About Sandy Springs reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 2013)
COMMUNITY PHOTO BY JOE EARLE A holiday display on Hilderbrand Drive composed of Barbies, Kens and Gl Joes takes a Christmas theme. Fun with Kens and Barbies brings happiness to Hilderbrand Like many streets in Sandy Springs, Hilderbrand Drive displays colorful signs of the holiday season. Houses are decorated with bright, colored lights. A giant inflatable Homer Simpson Santa glows through the night from one yard. A pair of light-covered deer graze in front of another home just down the street. In another yard, Bar bies sing. Wait, Barbies? Barbies, indeed. At 438 Hildebrand, Barbie’s the thing. For Christmas, there’s a holiday display tucked into a street- side corner of the front yard. More than 30 dolls — mostly Barbies and Kens, with the odd GI Joe -- dance, skate or sing to welcome the Christmas season. There are skating Barbies, angel Bar bies, a Barbie in a Santa suit, a Barbie- and-Ken nativity scene complete with Wise Men and Shepherds, and Bar bies dancing around peppermint candy canes as holiday tunes are piped through I speakers be hind the dis play. A giant Barbie stands at the end of the driveway greeting pass- ersby. “We love Pop Art,” said Brandon Lyn, who helped set up the dis play. “Barbies are Pop Art.” Besides, Barbie offers a touch of fantasy to ev eryday life, Lyn said. “We don’t get to be astronauts one day and doctors the next. We have to go to work,” Lyn said. “I may not be able to dress up as an as tronaut to go to work, but Barbie can.” It started last summer, shortly after CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 AROUND TOWN JOE EARLE Barbies dance around candy canes in this holiday display in Sandy Springs. cDaniel _ & urrett, p.c. Gynecology Comprehensive Womens Health State of the art Pelvic & Bladder Surgeries Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SLIS) Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy daVinci Robotic Surgery Services offered » Bio Identical Hormone Therapy » Office Procedures including Ablation & Essure » Incontinence Testing & Treatment » Abnormal Bleeding Treatment » Hormone Pellet Insertions » Contraception & Sterilization Procedures » Annual Exams » Nutrient Deficiency Screening & Counseling » Saliva Testing » Bone Density Testing » Plus Aesthetic Services Dr. Lynley S. Durrett grew up in Atlanta, GA. She received her B.A. degree from Furman University in Greenville, SC and her medical degree from Mercer University in Macon, GA. Dr. Durrett has been voted Atlanta Top Doctor for the past four years. Introducing Obiamaka Mora, M.D. Obiamaka Mora, M.D. grew up in Columbus, Ohio. She received her B.S. degree from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio and her medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Ohio. Our practice’s professional expertise includes female pelvic medicine, pelvic reconstructive surgery, symptomatic fibroid management, endometriosis, and hormone replacement management. We are located on the Piedmont Hospital Campus 105 Collier Rd NW, Suite 1080 Atlanta, GA 30309 404-352-2850 www.mcdanielanddurrett.com www.ReporterNewspapers.net | DEC. 13— DEC. 26,2013 | 9
