Surviving High School
This is the story of how two teen-agers with such similar beginnings can come to such different ends. It is the story of Eric Stone and Curt Hersey and the millions of other adolescents stewing in the unforgiving melting pot of American high schools.
Tower Treats boasts gooey, half-pound cookies
Tower's dense, gooey, peanut butter-chocolate chip cookies were inspired by NYC's Levain cookies. Owner Kerry Anna Stallings moved from New York to Atlanta during the pandemic and spent her spare time baking. “I’ve always had a big sweet tooth, and New York is really big on oversized cookie culture. I decided to perfect my own version,” she says.
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A shelter-in-place hobby blooms into a thriving floral pop-up, Pinker Times
Pinker Times sells bespoke bouquets and sculptural floral arrangements featuring seasonal blooms sourced from Georgia growers like 3 Porch Farm and Chattahoochee Queen.
“This wouldn’t happen at our farmhouse.”
We don’t own a farmhouse. We own a two-story Cape Cod on a dead-end street in Smyrna built in 1985, apparently by a DIY-er who was overconfident and woefully inadequate in his electrical and plumbing skills.
Ogle the Dragon Con costumes (or show off your own) at Trader Vic’s
Our fave spot to eyeball the Dragon Con crowd: Trader Vic’s, a festive tiki bar located on the lower level of the Hilton.
See a nationally acclaimed theater company perform on a farm
Last year at the Serenbe Playhouse, a 6,000-pound helicopter landed on stage each night for Miss Saigon. This spring the playhouse’s founder built an entire drive-in theater.
The Christiane Chronicles: Cheese later, not now
I cannot contain my disdain for the appetizer cheese course. Cheese is rich and, depending on the kind, funky. It satiates your appetite. It induces sleepiness, even. Why would anyone eat it at the beginning of the meal?
Meet John Petersen and Riley, designers of Gunner & Lux and Little Lux
When his daughter Riley was born, artist John Petersen began collecting vintage gems and baubles, thinking she might like them for dress-up one day.
Tiny Lou’s new chefs reinvent the menus at the Hotel Clermont
Jon Novak and Charmain Ware took over in February after the restaurant parted ways with the previous operators, the Indigo Road Hospitality Group, and chef Jeb Aldrich and pastry chef Claudia Martinez. The duo previously worked together at Restaurant 356 at the Porsche Experience Center.