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Cobb Life

May 2013 Volume 9, Issue 4 EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER

Otis Brumby III GENERAL MANAGER

Lee B. Garrett V.P. ADVERTISING Wade Stephens ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Jay Whorton E D I T O R I A L S TA F F DIRECTOR OF MAGAZINES

Mark Wallace Maguire LAYOUT AND DESIGN

Stacey L. Evans, Mark Wallace Maguire CONTRIBUTORS

Allen Bell, Katy Ruth Camp, Joan Durbin, Stacey L. Evans, Michael Pallerino, Meredith Pruden, Michael Venezia PHOTOGRAPHER

Jennifer Carter PHOTOGRAPHY

Joshua Campbell, Nathan Self PHOTO ASSISTANT

Marti Sacks PROOFREADERS

Beth Poirier, Jennifer Hall A D V E R T I S I N G S TA F F COBB ADVERTISING MANAGER

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Advantage Dental - Dr. Karen Mills Aqua Guard Basements Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Communities Atlanta Fine Homes - Jim Glover Atlanta Kubota Atlanta Lyric Theatre Blackwell's Jewelers Callahan Landscaping Canton Festival of Arts Carpet Dry Tech Champion Air Services Cobb EMC Cobb Hardware Cochran Shutters Compassionate Care Ministries Cumberland Diamond Exchange Debbie Redford - All Around Atlanta Realty Dermatology Consultants Diamonds R Forever Expert Carmedics Fleming Carpet Fresh N Fit Gaines Park Senior Living Georgia Memorial Park Harry Norman Henry's Louisiana Grill Hutcheson Horticulture Johnson Ferry Baptist Julep's Home DĂŠcor Kiss My Grass Laureate Medical

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Life Grocery 6 Manders Dental 10 Marietta Greek Festival 15 Marietta Podiatry 44 Marlowe's Tavern 20 Mayes Ward - Dobbins Funeral Home 67 Mini Maid 38 Miracle Method 30 Mt. Paran Christian School 13 Next Stage Theatre 56 North Cobb Spine & Nerve 27 Northside Hospital 5 Northside Sleep Center 63 Parc @ Piedmont 38 Pinnacle Orthopaedics 34-35 Plastic Surgery Center of the South 24 Podiatry Group of Georgia 18 Robins Realty 10 Roswell Street Baptist 14 Shrine Circus 41 Sterling Senior Living 9 Sue Hilton 65 Sundial Plumbing 53 Superior Plumbing 3 The Bottoms Group 7 The Framery 40 Three 13 Salon 57 Traditions In Tile 48 Wellstar 68 West Cobb Funeral Home 59 White Rabbit 26 Winnwood Retirement 58

Becky Opitz ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

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Matt Heck I N F O R M AT I O N

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22 UKE IT OUT Austell shop crafts, sells unique ukuleles

16 SPICE No panic, go organic with fresh food baskets

28 GO FOR THE GOLD Cobb chef wins cooking contest 32 X-FILE BMW enters new markets

42 WINE Meet the latest addition to the Mondavi family 50 BLOOM A glimpse at Smyrna’s garden tour ON THE COVER: A basket stuffed with fresh fruits and vegetables from Kennesaw’s Farmers Markets Baskets.

36 ENGLISH PATIENCE Kennesaw woman teaches English etiquette classes 46 ASPIRING COMIC Former Miss Cobb embarks on new career 54 REIGN ON Cobb native a rising country star

in every issue FROM THE DIRECTOR

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FROM THE DIRECTOR

Give it to me straight doc... and a punchline, please My

longtime dentist, the splendid Dr. Robert Hoff of Smyrna, has a penchant for telling jokes every time I go for a check-up.

I like it.

It gives a sense of levity to the environment and makes all the Medieval-looking dentist tools and interrogation-like light less intimidating. It also helps me to relax just a bit, before he begins his work.

I informed him – and repeatedly let him know – I am a person who rarely laughs out loud. I enjoy humor, but something has to really put me over the top to get a vocal response. And I want him to be really aware of that shortcoming in my personality, so he doesn’t think I do not like his jokes. I do not want a dejected dentist drilling in my mouth.

Finally, after being a patient of his for more than 13 years, I have begun to share a few jokes and stories of my own. I don’t have many, and the ones I do have tend to run the basic gamut of Southern humor which means they have a tremendous emphasis on football and religion.

He gets a kick out of them for the most part and for a few minutes I remember there is more to my day than the discussion of bi-cuspids, co-pays and the integrity

of flossing.

I also recently encountered a doctor with a sense of humor.

It was during a physical – of which I was roughly a decade overdue for - so you can imagine my trepidation.

But, like Dr. Hoff, this doctor was jocular and light-hearted.

It made me realize how much I want a physician with a sense of humor. I mean when I am dealing with something as serious as diagnosing the state of my physical existence on this planet, a lighter side is appreciated.

Even if the situation is dour, I even appreciate some gallows humor. As Oscar Wilde once wrote, “Life is too serious, to be taken seriously.” And nowhere is that more true than in a physician’s office. Especially if you are paying another human to jab, drill or poke you.

So thanks guys.

Laughter may not be the best medicine, but it is free and keeps my mind from fretting on the other medicines I might need.

Here’s to hoping the only medicines you’ll need this summer are fresh garden vegetables, a dose of fresh air and a joke from a good friend.

Best,

Mark Wallace Maguire

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f e e d b a c k

Stay in touch!

from our web page

Our April Man issue generated lots of comments. At the store or restaurant, I had several readers approach me with their thoughts, praise and ideas (including, yes, a Woman issue).

