Creative Loafing is an alternative weekly newspaper in Atlanta that highlights arts, culture and the social scene in Atlanta.   Creative Loafing is currently celebrating their 50th anniversary, and as part of the occasion they have published a special issue that highlights some of their milestones.

One of these milestones is that Creative Loafing was instrumental in the creation of the Atlanta Parrot Head Club and of the Parrot Heads in Paradise umbrella organization!  Back in 1989, Scott Nickerson placed an ad in Creative Loafing looking to connect with like-minded Jimmy Buffett fans. That led to a number of respondents, the first Happy Hour, and ultimately the formation of the Atlanta PHC and PHiP!  

Creative Loafing has an entire article about it in the 50th Anniversary issue, and you can read it online here:  https://creativeloafing.com/content-509719-parrot-heads-began-with-an-ad-in-creative