Atlanta

1190 N Highland Ave NE, Suite B, Virginia Highland; 404.249.5000

From veteran BBQ'ers (Rathbun's, Eclipse di Luna, B'ham's Jim 'N Nick's), DBA -- or "Doing Business As" -- has taken over the former Vine space to serve up pulled pork, brisket, smoked chicken/turkey, and KC- & Memphis-style ribs, plus 15 house-made sides from BBQ baked beans to a deep fried corn cob. Marinate yourself in southern beers (Terrapin, Turbo Dog), or grab funky hard stuff like Bacon-Infused Bourbon or the scary-sounding Pickled Moonshine Martini -- with pickle juice, dry vermouth, and Junior Johnson moonshine, you might end up burning down the backroads just to get away from it.

From Emory & USC grads, JHI's a free, search-based music player that's similar to Songza in its grab-any-song-avail-on-the-net mission, but with a cleaner look and a drag-n-drop function that makes it that much easier to compile playlists, because god forbid clicking "add to playlist" interrupts your busy schedule of not paying for music.

Friday through Sunday: 996 Virginia Ave, Virginia Highland;

Alternative's Highlands temp store will be open all Summerfest weekend with free Jake's Ice Cream, live bands until 11pm, selected gear for $5, and 15%-off savings (with coupon code) on Heather Burnout tees, plus new selections from their "Think Earth" campaign, like the low impact-dyed, enzyme-washed V-gan Organic V-necks -- so, the primary benefit of eco-fashion is the flowering of your man-garden.

7pm Friday at STATS: 300 Marietta St, Downtown; 404.974.2930

Crash this party for brazen Tennessee fans, who've officially modified GA license plates to include UT touts, and'll be selling them in hopes of a hostile takeover of our red&black streets. Meanwhile, you'll get: a limitless buffet (wings, jack & chicken nachos, pulled pork sliders, and chicken potstickers), $5 mojitos, and $3 beers including Newcastle, Harp, and Blue Moon -- which you should freely partake of, since it's only once in one of those that the Vols will actually contend for the title.

8pm - midnight at participating Sonic locations

From 8pm to midnight, get one of 3.5 million+ 10oz root beer floats being given away for free at Sonic Drive-Ins nationwide, just for showing up and being you.