Southern handbag designer LIndsay Rakestraw of Garland Bags comes to Atlanta for a cute clutch purse pop-up. The Savannah entrepreneur is wowing women with her structured rectangles handbags.
This is the tale of two treats. What does a pound cake recipe and a macaron recipe have in common
Bryan Kirkland was named one of the Top 25 Designers in Atlanta by Veranda Magazine, Bryan Kirkland has been the owner of Showroom 58 at ADAC since 2018, and before that owned BAK Designs for over a decade. He’s also got a Jonesboro drawl to die for and is a Southern dandy through and through.
It’s time to get outside and enjoy some incredible 2021 events again and these five are too good to miss. From art to outdoor concerts (hello, Robert Earl Keen!) from Charleston to Atlanta and from the shores of Florida to the hills of Tennessee, 2021 events are back, baby!
For over ten years, Lindsay Forlines represented the defendants in medical negligence and wrongful death cases. Now she’s gone out on her own and this Southern belle shares her homegrown secrets.
Cuando el profesional e ingenioso fotógrafo Derek Blanks no está fotografiando a Usher, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj o Regina Hall, es el director creativo de Missy Elliott. Trabajé con él por primera vez en sesiones de fotos para revistas de lujo en Atlanta, fotografiando a lo más granado de la alta sociedad de la ciudad. Su trabajo era impecable y... ¡oh, señor, este hombre tiene estilo! Siempre va vestido como un campeón cuando lo veo y estar en plena forma es muy importante para él. ¡Solo mira cómo lleva un traje! (Aunque disfruta tanto del All-Star Special en Waffle House como de una noche en Two Urban Licks).
The South is filled with skilled artisans, crafty entrepreneurs and makers of all kinds. I love going into a boutique or hitting up an outdoor craft festival and discovering new creatives (usually with a thick drawl and impeccable manners) at work making incredible things. From candles to booze to prayer sticks (wha?), here are six things made by southerners I’m loving right now.
Liz Moore Mcdermott owns any room. Whether she’s in Atlanta, Tuscaloosa, New York City, Austin, Palm Beach or Nantucket. She holds court. She is joy personified. Liz Moore Mcdermott is a talented interior designer and entertainer, and she frankly (my dear), doesn’t care if you like her or not. She’s going to have a good time no matter what. And isn’t that part of her incredible Southern charm?
Maybe it’s my ADD. Or how we’re all trying to maximize every experience these days. But I can’t stay at one restaurant for more than an hour or so anymore. My new habit? I call it restaurant hopping or cluster dining. And I want to make it a thing. Instead of a two drink minimum, I’m a two drink maximum.
Christy Plott Redd is a Southern girl. She is the creative director, head of global sales, and co-owner of American Tanning and Leather. I’ll let her tell you what that’s all about below. Let’s just say she’s a red-headed spitfire who knows her way around a gator farm in Louisiana, as well as the corporate offices of Oscar de La Renta, Ralph Lauren and other hoity-toity fashion designers who buy up her alligator skins like hot cakes. She is as Two-Sided Southern as they come and one of the funniest, most charming people I know. Read below and you’ll soon agree.