I always inform our readers to let us know how they feel. A verbal comment is nice, but an email is better and helps introduce readers to each other.

So, drop us a line anytime at mmaguire@cobblife magazine.com or cobblifemagazine @cobblifemagazine.com.

You can also follow us on facebook and our website, www.cobblifemagazine.com for exclusive content.

Writer Stacey L. Evans had an exclusive interview with Jeff Devlin of the Atlanta Home Show. She also reviewed the Atlanta Ballet’s ‘Carmina Burana’ at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and ‘Zorro’ the musical at The Alliance Theatre.

- Mark Wallace Maguire

from our facebook page Phyllis Denise Wallace "Top of the morning to you!" I picked up your magazine outside of "Vittles restaurant" off South Cobb Drive yesterday. I adore it ... Keep up the great work Adam Miller wrote a lengthy post on the demise of Marietta Square landmarks. It is well worth reading We had giveaways!

Post your best home or garden photo to win tickets to the Atlanta Home Show at Cobb Galleria March 22-24!

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[arts and culture]

Inside ‘Vinings’ Powder Spring author releases book Powder Springs resident Susan Kendell recently had her book, “Vinings” published.

Kendell has worked at the Vinings Library as manager since 1997.

The book was published by Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based Arcadia Publishing, as a part of its Images of America collection.

“It turned out to be harder than I had anticipated because those were municipalities where things were collected,” she said.

In other words, Kendall did not have a City Hall to gather photos and historical information.

Instead, she relied on the Vinings community, and it took her one year to collect all of her information and organize it.

“The whole community pulled behind me,” she said. “People were dropping off pictures, materials and folders.”

The book is made up of mostly photos, and includes more than 200 vintage and modern images, chronicling the growth of

Vinings. Residents can purchase the book at area book stores, Antiques of Vinings and the Vinings Historic Preservation Society, and online at Amazon.com, Arcadia Publishing.com and Barnes&Noble.com

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[arts and culture]

Welcome back Might we recommend trying the Art Walk?

One of our staff’s favorite, the new season of First Friday Art Walks on the Marietta Square began in April and continues on June 7, July 5, Aug. 2, Sept. 6, and Oct. 4.

Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of the Marietta Square’s eclectic art scene. Galleries, museums, cultural venues, restaurants and boutiques host artists within their businesses from 5 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of every month, rain or shine.

Look for an official Art Walk banner in the window to identify participating venues.

Choose your own route, or begin from Artists' Alley at Dupre's Antique Market at 17 Whitlock Ave. Art Walk informational maps are provided at each participating location. You can pick one up to learn about the various locations and artists participating in Art Walk.

There is no admission charge. Be sure to visit 2 Rules Fine Art, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, or The Historic Marietta Trolley and register for your chance to win a "Hip to Be Square" $100 gift certificate redeemable at any participating merchant. Must be 18 years or older to participate in the drawing.

Information: 770.429.1115 or www.artwalkmarietta.com

[food and dining] First Watch opens in Smyrna First Watch has opened a 3,031-squarefoot breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant at 1675 Cumberland Parkway in Smyrna, in the former J. Christopher’s space at the Ivy Walk shopping center.

This is the second location of 20 planned restaurants in metro Atlanta. The menu features fresh-to-order traditional favorites and specialty items using cage-free eggs, allnatural chicken and organic yogurt as well as locally sourced fruits and vegetables.

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[community]

Having fun, doing good North Ga. State Fair wraps up year with donations to local nonprofits The North Georgia State Fair Board recently wrapped up its year with a dinner and a presentation of $27,500 to the Calvary Children’s Home in west Cobb.

Last year marked the 80th year of the fair.

As part of its mission, the fair board not only strives to provide a positive experience for residents, but also gives back to the community. In addition to the presentation to Calvary Children’s Home, more than 27,500 pounds of food was collected and delivered to MUST ministries.

The fair board also elected officers for 2013-14. They include President Roswell Story, Vice President Phillip Robuck, Secretary Holly Walquist, Treasurer Bill Hutson, Member-at-large Johnny Woodward, Jr. and Past President Jay Whorton.

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From left, fair president Jay Whorton donates a check to Marsha and Snyder Turner of Calvary Children’s Home.

You can find out more about the home at www. calvarykids.org.

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[home and office] Give your office some personality We focus so much energy turning a house into a home, we sometimes forget to aim our decorating genius in another notable direction: the office cubicle.

Home often expresses who we are, filled as it is with accumulated treasures and trinkets. But skip on over to the office cubicle — or, for that matter, an office with actual walls — and it can be a different story.

Some offices "are so dated. It's wallpaper from the '70s, falling-apart furniture and stacks of files — generally, an overall mess," says Sayeh Pezeshki, a designer who blogs about decor at The Office Stylist.

Considering how much time many people spend at work, "Your work space should be cheery and it should be fun, and it should be personal to you," says Sabrina Soto, designer host of HGTV's "The High/Low Project."

A soothing environment cuts down on work stress, designers believe.

"It really does affect the way that you work

and the way that you feel," says Pezeshki.

And, she says, "You don't have to spend a lot of money" doing it.

Bob Richter, an interior designer and cast member of PBS' treasure-hunting series "Market Warriors," visits flea markets wherever he travels, returning home with one-of-a-kind mementos.

"I feel like a cubicle or a small office should feel like a small apartment," says

Richter, who lives in a small New York City apartment. "Things have to be tidy but there also has to be an opportunity to store things easily."

