From the Magazine

Lauren Speed-Hamilton first captured hearts on the inaugural season of Netflix’s Love Is Blind, during which she met and married Cameron Hamilton in 2018. Lauren and Cameron now live in Smyrna with their almost one-year-old son, Ezra, and two pups. Here, she shares a day in her life in Atlanta.

The Norcross-based Southeast Pen Collectors’ Club is nearing 30 years old. At its monthly gatherings, the collectors show off their stylos, share nib knowledge, and help each other fix irritable instruments. Sometimes they even take field trips.

The Veritas Schools, an extracurricular academy in Dunwoody, gives students from underserved communities a classical education in the art of debate, rhetoric and philosophy. The program provides a full scholarship to either Harvard’s debate course or a study abroad program at Oxford.

Porches serve as an entryway into Atlanta's culture and history. Aesthetically, front porches reflect Atlanta’s architectural eras. Socially, they are quiet participants in Atlanta’s most significant moments. Now, front porches have become more desirable for both old and new homes.

Women make up 16 percent of the student body at the new Tulsa Welding School in Decatur, which opened in March. Nationwide, the school's campuses combined saw an almost 20 percent rise in female enrollment from 2024 to 2025. Why? The school's president Tamekia Morris explains.

Hot 97.5—now called Hot 107.9—celebrated its legendary First Birthday Bash 30 years ago, with The Notorious B.I.G. and Outkast in attendance. It changed the music scene in Atlanta and helped put the city on the map as a hip-hop proving ground—and in its early days, it was powered largely by young people.

This month, nearly 300,000 college students will file back into classrooms across Atlanta. The metro area is home to more than 70 colleges and universities. Here are a few fun facts about Atlanta’s collegiate life.

Jennifer Walker and Laura Hunter, cofounders of Moms on Call, an Atlanta-based company offering babycare and toddler advice, have developed a cultlike following over the past 22 years. This year, they released a new app that offers interactive features to help parents implement and use their time-tested recommendations for raising kids.

Seven days a week, more than 300 volunteers make rounds to bagel shops across more than a dozen Georgia counties, all of them part of the sustainable nonprofit Bagel Rescue, to donate to food pantries around the state.

The Revolutionary War lasted eight long years, and in the same period, Georgia had nine governors cycling—or getting shot—out of office. Meet these historical politicians and celebrate the 250th birthday of America at the Georgia Capitol Museum’s new “Faces of the Revolution” tour, which runs through year’s end.