Southern people are characters. This site is celebrating Southern people rising to the top of their professions. But still keeping their southern roots. We profile Southern artists, musicians, lawyers and photographers. Also, we celebrate chefs, celebrities, fashion designers, interior designers, stylists, curators and more. This region was built on Southerns and their charm. We are bringing them to the forefront.
Southerners and their culture have brought so much to the United States and the world. This is the place where we can be both high-brow and down home. We are lifting up their accomplishments here. This is a truly authentic place where Southerners can see themselves as well-rounded individuals.
Whether you’re from Charleston, Atlanta, Nashville or Birmingham, we want to hear your stories. If you are from below the Mason Dixon line and live in South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana or North Carolina, we want to hear stories of your life.
My phone has been buzzing continuously since Dolly Parton died, full of text threads looking less like group chats and more like collective grieving parlors. Everyone who knows me knows how deeply Dolly Parton lived in the bloodlines of my house growing up. Losing her feels like someone knocked out the central load-bearing pillar of Southern grace and left the rest of us standing in the dust wondering how to hold the roof up.
There are certain people who are Atlanta. And for many of us, Ted Turner was one of them. I only met Ted once. I was having lunch at Ted’s Montana Grill downtown with his longtime business partner George McKerrow while interviewing him for a magazine story.
If you don’t already know Harvin Greene, let me introduce you to your new design crush, real estate idol, and cocktail hour muse. She’s equal parts color queen, businesswoman, tailgate enthusiast, and Southern steel magnolia.
Shena Simmons is the founder of Stewart Simmons—a Southern-rooted, female-led brand redefining how we show up for our teams. She lives in Brookhaven, Ga.
When Chef Nobu Matsuhisa tells you Atlanta feels like waking up by the ocean—but green—you listen. “It’s a beautiful forest,” he says, describing the view from his room at the Nobu Hotel Atlanta. “When I open the curtains in the morning, it’s like green meditation.” Chef Nobu loves Atlanta.
Chef Arnaldo Castillo is executive chef of Tio Lucho’s in Poncey-Highland in Atlanta. Castillo serves up bold, contemporary Peruvian dishes kissed with Southern charm.
A sound bath in Atlanta is like a deep breath for your spirit—where you close your eyes, lay on the floor and you’re wrapped in the gentle hum of singing bowls, gongs, and chimes.
Chef and cookbook author Alex Hitz is a Southern gentleman who lives in New York City, Palm Beach and Atlanta. He’s a Southern treasure and a delightful storyteller.
Emily Blejwas is the author of The Story of Alabama in Fourteen Foods and the Director of the Alabama Folklife Association. She’s an Alabama cultural historian of sorts.
The co-owner of seven restaurants—including Sweet Auburn BBQ, the Michelin-starred Lazy Betty, Tio Lucho’s and Gezzo’s West Coast Burritos—Anita Hsu grew up in Stockbridge, Ga., and attended Woodward Academy in College Park from Kindergarten through graduation.Â