Richter suggests combing flea markets for unusual boxes and baskets for storing supplies on an office desk. He uses old metal coffee tins and vintage ceramic planters for holding pens and other supplies.

-By Jennifer Forker

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[food and dining]

Savory Lamb I've recently become enamored with one of the original slow cookers — the tagine.

At heart, these conical cooking pots from Morocco are similar to a Dutch oven, at least in terms of how they are intended to be used. The base is shallow, similar to a saute pan. This is topped with a cone-shaped lid. The base is heated directly on the stove, giving the cook not only the ability to sear meat, but also to finely tune the temperature. Many tagines are ceramic, but some are cast iron.

Once the ingredients are seared and liquid is added, the lid is placed on the base, the heat is adjusted to maintain a simmer and the cook can walk away. The shape of the lid is designed to allow steam to gather and condense at the top, then drip back down into the food. The result is near flawless slow cooking that results in moist, tender meats.

I usually start by browning onions and garlic in oil, then adding meat and searing that. I dump in the rest of my ingredients, then pop on the lid, lower the heat and walk away for several hours.

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Stir in the rosemary, tomatoes, chickpeas and broth, then bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce heat to maintain a bare simmer and let cook for 2 hours, or until the lamb is fork tender.

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[technology] Tablets, PC Hybrids?

Which is better?

Since Windows 8's debut in October, there have been a range of hot-looking devices that try to combine elements of tablets and traditional PCs. These hybrids seem as if they would be great both for relaxing with an ebook and for writing stories when I occasionally need to snap back into work mode.

But trying out three tablet-PC hybrids running Windows 8 has convinced me that the good old laptop still reigns for creating documents quickly and accurately. It's still superior for working at a desk, table, counter, or on your lap. And it has the best possible mix of battery life, processing power and compatibility with legacy software.

Unfortunately, where the hybrids worked well as tablets, they fared poorly as document-creators, or the other way around.

I don't think I'm alone in wanting a be-all, end-all machine that bridges the gap between tablets and PCs. The three hybrid computers that I tried didn't meet my needs. They show promise if you're willing to give up typing speed for something compact, or if you don't mind a heavy tablet that you'll have to look down at in your lap. Just be aware of these constraints before you buy. — Iconia W510 by Acer Inc. ($750).

The white and metallic Iconia W510 is an instant attention-grabber with its slender profile and detachable screen, which on its own weighs less than an iPad, at 1.27 pounds. In detached mode, small speakers on either side of the screen create a muted, if tinny, stereo sound effect. It's a comfy couch companion when all I want to do is check email and watch Netflix videos.

Unfortunately, the W510's guts didn't match its pleasing exterior. Repeated software updates and spotty Wi-Fi connections led me to put the machine down in frustration at times. I wasn't able to diagnose the Wi-Fi problem fully, but other devices worked fine on my highspeed home network.

Videos played in fits and starts. I needed a half-hour session with a Netflix customer service rep to troubleshoot video issues, which were resolved by uninstalling and reloading two different programs. Xbox Music, which comes with Windows 8, repeatedly failed to go past a single song play when using the service's Smart DJ feature. T - RYAN NAKASHIMA

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BY JOAN DURBIN PHOTOGRAPHY BY JENNIFER CARTER

DON’T PANIC, GO ORGANIC WITH kennesaw’s FARMERS MARKET BASKETS

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The baskets feature a cornucopia of fruits and veggies. Opposite page: Jami Hester of Kennesaw loads up.

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“Two onions… one cantaloupe….one cucumber…six apples.”

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It’s 9 a.m. and a dozen volunteers are playing beat the clock as they pack hundreds of black plastic crates with fruits and vegetables and double check the contents.

The pace is quick but not frantic as they break down cartons of produce from the morning’s trip to the state farmers’ market in Forest Park and distribute the contents for customer pick up starting at 10 a.m.

Tom and Kristina Plauche, owners and founders of Farmers Market Baskets, are right in the thick of things, organizing the work flow and pitching in wherever another pair of hands is needed.

Flats of mangos, boxes of brussel sprouts and packs of organic strawberries vie for warehouse space with bags of oranges and heads of hydroponic lettuce.

Many of the baskets will be delivered to designated group pick up spots in Cobb and Cherokee counties. Others are for individuals who make a weekly or bi-weekly trip to the Kennesaw warehouse to collect their bounty.

All of the baskets have been preordered and paid for online, with prices ranging from $10 to $13 for a small basket and $15 to $18 for a regular size container of 10 to 14 different fruits and vegetables that vary from week to week..

All-organic produce is also available for up to $23 for the small basket and up to $33 for a large one.

Based in Kennesaw, Farmers Market Baskets is a produce co-op in which members can enjoy the benefits without being required to put in any work or commit for more than one order. Anyone who has a yen for fresh produce is welcome to participate.

It makes a little money for the Plauches, although it’s not quite a living for them – yet.

“When I first started this, my goal was 200 baskets a week. That was with no rent and no employees,” Kristina said. “Right now we’re at over 1,000 baskets. That’s held steady the past few years.”

But that may change. Last month, in a huge leap of faith, they moved from a 3,000-square-foot warehouse to a 10,000-square-foot facility off of Chastain Road not far from McCollum airport. It’s a long way from where they began, in the Plauches’ garage in 2009. The couple has eight children and Farmers Market Baskets is a direct result of a desire to get more fresh produce into their diet.

