September 2015
Features
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Retro invasion: The Walking Dead’s Christian Serratos shows off fall fashion at Terminus
Rosita returns to Terminus (in real life, a Mechanicsville metals processor), modeling throwback styles.
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The Connector
A drone’s eye view of Bellwood Quarry
The 350-acre former mining site—more than double the size of Piedmont Park—could become the city’s largest greenspace, but not until 2030.
Birth of a Warrior captures life for new recruits at Fort Benning
For 10 weeks in 2013, photographer Raymond McCrea Jones practically embedded with 162 recruits as they were transformed from everyday citizens into soldiers.
The miniature charm of Tiny Doors ATL
Tiny Doors ATL is an installation art project throughout the city that consists of an ever-changing series of, well, tiny doors, flanked by miniature picket fences, bulletin boards, and other accessories.
Can Dan Quinn do for the Atlanta Falcons what Mike Smith couldn’t?
Moments after the Falcons wrapped up day one of training camp, Dan Quinn faced his morning’s biggest challenge: parting the sea of reporters and cameras on hand to hear the rookie head coach’s thoughts.
Music Midtown: A history
It’s been five years since Music Midtown cofounder Peter Conlon, now president of Live Nation Atlanta, revived the festival. Below, a few of the highs and lows of its more than 20-year history.
What defines graffiti as art or vandalism?
Is graffiti artistic expression? Vandalism? Criminal turf-staking? The lines between what’s acceptable and not have blurred.
Sheila Pree Bright’s MOCA exhibit honors civil rights leaders and contemporary activists
Stone Mountain–based artist Sheila Pree Bright has spent 2015 traveling America, from Ferguson to Baltimore, capturing the protests and youth leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement. Still, she doesn’t consider herself an activist but a cultural observer.
Scenes from TomorrowWorld 2015: Music and mud
By now you’ve heard about the rain-soaked chaos at this year’s TomorrowWorld EDM festival. Still, for some concert-goers, the event was still a chance to dance, party, and show off their festival finery.
The Bite
Technique: Wrecking Bar’s Terry Koval on making the perfect BLT
Everybody knows that a ripe tomato is essential, but it’s the details that make for BLT perfection, says Wrecking Bar Brewpub executive chef Terry Koval, who never lets his tomatoes see the inside of a refrigerator.
Le Fat
At Le Fat, Guy Wong’s new Vietnamese restaurant, the design, inspired by the French colonial era, hits you the minute you walk in. The vintage signs convey an ornate Eurasian elegance, and the two rooms are painted the cool colors (particularly a muted green with pops of red) you find where it’s hot.
The Christiane Chronicles: One Flew South’s first-class service; Napkin no-no’s
I’m certain that no airport restaurant can compare to our very own One Flew South on Concourse E in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. And it might sound petty for a restaurant critic to find fault with an establishment’s napkins, but as any chef will tell you, details matter.
The Goods
Cool high-tech “wearables” coming out of Georgia Tech
An explosion of “smart” clothes is changing the way we access technology. And big strides in these so-called “wearables” are coming out of Georgia Tech, where devices have been designed for health purposes and research tools.
5 reasons to love Chamblee
With residents hailing from around the world, Chamblee is one of Georgia’s most multicultural communities, and it continues to grow. Restaurateur Mike Plummer takes us on a tour.
Room Envy: Studying meets style in this home office
Who wouldn’t be more productive in an office this striking? At this Columbus house, interior designer Chenault James created a multipurpose room to accommodate a mother and her two tween daughters, providing a spot for paying bills and doing homework.
The Love List: The Luxe List
Every September, the fashion glossies balloon into fat tomes chock-full of fantasy fall styles. In the same aspirational spirit, I went hunting for our city’s most radically luxurious goodies.
Editor’s Pick: Two Bees Cashmere is soft on the wallet
In 2003, Atlantan Whitney O’Brien launched Two Bees Cashmere, a line of solid and striped cashmere tops (starting at $260) adorned with lobsters, anchors, and other nautical decorations that pay homage to her childhood summers spent along the New England coast.
How Norcross-based Alternative makes its Eco-Jersey T-shirt
Twenty years ago, Alternative Apparel (recently rebranded as Alternative) got its start stamping logos on tees and hats for local businesses. Now it’s known for an ecoconscious mission and uber-soft hoodies, tanks, and tees. But mastering the basics isn’t simple.
Miscellaneous
September 2015: If the shoe fits
Since turning 40 six years ago, I’ve been waiting for my midlife crisis to start. Only recently did it occur to me that I’m already neck-deep in it, and that perhaps I’m like the frog in the slow-to-boil water who didn’t think to jump out until it was too late.
One Square Mile: Frolona Farm
Josh Davis is a farmer. His life is moving things from place to place: Hay from field to barn. Feed from barn to pasture. Cattle and hogs from pasture to slaughter to CSA or wholesale.
