Exploring Atlanta – For Newcomers and Natives
I love hamburgers. From plain old regular burgers to fancy-schmancy gourmet burgers, traditional beef burgers to exotic venison, and everything in between. It’s a good thing…because I’m judging the second annual Battle of the Burgers this Saturday, October 1, 2011. Battle of the Burgers brings together 25 local restaurants, as they compete for the [...]
When we received an invitation to dine at Truffles Grill in Buckhead not long ago, I had to stop and think about where it was. Though I had driven past Truffles Grill (located on Lenox Road across from Lenox Square Mall) a number of times, I had never been there – it’s not flashy or [...]
Start your fall festivities early and party down for a good cause this Saturday, October 1, 2011 at DREAM Dachshund Rescue’s HowlOWeenie! It’s a full day of outdoor fall fun, full of dachshund contests, bluegrass music, artist/vendor market, and picnicking. It’s not just for dachshund’s and their humans, though! It’s for everyone who loves animals [...]
Gwinnett County is celebrating its 6th Annual Gwinnett International Restaurant Week starting in just a few days, September 19 through 22, 2011. With more than 20 participating restaurants, there’s something to choose from for everyone, from Mexican to Italian, Indian to Moroccan, Greek to Thai. Each restaurant offers three-course menus for just $21.21 per person [...]
Decatur welcomed its newest restaurant, No. 246, recently with an evening in support of one of Atlanta’s favorite causes, the Atlanta Community Food Bank. No, 246, which just opened to the public in mid-July, is a new partnership between Chef Ford Fry (owner and executive chef of JCT. Kitchen and Bar) and Chef Drew Belline (formerly chef de cuisine [...]
A couple of months ago, I had lunch at the Georgian Terrace (my favorite hotel here in Atlanta and where I stayed for my wedding three years ago) for a media event celebrating the hotel’s 100th Anniversary. It’s such a beautiful landmark – located just across the street from The Fabulous Fox Theatre – how [...]
Buckhead has welcomed a new restaurant that brings together the flavors and inspirations of the legendary Silk Road. Tantra Restaurant and Bar takes your senses on a journey along the historical trading route that stretched from Asia, through the Mediterranean, southern Europe and into Spain. The richness and of the flavors and cultures is evident in [...]
My good friend Tim Gaddis is the Cheesemonger (isn’t that just the coolest word?) at Star Provisions, the premiere gourmet grocery in Atlanta. He’s one of the many cool and interesting people I’ve met via social media, and who has introduced me to a number of purveyors of delicious products: Angie and Phin of Phickles [...]
It feels like summer is already over – Labor Day has passed and it’s not longer kosher to wear white (as if!), the temperature has mercifully dropped and given us a preview of a beautiful fall, and it’s almost as if you could hear Atlanta breathe a collective sigh of relief. Give one last nod to [...]
There’s a beautiful, funky building in Inman Park, on Moreland Avenue between Little Five Points and I-20 that has caught my eye every time I’ve driven past it since I moved here in the late ’90s. Built in 1900, the building was originally a private residence,called “The Marianna”. Since then it has been a church, [...]
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