To keep costs down, Kristina got together with some friends and neighbors to be able to make bulk purchases at the state farmers market.

Kristina offered to manage everyone’s schedule, handle the order, pick up the produce, coordinate the sorting, and keep track of the money for a few dollars a basket.

“I’d drive this 15-passenger van with seven kids and one newborn inside and a 16-foot trailer to the market and back all this up to the big old trucks,” Kristina said. “If the weather wasn’t good we stretched a tarp on some poles over the trailer. It looked like a covered wagon.”

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Soon they expanded the co-op to the community at large.

Tom, whose background is commercial construction, quit his job three years ago to devote to the co-op full time.

“I had to tell that to my boss at a time when everyone in the construction industry was biting fingernails. My boss said, now I’ve seen everything. You’re going to do what, deliver produce?” Tom said with a grin.

Now both work at their business full time, with Kristina handling much of the paperwork from home while tending to the children.

Their two oldest sons come in and help make baskets and even some of the younger children will have a simple task to do when they are there.

Customers can put their orders in online and then come to the warehouse to pick up their baskets. The company will also make group deliveries for neighborhoods, offices or other designated spots.

Eight of their volunteers are now part-time employees who handle the roster of deliveries.

Tom’s day starts around 4:30 a.m. on the phone with vendors to develop a list of the day’s basket ingredients. After purchasing what he wants from the state market and bringing it all back to Kennesaw, everyone starts making baskets and the van starts deliveries. An evening shift of volunteers make baskets for next day.

“I go to the market almost every day,” Tom said. “Typically I’m home by 6 p.m.”

Fruit that will end up in the baskets include bananas, apples, oranges, plums, pears, peaches, lemons, strawberries, pineapple, mangos, kiwi, melons and blueberries.

Among the many veggies are lettuce, onions, tomatoes, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, red, green, yellow and orange bell peppers, poblano peppers and summer and winter squash.

A few of the items, including some that Tom spies at the state market and buys on impulse, are sold in a small retail area at the warehouse entrance. On a recent weekday, fresh coconuts and peanuts had made their way to the retail inventory.

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The yellow price tags denoted the organic produce, with the rest bearing white tags. The emphasis at Farmers Market Baskets is freshness, not organic, the Plauches explained.

“We want to buy the most healthy produce that most people can afford.

It’s a huge step just getting yourself to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables,” Kristina said. “Our basket orders are just 10 percent for organics, maybe less.”

The savings the average customer experiences is significant. “We costed

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it out and our baskets are about half of what you’d pay for the same produce at the grocery store,” Kristina said.

Economical prices are an attractive feature, but for a large segment of their customers, Kristina said, it’s more than just bargains that keep them coming back. Many say they have experienced positive lifestyle changes.

Kristen Thompson of Kennesaw said she started getting a basket of fruits and veggies each week at the end of last summer. “Since then, I

have not had nearly the issues with my kids and their digestion systems,” she said.

“Instead of buying cheese crackers and the like at the grocery store each week, we're kind of challenged by ourselves to eat all the food within the week. Which means a snack is not crackers after school, it's a plum or apple.”

Kale chips are “a whole new thing which we now love that I never would have tried without Framers Market Baskets,” Kristen declared.

Meg Whittemore said she found out about Farmers Market Baskets five years ago. “Until I found this, my family ate mostly canned and frozen veggies with a limited variety of what we ate,” the Acworth resident said.

“Since starting to get a basket each week, my whole family now eats just about every kind of fruit and vegetable. My children who are 6 and 8, beg for things like artichokes, eggplant, kiwi and plums.”

But it’s not only two-footed consumers who gain from the produce from Farmers Market Baskets, Linda Jones revealed.

“The biggest place they have come through for me is with my dog, Indy, that was allergic to something in his commercial food. Yes, I was purchasing a good quality food. And I was working with my vet trying a couple of different foods, but all sent him off into fits of itching.”

Her vet decided to put the Nova Scotia Dock Tolling Retriever on a sweet potato and venison diet then gradually add into his diet ingredients from the commercial dog food and see what triggered the itching.

“My challenge was getting large quantities of sweet potatoes at a reasonable price,” said Jones, who lives in Marietta. “Farmers Market Baskets came through for me and every couple of weeks I'm there buying 40-pound boxes of sweet potatoes with my regular basket. The dog is eating well and not itching, and we are eating well too.”

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By Joel Groover Photography by Jennifer Carter

ike McQueen has big love for tiny things.

He zips around south Cobb on Italian-made Vespa scooters and dotes on his beloved parrots Pistachio, Twinkie, Fat Baby and Beaky.

But as the owner of Uke Republic, which opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Austell’s historic Threadmill Mall in April 2012, McQueen is famous for one obsession in particular.

Those in the know refer to it simply as UAS. “That stands for Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome,” McQueen explains.

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At any given time, McQueen’s 750-square-foot store brims with up to 200 finely crafted ukuleles.

Many of the guitar-like instruments bear exotic names such as Ko’olau, aNueNue or LoPrinzi. They come in a pleasing variety of colors, shapes and sizes, and hang from the walls like tiny works of art. And when McQueen heads home from the shop after a day of filling orders from as far away as a research station in Antarctica, more ukes await.

“I probably own about 30 ukuleles,” says the south Cobb native.“The oldest is a Hawaiian-made instrument from the 1930s. But my collection is pretty small.

Some people have hundreds.”

Buying ukes is certainly part of the fun. But for McQueen and his fellow ukulele-lovers, the primary point is to play.

