March 2020
Features
How to elect a president: Jimmy Carter, two South Georgia political novices, and the unpredictable road to the White House
Carter’s ascent from peanut farmer to president was engineered by a couple of political novices barely in their 30s: Hamilton Jordan, who served as campaign manager, and Jody Powell, a media liaison who would become press secretary. Without their audacious tactics, there would have been no President Jimmy Carter.
The Battle of the Americanized Tacos
What’s more American than the hard-shell, the Texan, or the breakfast taco? Forcing them to go head to head!
The Connector
Don’t Miss List: Our top 5 event picks for March
Experience “Atlanta’s biggest interactive science event,” catch Erykah Badu and Common at State Farm Arena, and see the LetterKenny crew perform live.
Why does Atlanta always tear down its historic buildings?
Goodbye, historic country-music recording studio. Hello . . . Margaritaville? 152 Nassau Street is just the latest casualty in Atlanta’s endless war against its historic buildings.
The runner: Nicolaus Sherrill is tracing the boundaries of every Atlanta neighborhood—on foot
I have run on every single highway in this city. I’ve run every section of major railroad. I ran across a couple of lanes of the Connector in order to properly map Midtown.
The Bite
The verdict on 3 new Atlanta restaurants: Southern Belle, Yunan Crossing Bridge Rice Noodle, and Buena Vida Tapas & Sol
A new noodle spot from the LanZhou Ramen crew, plus classy small plates on Ponce and tapas on the BeltLine
Review: At By George, Hugh Acheson brings some dazzle to downtown Atlanta’s dim dining scene
Downtown needs a restaurant like By George, one where the business-casual set can entertain clients, hang with friends, or just unwind at the bar.
The Goods
My Style: Drew Huggins, Toki Tattoo artist
In an industry known for attitude, illustrator Drew Huggins is challenging the status quo.
This free-spirited Athens label makes clothing meant to be lived in
Since founding her brand State the Label in 2010, designer Adrienne Antonson has created free-spirited handmade clothing that is meant to be well-lived in.