I can’t be certain how I discovered Zoom cooking classes at Charleston Academy of Domestic Pursuits. (Yes, that’s the real name and yes, it’s fabulous!) It was during “Covid Times” for sure. The post du jour was for Carbs 101, a new series of Zoom cooking classes offered by the school’s dean, Suzanne Pollak.
A sought-after speaker, leadership guru, and entrepreneur with his own podcast, More Than Beauty, Daniel Mason-Jones is a force of nature. One with a thick southern accent. He’s the owner of Muse Salon & Spa, a high-end teaching salon in Johns Creek, Ga. Johns Creek is a wealthy Northern suburb of Atlanta where he works styles socialites, reality TV stars and all the Braves’ players’ wives. “We’re a unique model for salon or beauty business. Hundreds of stylists and salon owners come to tour our space and learn from us. We have had 120 salon owners that have come through. We call it the Shadow Project.”
Umi is at the pinnacle of the other end of the spectrum. Umi is arguably the best fine dining restaurant, and definitely the best sushi restaurant, in Atlanta. Here are a few things I learned while eating there that prove my point:
While battling cancer, Jamie Annarino took up woodworking. She started Grain Craft Creations back in the fall of 2020 and is making wood charcuterie boards and bespoke furniture for friends and family in Atlanta. It’s National Small Business Week.
The Kardashians have nothing on the Ruckers. Just as gorgeous, stylish, trendsetting successful sisters as that famous West Coast clan, this East Coast brood has also had their own reality TV show (“Love Thy Sister” on WeTV), were once married to NBA players and have incredible influence on social media.
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.
