Volume 5, Issue 3
Fall, 2012
IN THIS ISSUE: • New WSPD Website ................... 1 • THE BEEF: Kids & Décor ................... 2 Art & Dining .................... 3 • WSPD Gives Back ................... 4-5 • Out of Pocket .............................. 6 • Faces of WSPD ............................. 6 • Groundbreaking ........................... 6 • Sunday Supper South ................. 7 • Camp Twin Lakes Partners Card ............................................. 7 • Directory ......................................... 8
A New Look for WSPD
Atlanta graphic design outfit Brandshake Creative is designing a brand new website for Westside Provisions District.
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e are pleased to announce that Westside Provisions District will soon have a new look online. We’re thrilled to be working with Brandshake Creative, architects of the Atlanta Beltline and Trees Atlanta websites, on the graphic and information design. Our new look is understated and clean, in tones of chocolate and gunmetal, with orange and blue accents to emphasize WSPD’s relationships with White Provision Residences and Westside Urban Market. Sarah Dorio’s exquisite photography throughout
the site will give viewers a real feel for what it’s like to hang out in the district. We’re keeping core elements of our site, like the blog and complete information for each of our merchants, and we’ll also add new features, such as an interactive events calendar and a visitor page to serve our many out-oftown patrons. Most of all, the new site will unify the various brands associated with WSPD into a single “really good” voice. Look for the new site to launch in November, 2012. westsidepd.com.
{poem88} {Poem88} presents two engaging exhibitions this fall featuring the work of photographer Guy Mendes and painter EK Huckaby.
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his October, {Poem88} presents Guy Mendes’ 40/40. This black and white photography exhibition traces Mendes’ career through portraits and texts, guiding the viewer through moments in the lives of forty people who have crossed paths with the artist along his own meandering course over the past forty years. In December, {Poem88} presents EK Huckaby’s The Ocean Casts the Greatest Shadow. Working from found images, Huckaby gives
a glimpse into the mysteries and travails of early modernity. In his carefully translucent images, Huckaby congeals extinct animals, light bulbs, and fruit markets, alike, in his homemade concoctions of Old World glazes. {Poem88} presents a variety of complementary programming through musical performances, literary readings, and film screenings. The gallery includes a small bookshop with monographs of compelling 20th and 21st century artists, art theory and criticism and a selection of poetry. poem88.net.
Spotlight on Design Be sure to drop by Switch Modern’s “Spotlight on Design” event with Fred Yalouris October 24th.
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or the past two years, Switch Modern has hosted a monthly “Spotlight on Design” event on the last Wednesday of the month from 6pm to 8pm, featuring monthly discussions about architecture and design with the region’s best architects and designers. Previous events have included Smith Hanes, Johnson Studio and Peter Block Architects. At their October event on the 24th, meet Fred Yalouris from Art on the Atlanta BeltLine. This will be their last Spotlight until January, when they will kick off the new year with the cast and crew of HGTV’s hit show “Elbow Room.” For more information, follow Switch Modern at facebook.com/switchmodern. 2
More Mashburn With the expansion and connection of Sid and Ann Mashburn’s shops, there is more Mashburn than ever to love.
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hen a corner spot adjoining Sid Mashburn at WSPD’s 1198 building became available, Ann Mashburn immediately made plans to expand her shop and connect it to Sid’s. Ann’s expanded shop now includes a niche full of amazing shoes and a bright, airy shop full of new colors and styles for fall. Pass through a door at the back of Ann’s shop to enter Sid’s, where you’ll be greeted by a wall of Sid’s best leather footwear including his signature penny loafers, double monk straps and cap-toe balmorals. Sid and Ann are both participating in Camp Twin Lakes Partners Card Week. Skip to page 7 to find out how to purchase a Partners Card and save 20% with the Mashburns!
$10 Burger & Pint Night West Egg Café may just have the best burger & pint deal in town! Learn more at westeggcafe.com.
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very Wednesday, from 5pm to close, grab a double burger and a pint of any beer (or a milkshake) for only $10 at West Egg Café. If you can’t decide between a beer and a milkshake, go for one of West Egg’s famous boozy shakes for only $3 more! Each month, for $12, West Egg also offers a special burger and beer combo on Wednesday nights, including a special glass for you to take home. Follow West Egg on Facebook (facebook.com/westeggcafe) and Twitter (@westeggcafe) to hear about the special combo each Wednesday. Then on Thursdays, drop by for Team Trivia from 7pm to 9pm with pitchers of local beer, special appetizers and prizes. On Sunday evenings West Egg serves “Brinner” (their brunch menu) from 8am to 10pm in place of their regular dinner menu. 3
Taqueria Del Sol Every August, a truckload of New Mexican Hatch Chiles arrive at Taqueria del Sol. To celebrate, they throw a big party with live music and all-you-can-eat chiles. The entire event benefits the Ossabaw Island Foundation, which works to reveal the voices and mystery of Ossabaw Island. ossabawisland.org.
