statue depicting Babs and a blueprint north of CP 4.

 

 

Barbara Miller Asher statue

 

6

Need an oil change? CP 6 shares its name with the first three letters of the early 20th-century art movement, whose members sought to ridicule the culture of their time through deliberately absurd performances, poetry, and visual art. Find it in the Inman Park area.

 

 

Dad's Garage Theater

 

7

Take two and call me … Do you know where the home of the painkiller is? Get a photo at the café, east of CP 6 that claims this honor.

 

 

Brewhouse Cafe

 

8

Who hit black-eyed Susan? Locate the land Augie Hurt used to call home and then find the flying flag of the 7th state to join the Union. The flag is CP 8. Make sure you are pointing at the flag!

 

 

Maryland State Flag

 

9

It sounds kinda dirty! CP 9 is an establishment in the Virginia Highlands area that fits the following wacky equation. Find it for CP 9:

20/200 visual acuity plus second word of the title of first cartoon with music equals CP 9.

 

 

Blind Willie's

 

10

Who are those guys? Located in the grove that serves as memory for Ezzard, Ulsey, Hartsfield, and Butt. It's brown, it's round, it's hollow, it's metal, it's art, it's CP 10. BTW, you will find CP 10 in a park that shares its name with a type of glacier.

 

 

Abstract Sculpture in Mayors Memory Grove

 

11

What's a Malval? Malval-Julia is a silver sculpture near the Atlanta Botanical garden created by Sidney Guberman in memory of Ms. Julia Orme Martin. Find it cuz it's CP 11.

 

 

Malval Sculpture in ATL Botanical Garden

 

12

Rest on a nearby bench! CP 12 is a waterfall in a park that shares its name with what you hope to do today. Get your photo in the Ansley Park neighborhood for CP 12.

 

 

Waterfall in Winn Park

 

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