Atlanta Magazine

It’s a brand-new year, Atlanta, and we’re leaning into feeling good. Here are six ways to get out of your comfort zone, from meeting new people at Wacky Social Club to reading silently with others at Silent Book Club.

It’s a brand-new year, Atlanta, and we’re leaning into feeling good. Here are five ways to treat yourself, from a top-of-the-line facial at Artisan Beauté’s Aquagold Fine Touch to tickling your tastebuds with viral Dubai chocolate at Confections Bakery and Cafe.

It’s a brand-new year, Atlanta, and we’re leaning into feeling good. Here are five ways to take care of yourself from glowing up with facial acupuncture at Core Acupuncture Health and Wellness to getting fresh air with a hike at Red Top Mountain State Park.

It’s a brand-new year, Atlanta, and we’re leaning into feeling good. Here are five ways to take on this year solo from attending a forest-bathing session at the Chattahoochee Nature Center to going on a self-guided street art tour using the Atlanta Street Art Map.

It’s a brand-new year, Atlanta, and we’re leaning into feeling good. Here are five ways to help others feel good from helping the unhoused at Hope Atlanta to helping grow food to feed your neighbors at Concrete Jungle.

It’s a brand-new year, Atlanta, and we’re leaning into feeling good. Starting a new year is an opportunity for growth and a reminder to love yourself as you are. To find the balance, we asked some of our favorite wellness experts what they’re doing to feel good this year and how you can do the same—this year and every year.

Long before coffee shops became trendy, Atlanta locals found their haven at JavaVino. For more than two decades, the Poncey-Highland cafe welcomed people came to work, connect, and build community. As the cafe shifts its focus to wholesale, its legacy remains deeply rooted in the neighborhood—and its influence will continue to be felt in the very beans that will be served at the new establishment taking its place. Called At Arbeta, a Scandinavian-inspired cafe and coworking space is taking over the space with a targeted opening of late summer.

Start the new year with a spoonful of black-eyed peas and good fortune may follow, holds an old Southern superstition. Representing prosperity and coins, these lucky legumes often share a plate with cornbread (gold) and greens (paper money) in a tradition stretching back centuries.

A patio in Sylvan Hills is now home to a colorful market and casual eatery that shines in its simplicity. After years of feeding Georgia State students at their downtown restaurant, Buenos Dias Cafe, Jeannette Flores-Katz and her husband, Ken Katz, opened La Bodega Market & Pupuseria to meet a need they saw for fresh food in the South Atlanta neighborhood.

Before 2100 West Wesley Road became Salubria, it was a small riverside ranch home sitting on 15 acres of undeveloped land. But in 1995, a buyer tore the home down—ostensibly to build something that would make better use of the lot—and enlisted renowned Atlanta architect Norman Askins to execute her vision.