Volunteers from the Atlanta Union Mission hug it out at WSPD’s 2008 winter festival benefiting Atlanta Union Mission, Atlanta Pet Rescue and other great causes.
Really Good Giving
The merchants of Westside Provisions District give back in so many great ways. We thought we’d highlight some of the good work WSPD merchants do in the district.
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rom big benefits like Bacchanalia’s Sunday Supper South, benefiting the James Beard Foundation Scholarship Program, and Taqueria del Sol’s Hatch Chile Festival, benefiting the Ossabaw Island Foundation, to ongoing giving like Yeah! Burger’s MoBetter Mondays (celebrated at their Virginia Highland location), many of WSPD’s merchants are involved in giving back to all kinds of really great causes. In this issue, we highlight the ways in which a few of our merchants have chosen to give back in 2012. For more information, visit us online at westsidepd.com.
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Room & Board In October 2012, Room & Board participated in the second annual Mattress 500, a bed race benefiting the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta. Teams of five competed to raise awareness and funds for the Furniture Bank, which distributes essential home furnishings to families in need. furniturebankatlanta.org.
Kolo Collection
Gramercy Home
Keller Martin, seven-year-old son of Kolo Collection owners Michelle and Greg Martin, saw a need and decided to start a sock drive. He ended up collecting more than 1100 pairs of “Keller’s Socks” last year for the HEALing Community Center (healingourcommunities.org), and he’s back at it this year. Drop off new white athletic socks to Kolo Collection through 12.29.12.
Yearly, Gramercy hosts the Pink Party to benefit the Doris Shaheen Breast Health Center. The Doris Shaheen Breast Health Center at Piedmont Hospital was the first Breast Center in Georgia to become accredited in all of its modalities. In addition, the Center offers education and support to patients. piedmonthospital.org.
Osteria Del FIGO
Switch Modern
FIGO publishes an annual “Pepper Shaker” calendar to raise awareness for child abuse and neglect. In past years, sales have benefited Children’s Hospital and Wellspring Living. Sales from their 2013 calendar will likely benefit Georgia CASA (gacasa.org), which establishes and supports programs that recruit, screen, train and supervise CASA volunteers.
Three years ago, Roy Otwell’s mother, who suffered with Alzheimer’s, passed away. Since her diagnosis, Roy’s company Switch Modern has worked hard to support the Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org). Follow Switch at facebook.com/switchmodern to learn about future shopping dates and events benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association.
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Marketplaces
Sutton & Donavan
Man-about-town George Krauth dishes on the fashions, flavors, designs and décor he discovers as he travels the globe tracking trends in his capacity as VP of Creative and Marketing for Jamestown.
Meet the newest faces of WSPD, Sutton and Donavan, the beautiful twin girls of Donna Rooks, Director of Operations for Westside Urban Market, and Alyssa McKenna, Property Manager for White Provision.
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travel a lot, and everywhere I go, I fall in love with products I find. I’ve gotten so inspired, in fact, that I’m bringing some of these goods to a new retail venture, Mixson Market in Charleston. Like Star Provisions in Atlanta or Chelsea Market in New York, Mixson Market will be a hip spot to get quality meat, cheese, coffee, wine and made-to-order sandwiches. More than that, the market will be a community gathering space, a place where people can relax over a cup of coffee or shop for amazing housewares like wool blankets, Herschel Supply Co. backpacks, Falconware enameled plates from the UK, cookbooks and vintage French bread boards. In addition to falling in love with great products, I also relish the unique marketplace communities I find in both small and large towns. That spirit definitely inspires Jamestown’s placemaking. At Warehouse Row in Chattanooga, for instance, we’re working to create an out-of-this-world mercantile food market, starting with local favorites Petunia’s Silver Jalapeño and Southern Burger Company. For more about some of the markets mentioned here, visit mixsonmarket.com, starprovisions.com and chelseamarket.com.
Groundbreaking Greystar and PREI® broke ground this fall on a 197-unit apartment development at the corner of 14th St. and Howell Mill, across from Room & Board. For more information, visit westbridgepartners.net.
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Sunday Supper South Sunday Supper South returns for a third successful year on October 28, 2012. Learn more at sundaysuppersouth.com.
