Restaurant Clocked Analysis

For my evaluation essay I wrote about the restaurant Clocked, a small diner located in downtown Athens. Clocked has good food, wonderful customer service, and a sci-fi vibe that will send many people back to their childhood. Athens is a large city, and the University of Georgia is a large school with over 36,000 students. It can be easy to get lost in such a large city. In my evaluation, I spoke about how Clocked can help Athens seem more like a small community. For my paper remix I wanted to send the same message as my original paper, that a large city like Athens can become a home. Instead of sending my message through words, I created a poster board filled with pictured from different points in my life. By using different pictures from Rome and Athens, I show that both cities can become home with the help of a small diner like Clocked.

For my remix, I wanted to show how Clocked has helped Athens become my home away from home. In the center of my poster, I painted the word ‘home’ in white. Instead of writing the letter ‘o’ in home, I replaced it with a heart to show that feelings, such as love, remind me of home. In the center of the heart, I painted the arch. Surrounding the word ‘home’, I placed different pictures that showed my connection to Clocked. In one

I relate to freshmen who are on their own for the first time in their lives. I grew up in a town so small that wherever I went I always ran into a familiar face. Moving to Athens was a huge culture shock for me, not knowing anyone except for my roommate. I felt like I was drowning in the crowd, until I visited Clocked for the first time. Clocked offered me a sense of relief, knowing that there were small diners similar to those found in my hometown. By creating my poster, I wanted to reach out to college freshmen like myself and show that there are small diners in Athens that can make you feel at