“The style of music I play? Really anything,” McQueen says. “I was into punk rock in the 1980s, so I like a good punk tune on a ukulele,” he says. “But I love Tin Pan Alley music, too. Ukuleles are kind of like noodles — they go with anything.”

McQueen played a plastic uke as a child, but moved on to play classical music on the much-heftier guitar. It wasn’t until the mid-1990s that McQueen truly fell in love with the sonorous strum of a well-played uke.

“I was in Ireland and heard Iz on the radio,” he recalls, referring to Hawaii’s Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwoʻole. “When I got back home, I started doing research on ukuleles. It was difficult to find a quality instrument. Everything was either very expensive or just horribly made.”

With the online launch of Uke Republic in 2007, McQueen aimed to bridge this price and quality gap by collaborating with a new breed of ukulele makers.

Some of these U.S.-based brands — names like Kala, Mainland, Ohana and Big Island Ukuleles — were starting to manufacture high-quality, affordable ukes by exporting rigid quality controls to overseas factories.

These days, Uke Republic also sells higher-end instruments by artisanal makers such as Ko’olau, DaSilvaand Augustino LoPrinzi, to name a few, and the shop even has its own Sailor Brand custom ukes.

“You can get a nice instrument for as little as $50, on up into the thousands,” McQueen says.

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Uke Republic carries a variety of ukes, including these. Left, a classic ‘artdeco’ inspired uke crafted by Sailor Brand. This one above is a soprano uke made of Hawaiian wood.

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INFORMATION www.ukerepublic.com mikem@ukerepublic.com 770.235.6606

Mike and Donna McQueen also have many friendly parrots on hand to assist customers in their shop in Austell.

Uke Republic has also benefitted from the rising popularity of the ukulele itself. Over the past few years, hugely popular artists like Zac Brown, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson and Paul McCartney have been knocking out more tunes on ukes. Viral YouTube videos have also catapulted the likes of Jake Shimabukuro, the Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso, to global fame.

“The ukulele was popular in the 1920s and again in the ’50s,” McQueen says. “This is kind of the third wave. There is a real renaissance happening.”

Locally, McQueen and his wife Donnas support a thriving community of ukulele fans by staging various concerts and jams, says Bry Harris of Acworth, who owns five ukes and even wrote a song about the shop. The McQueens are also passing their passion to another generation.

“The ukulele is a standard part of the music curriculum in Hawaii and Canada,” Donna explains. “We’re working to bring it to Georgia as well through a program called Ukulele in the Classroom. We’ve already got schools working with us in Rabun, Paulding, Coweta and Clarke counties.”

For such a tiny instrument, the ukulele clearly has an outsized reach.

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G LD After winning the gold medal in a commercial baking competition against students from around the state, Smyrna resident Sara Mellars is headed to Kansas City in June for the Skills USA national event.

Participating in Skills USA was something that Mellars has wanted to do since entering the culinary arts program at Chattahoochee Technical College, where she had heard about the competition from other classmates and instructors. “The most difficult part of the competition was really overcoming my nerves. I would psyche myself out if I watched what the other competitors were doing too closely,� Mellars recalled.

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“I just had to keep telling myself there’s no secret to this competition that they know that you don’t.”

“I just had to keep telling myself there’s no secret to this competition that they know that you don’t.”

Competitors had just four hours to make baguettes, blueberry muffins, sweet rolls, cinnamon rolls, a coffee cake ring, cream puffs, éclairs and a pecan pie as well as decorate a cake.

“The cake part was most definitely my favorite, since that’s what I have the most fun doing,” Mellars said.

“I’ve been working in pastry for about two and a half years now. My first pastry job was decorating wedding cakes. I’ve worked for family owned bakeries, franchises, and catering companies. I currently work in the Bakeshop of the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta” She is at Chattahoochee Tech to pursue what she says may be a risky career choice, “but I can’t see myself not doing it. Becoming a real pastry chef as opposed to just a

baker would be a dream come true.”

Mellars said she plans to resume her preparation for the National Skills USA event after spring break. She hopes to get advice and suggestions from her culinary arts instructor Chef Hillary Gallagher, her co-workers and boss at the Marriott Marquis and former student competitors.

“Winning this competition hasn’t made me cocky or arrogant at all, quite the opposite,” she said. “I think I’m anything but the best. In fact I constantly am finding areas to improve, and I’m nervous as well as excited for National Skills USA. I will definitely do my best.”

Mellars was married last August to another Chattahoochee Tech student, Jamie Mellars, who was in the school’s entertainment technology program. He is currently a technical theatre engineer.

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X-FILE BMW cracks into the small crossover SUV market Finally, American car shoppers can get a small crossover sport utility vehicle from BMW that has a starting retail price of less than $32,000.

In fact, the new-for-2013 BMW X1 five door has the lowest starting retail price of any BMW car or SUV — $31,695. The well-proportioned X1 looks pricier on the outside than it is and has great cargo- and people-hauling functionality.

The X1 even comes standard with two fuel-saving mechanisms. An automatic stop/start system turns off the engine when the vehicle is stopped at stoplights, while the other system called Eco Pro is driver activated and optimizes engine operation and transmission gearing, among other things, for maximum fuel economy.

The federal government mileage ratings for the base X1 with turbocharged, four-cylinder engine are 22 miles per gallon in city driving and 33 mpg on the highway. These ratings are on par with those for Honda's popular CR-V SUV that has a 185-horsepower, naturally aspirated four cylinder under the hood.

BMW has been selling the X1 in since 2009. Demand has been so strong that the U.S. market was left out until this model year, when BMW added production capacity.

