Allison Entrekin
Allison Entrekin is an award-winning writer and editor who specializes in all things travel. In her role with Atlanta Magazine Custom Media, she is the editor of the Georgia Travel Guide and executive editor with Southbound. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and a master's degree from the University of Georgia.
Three stunning hotels across the Southeast worth checking into
A short list of the best new places to stay, including glamorous yurts, polished inns, and the largest treehouse resort in the world.
Lowcountry Flavor: Take a seat at the elegant River House
Driving four miles down an oak-shaded road to the entrance of Montage Palmetto Bluff, the world feels as sweet and slow-moving as a Southern drawl.
A Perfect Day in Orlando
Mexican-born Joseph Creech founded Hunger Street Tacos, which the Orlando Sentinel called the home of the best tacos in town. Here, Creech shares his ideal 24 hours in his hometown.
Pay to Play: A new West Virginia program offers enticing reasons to relocate
West Virginia is doling out $12,000 and free outdoor adventures to remote workers willing to move there for two years. Meet some of the folks who’ve gone for it.
Share the water with 18 toothy predators at Georgia Aquarium’s shark exhibit
I am in a cage with my 12-year-old daughter, lowering, ever so slowly, into a tank full of sharks at the Georgia Aquarium. Ice-cold water meets my ankles and begins streaming inside my wetsuit boots.
Fantasy island? What it’s really like to own a private paradise
There are dozens of private islands scattered off the coast of Florida. The Willifords have owned one of them for almost 30 years.
Atlanta landscaper Jim Gibbs on his famous daffodils and the one plant everyone should own
“Every year, I get a little uglier—but my plants get more beautiful.” So says Jim Gibbs, founder of Gibbs Gardens, where 20 million yellow, orange, and white blooms paint its 336 acres and inspire daffodil lovers from across the region to make the springtime pilgrimage.
Celebrity chef Scott Conant to open an Italian steakhouse in Buckhead
Two-time James Beard Award–winning chef Scott Conant will open an Italian steakhouse in Buckhead in April. The Americano, will be located in the former Southern Art space at the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta and marks the Chopped judge’s first restaurant in the South.
Lucky Duck: The Peabody Hotel Duckmaster gives us a bird’s eye view of Memphis
The Peabody Hotel truly keeps its ducks in a row. Each morning at 11, its five resident North American mallards depart their “Royal Duck Palace” on the hotel’s rooftop and waddle to the elevator, riding it down a dozen floors until the doors open to reveal a red carpet lined with guests.
