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.
Hay ciertas personas que son Atlanta. Y para muchos de nosotros, Ted Turner fue una de ellas. Solo conocí a Ted una vez. Estaba almorzando en Ted’s Montana Grill en el centro con su socio comercial de toda la vida, George McKerrow, mientras lo entrevistaba para una historia de revista.
Si aún no conoces a Harvin Greene, déjame presentarte a tu nueva obsesión de diseño, ídolo de bienes raíces y musa de la hora del cóctel. Es una reina del color, empresaria, entusiasta de las fiestas deportivas y magnolia sureña de acero a partes iguales.
Shena Simmons es la fundadora de Stewart Simmons, una marca de raíces sureñas y liderada por mujeres que redefine cómo apoyamos a nuestros equipos. Vive en Brookhaven, Georgia.
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.
Joe Salome is a prominent figure in Georgia’s burgeoning hemp industry, and it’s actually his mother who played a pivotal role in shaping his entrepreneurial journey.