Now, the X1 with 240-horsepower, turbocharged four cylinder, eight-speed automatic transmission and rear-wheel drive for the United States is priced $400 less than the manufacturer's suggested retail price, including destination charge, of a 2013 BMW 128i Coupe here, which was the previous lowest-priced BMW. The X1 also is lower priced than the starting MSRP, including destination charge, of $39,745 for BMW's next-largest SUV, the X3.

The 2013 X3 uses the same 240-horsepower, turbo four cylinder that's in the X1.

No manual transmission is offered in the X1.

The base X1 doesn't have a lot of luxury features. For ex-

ample, it does not include leather-trimmed seats or metallic exterior paint. Everything from rearview camera and automatic dimming rearview mirror to power-adjustable front seats and USB adapter are extras.

So, it is easy to load up the X1 and get to a much higher sticker price. The test X1 xDrive28i topped out at more than $45,000, and at that price, a shopper can look at larger and more sumptuous SUVs. Competitors to the X1 are wide-ranging. Acura's 2014 RDX comes standard with a 273-horsepower V-6, automatic transmission and a starting retail price of $35,415 with twowheel drive. Meantime, the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK starts at $37,995 with 302-horsepower V-6, automatic transmission and two-wheel drive.

The not quite 15-foot-long X1 has exterior dimensions that are similar to those of some of America's best-selling compact crossover SUVs. For instance, the X1 is within 2 inches in length and nearly the same width as the CR-V. But it's the much lower height — some 4 inches shorter than the CR-V — that helps differentiate the X1.

The test X1 seemed to meld the concept of station wagon and SUV successfully, while other crossover SUVs take a higher stance and a more SUV orientation.

Still, front seat riders, in particular, have decent views out the front of the X1, and headroom of 41.3 inches is accommodating. In the back seat, headroom is cut to 39.7 inches, and back seat passengers can feel cramped with three adults sitting closely, but two adults back there do fine.

The test X1 had a lot of hard plastic inside. Even with textures put into the plastic, the vehicle inside didn't exude the same kind of pricey look that the exterior, with big BMW badges, did. But the 2-liter, double overhead cam, turbo four cylinder provided plenty of good power. The X1 tester moved quickly to pass other vehicles on highways, and it efficiently zipped into open spots in traffic.

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Madeline Aldrich of Kennesaw enjoys a cup of tea. Opposite page: Helen Bell of Kennesaw, owner of Royal Tea Occasions.

Bell was born and raised in Manchester, England.

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There’s nothing more quintessentially British than afternoon tea. In fact, tea and biscuits are a time honored, and classically English, tradition dating back at least as far as the mid-17th century—during the reign of King Charles II. Now, Liverpudlian ex pat, and current Kennesaw resident, Helen Bell is serving up afternoon tea right here in Cobb with her six-month strong company Royal Tea Occasions. Bell, who worked in finance before choosing to be a stay-at-home mom when the first of her brood — Lenny, 8, Sophie, 6, and Ava, 4 — was born, views her new business endeavor as her life’s purpose finally realized.

“I feel like this is the first time in my life I’m doing what I want professionally rather than what I’m expected to do,” Bell said. “I’ve come full circle...I feel like finance was the side track.”

One of five children herself, Bell said her mother always had things “just so,” and made a home-cooked dinner and dessert every night. Bell and her siblings would came home from school each day asking, “What’s for tea?” followed quickly by, “What’s for dessert?”

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Left, Helen Bell pours tea for the guests. Far left, Bella Marino of Kennesaw sips her tea.

“Making dinner and dessert everyday is almost unheard of these days,” Bell said.

“And, that’s where I draw inspiration for my business and my life.”

With the support of her husband, Robert, Bell seized her chance to turn a passion into a career at the end of November 2012, after quite a long history, and quite a bit of renown, throwing parties and volunteering with the neighborhood social committee.

“I’ve noticed recently all these different party places, but it’s moved away from typical kid’s parties,” she said.

There are “They’re more inthree types of timate now than afternoon tea: bounce houses and game trucks, CREAM TEA and Royal Tea Served with Occasions is tea, scones, more unique.” jam and cream Bell begins each Royal Tea LIGHT TEA Occasion event Served with with an overview tea, scones of tea party etiand sweets quette before serving up tradiFULL TEA tional homemade Served with tea party fare, intea, savories, cluding everyscones and thing from sweets shortbread cookies and English fudge to tarts and sponge cake. She then moves into craft time, which can include creating fashionable fascinators for older attendees or haute hats for younger fingers, May 2013 Cobb Life

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The children play a game of The Crown and the Key. Left, the table is set before tea time.

and old fashioned game time with offerings like The Crown and the Key (a variation of musical chairs) and tea bag races.

“This world we live in now is so fastpaced and all about technology, which is great, but I wanted to incorporate what I did as a kid,” Bell said. “And, the kids just love it.”

Whether it be for a child’s birthday (good for boys or girls beginning at age four), a bridal shower or other adult gathering, Bell and her creative, tasty and perfectly posh tea parties will bring the fun (and traditional English manners) to the location of your choice—and do all the set up and cleaning.

Cheers to a smashing good time!

In the north of England, they call dinner “tea time.”

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BY MICHAEL VENEZIA PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK WALLACE MAGUIRE AND COURTESY OF MONDAVI ESTATES

Meet a unique cabernet sauvignon from a vineyard called Animo. Under the care of the legendary Mondavi family, this energetic and soulful cabernet is called simply,

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Above, simply dubbed, ‘M’ this wine is one of the most unique to be produced by the Mondavi Estates yet and is timeless in its taste and texture.Opposite page: The Mondavi family in one of their vineyards.