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osted by executive chef-owners Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison, the celebrated chefs behind Bacchanalia, Quinones at Bacchanalia, Abattoir, Floataway Café and Star Provisions, Sunday Supper South is a regionally driven rendition of the successful “Sunday Supper” tradition established by Chelsea Market in New York City. Designed to emphasize a sense of community, Sunday Supper South follows the path forged by Chelsea Market with a family-style charitable dining experience that symbolizes the Westside’s passion for building community. Funds raised through the event support the James Beard Foundation and the James Beard Foundation Scholarship Program, benefiting aspiring young chefs and advancing the James Beard Foundation’s mission to celebrate, nurture and preserve America’s diverse culinary heritage and future. Tickets are all sold out for this year’s event. Be sure to bookmark sundaysuppersouth.com or follow facebook. com/SundaySupperSouth for information on 2013’s event!
Camp Twin Lakes Partners Card Help us kick off this year’s Camp Twin Lakes Partners Card event with a progressive wine tasting Friday, October 26th from 5pm to 8pm.
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urchase a Camp Twin Lakes Partners Card for $60 at participating shops or online at partnerscard.com. Your CTL Partners Card will get you 20% off at more than 400 of Atlanta’s leading stores, including these WSPD favorites: • • • • • • • • • • Camp Twin Lakes is a nonprofit organization that partners with more than 50 nonprofit organizations to provide year-round recreational, therapeutic and educational camp programs for children facing serious illnesses, disabilities and other life challenges. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the purchase of each $60 Partners Card go directly to support camper scholarships.
Abattoir Ann Mashburn Anthropologie Bungalow Calypso St. Barth CORE Westside Free People G. Gilbert Gramercy Jonathan Adler
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Kolo Collection Peridot West Osteria del FIGO Seed Factory Sid Mashburn SimplyPut Paper and Gifts Star Provisions Yoforia, and more!
We’re kicking off Partners Card Week on October 26 from 5pm to 8pm with giveaways emceed by Jessica Shops, extended shopping hours and wine tastings in most participating shops. Visit westsidepd.com for full details! 7
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FASHION I: Anthropologie 404.355.4889 anthropologie.com E: Ann Mashburn 404.350.7132 annmashburn.com D. Billy Reid 404.994.3144 billyreid.com D. Calypso St. Barth 404.685.8886 calypsostbarth.com D. Free People 404.817.8355 freepeople.com D. Kayce Hughes Coming soon! E. G. Gilbert 404.355.3713 ggilbertatl.com
D: Spa Sentio 404.733.1820 spasentio.com HOME INTERIORS I. Anthropologie (see fashion) I. Bungalow 404.351.9120 bungalowclassic.com D. Environment 404.815.1488 environmentfurniture. com A. FLOR 404.685.1601 flor.com E. MATOUK (gramercy) 404.398.9097 shopgramercy.com
I. Peridot West 404.350.0330 simplyperidot.com
G. Taqueria del Sol 404.352.5811 taqueriadelsol.com
I. Switch Modern 404.605.0196 switchmodern.com
A. West Egg Café 404.872.3973 westeggcafe.com
D. R HUGHES
404.277.8908 r-hughes.com
B. Yeah! Burger 404.496.4393 yeahburger.com
D. Room & Board 404.682.5900 roomandboard.com
A. Yoforia 404.249.6700 yoforia.com
RESTAURANT D. Abattoir 404.892.3335 starprovisions.com E. Bacchanalia Star Provisions Quinones 404.365.0410 starprovisions.com
B: Lululemon Athletica 404.898.0774 lululemon.com
F. Jonathan Adler 404.367.0414 jonathanadler.com
E. Sid Mashburn 404.350.7135 sidmashburn.com
D. Knoll 404.522.1835 knoll.com
E. JCT Kitchen & Bar 404.355.2252 jctkitchen.com
I. Kolo Collection 404.355.1717 kolocollection.com
D. Ormsby’s 404.968.2033 ormsbysatlanta.com
Lewis & Sheron 404.351.4833 lsfabrics.com
H. Osteria del FIGO 404.351.3700 figopasta.com
HAIR & SPA D: Dragonfly The Salon 404.815.6702 dragonflythesalon.com
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SPECIALTY D. CORE Westside Pilates & Gyrotonic® 404.815.7117 www.coreatl.com B. Perrine’s Wine Shop Wine & gifts 404.254.5077 perrineswine.com D. SimplyPut Cards and gifts 404.881.8660 simplyputbyashleywoo man.com E. Local Farmstand Local, organic produce 404.423.8639 starprovisions.com
A. {Poem88} Gallery 404.735.1000 poem88.net D. Seed Factory 404.355.2043 seedfactoryatlanta.com OFFICE B. Encore 678.973.2021 encore-re.com D. Fried & Bonder 404.963.9443 friedbonder.com D. GACC 404.586.6800 gaccsouth.com D. MeadWestvaco 404.897.7103 meadwestvaco.com D. Westbridge Partners 404.815.1455 westbridgepartners.net *direct newsletter inquires to: ggrimes@ tuckermott.com