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Although white grapes such as chardonnay and sauvignon blanc produce outstanding wines, Napa Valley’s international reputation has been built on the success of cabernet sauvignon, the most important grape of Bordeaux France responsible for producing the great chateau bottles such as Lafite, Margaux and Mouton. In the late 1970s when the Baron Philippe Rothschild approached Robert Mondavi to partner in the joint venture known as OPUS One it confirmed Mr. Mondavi’s dream that world class cabernet can be produced in this valley, just 70 miles north of San Francisco. Today Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for more than 40% of the harvest yield and an astonishing 60% of the $648,000,000 crop value. Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is certainly worthy of the title “King Cab.” Rob and his father Michael continue the tradition of making world class wines from the roots up, creating a truly unique wine instilled with a sense of time and place.

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Photos by Jay Hutton with Gray Hawk Imaging

This uniquely cultivated vineyard called Animo means soul in Italian. It occupies 15 acres of rocky, volcanic soil perched high atop Atlas Peak in California.

Go tell it on the mountain is the message that they are sharing with the wine world.

This pure cabernet sauvignon from a vineyard called Animo, meaning soul in Italian, occupies 15 acres of rocky, volcanic soil perched high atop Atlas Peak. With meticulous care and attention, the soil instills a heartiness and potency into the wines that eventually carry on into the grapes and finally the glass. Called simply “M�, this pure single vineyard, mountain grown cabernet sauvignon has a character and individual energy which places it in the pantheon of great Napa Valley cabernets.

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By Katy Ruth Camp Photography courtesy of Lace Larrabee

FORMER MISS COBB COUNTY STARTS SECOND CAREER AS

A COMIC Jarrod Harris, Ryan Singer and Lace Larrabee found themselves huddled around a cell phone in a small hotel room in Myrtle Beach, S.C. one Thursday afternoon in January, pontificating the beauty of bedazzled license plates and $20 t-shirts with wolfs howling at a (literally) neon moon.

No, they weren’t there doing a research study of the psychology behind Spring Break rivieras: This was just one stop of many on their tour of comedy. The “Organic Tour,” as they named it. And along with the tour arose a documentary that will likely showcase several future “comelebrities” and the venues and promoters who had enough faith and guts to give them their starts.

“We wanted to shine the light on the comedy scenes that people don’t know about, but should,” Singer, 36, of Dayton, Ohio said. “We wanted to make those scenes unique and special for the people who travel to perform there as well as the people who come out to hear them. This was the time to tour it all and document it all. These comedians haven't hit mainstream yet, but are about to. And they're on the verge of hitting it big.”

And so are they.

The traveling jokers have been everywhere from Austin, Texas to Pensacola, Fla. since the beginning of the new year, documenting the funny and the even funnier along the way. Some venues have been great (Oklahoma City, Okla. and Hattiesburg, Miss. to name a few) while others have been less wonderful.

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“Austin was a bit of a disappointment due little communication — well — virtually no communication with the promoter at all, and we barely made enough money and gas to cover the 600 miles to the next venue the next day,” as Harris, 37, a graduate of McEachern High School and a Cobb County native, put it.

And those long trips have lent themselves to many stories. Singer drove off with the gas pump in his car one day and slams the car door with so much calamity that they all cringe when they get in or out of Harris’ car for fear the whole car will break.

The group planned to document their travels on the road via motor home, but the motor home broke down the day before they were to set out on their tour in early January so they had to improvise with a four-door sedan, a trailer hitch and newfound ways to entertain each other and themselves.

But don’t let their laid-back attitudes fool you. Neither Singer nor Harris is a stranger to the comedy scene, as Singer has been a comedian for 11 years and was recently mentioned in Rolling Stone Magazine as a “Comic Who Should Be Big” and in NY Magazine as a “Top 5 Comic to Watch.”

Harris said he was 26 and working in a parking garage in Atlanta in 2002 when the president of a company housed in the garage’s high-rise sparked up a friendship and asked the funny guy what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

“Not this,” Harris replied, before telling him he always felt the urge to be a comedian.

As fate would have it, Harris’ new friend had another friend by the name of Stephen Colbert, the wildly popular host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” Colbert began calling Harris frequently to mentor him

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through the process of becoming a comedian. Harris said Colbert kept him going in his pursuits, if for no other reason than because Harris didn’t want to disappoint him when he saw Colbert’s name pop up on his phone.

Since that day 11 years ago, over 20 million people have seen Harris’ popular Action Figure Therapy characters and he was named LA Weekly’s “Top Comic To Watch in 2012.” Harris has also appeared on the TBS show, "Lopez Tonight," and Comedy Central’s "Live at Gotham." Likewise, Harris said there were maybe 15 comedians making their rounds in Atlanta when he first got his start while today there are hundreds, reflecting the growing popularity of live comedy shows.

And although Larrabee is the rookie of the group and has taken the back seat on the tour, often literally and figuratively, even she, Miss Cobb County 2007 and a Kennesaw State University graduate, has won an award or two in the Atlanta comedy rooms for her Funny Girl ways.

“We’re experimental comedians who have put themselves in a position that could be very combustible,” Singer said. “But with an explosion can come a lot of great things, so we have forced ourselves to try to figure this road trip thing out."

“Every night has made us better. Every time we get on stage, we’re better,” Harris said.

“We’re doing so many different shows with different audiences, and each is unique and the gruel and the monster energy it takes to put on a really good show night after night, each in a different city, can be tough at times,” Harris added. “But we’re doing a comedy show, something we all love, so, of all life’s problems, it’s a great one to have.”

To follow their tour, visit their Facebook page "Organic: A Comedy Tour Documentary."

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blooms with garden tour Homes on the tour feature a variety of flowers, landscapes, water features and sculptures, pictured opposite page.

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Ann Kirk, executive director of Keep Smyrna Beautiful, lays it on the line immediately when speaking of the organization’s fifth annual garden tour, scheduled for May 18.

“This is an educational garden tour, not an ego tour,” she says firmly and it’s that exact approach that is heartening and helpful to local homeowners and growers. It’s one thing to visit a gorgeous garden and realize, with no small longing, that it can never be recreated in your own yard. It’s another to see your own gardening barriers breached and fixed by someone in your community and discover that you can do the same thing.

“We choose our gardens and homes because the owners have solved a problem – poor soil, small spaces, steep grades, too much sun or shade,” continues Kirk. “We show others how to make these situations work properly and give people ideas of what to do in their own yard.”

The tour, chaired the last four years by Liz Davis and this year

by Joan Stuart and Nell Robinson, is self-guided and can be taken at whatever pace the attendee pleases. Besides the five homes on the map, the tour includes King Springs elementary school, which boasts both a butterfly garden and an educational garden (“An outdoor classroom,” Kirk says with some pride, and one that Keep Smyrna Beautiful had a hand in creating.)

There are appealing extras: a tea room experience in the Taylor-Brawner House is included in the $10 ticket price; the Campbell High School Quartet will be playing part of the day, a pianist

later in the day; visual artists will be stationed at some tour locales painting and sketching the gardens; there’s also a plant sale so visitors can shop for their own property. The tour is a benefit to help accomplish precisely what the organization’s name says: keep Smyrna beautiful, and as an expanded part of their mission, to improve the environment and quality of life for the community. Proceeds from last year’s tour replaced downed and dead trees in Brawner Parks this year.

“It’s a special event,” says Kirk, “that connects people not just with ideas, but resources.”

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Di sh i n g t h e D ir t When: Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine.

Where: Five Smyrna homes, King Springs Elementary School, Brawner Parks (Tour map printed on each ticket).

Cost: $10 in advance at multiple locations, $15 day of tour only at the Taylor-Brawner House in Brawner Parks on Atlanta Rd. Advance tickets can be purchased in Smyrna at: Backyard Feed and Seed at 1565 Roswell St.; Love Street, 1295 Concord Rd. SE; and Atkins Park Tavern at 2840 Atlanta Rd SE. The Smyrna Community Center at 200 Village Green Cir. and the Smyrna Recycling Center at 645 Smyrna Hill Dr. are also selling tickets.

Bring: your camera, a notepad to jot down ideas and resources, cash if you want to purchase plants.

Pack: an appreciation for nature and community, a taste for tea refreshments and a hunger to learn more about effective gardening.

From left, Nell Robinson, Joan Stuart and Ann Kirk are all part of Keep Smyrna Beautiful that is hosting the event.

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By Michael Pallerino Photos courtesy of Angela Reign

Reign

on the way This is serious business – this life of a country music singer.

And right now, nobody lives that life harder than Angela Reign.

On a recent weekend, Reign tore it up as a finalist at Hard Rock International’s Battle of the Bands, and then spent the weekend with her agent/husband, Mike Waller, driving from gig to gig before jetting off to Los Angeles. The touring and music and more touring is what Reign dreamed of when she left her high-powered management consultant job and hit the road, literally, to chase her country music dream.

It’s your typical budding country music star story: One minute you’re consulting with some major corporation on how to add millions to its bottom line, and the next you’re performing before a throng of screaming fans during a pre-game concert at the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in the Georgia Dome. “I was making a significant financial impact with my day job, but all I kept thinking about were those 20 people I had entertained the weekend before,” Reign says. “Entertaining fed my soul.”

As the consultant-by-day-singer-by-night mantra hit full stride, it was Reign’s boss who finally encouraged her to pursue music full time. The consulting job would be there if she needed it, her boss promised. Well, you can officially transfer Angela Reign’s name from your LinkedIn contacts to your iPod playlist.

Eight of Reign’s songs have aired on mainstream radio. Over the past year or so, she has performed 50-plus events at major venues from Atlanta to Nashville, Tenn., including gigs at the country music capitol’s vaunted Bluebird Café. Her single, “I Wanna Ride the Bull,” which was released on a five-song CD with country music star Kip Moore’s No. 1 hit, “Beer Money,” continues to garner mass appeal. Along with being the inspiration for a line dancing class taught weekly at Electric Cowboy and Wild Bill’s, it has been put into rotation in 250 dance clubs across the country. The Georgia Music Awards also nominated the song’s video for “Best Music Video of the Year.”

“I’m not your traditional female country artist,” says Reign, who recently was nominated as “Best Female Country Artist of the Year” by the Georgia Music Awards. “I’m a wild woman on stage. I’m a chameleon. I’ll sing a love ballad with utter passion, and then follow it up with a hard-hitting, in-your-face rock anthem.

I’m unique, and a number of people I respect have convinced me to embrace that uniqueness.”

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Like many truly gifted singers, Reign started singing in the church choir at an early age. She continued her passion on and off through the years with cameos in local bands and performing in community theatres. It wasn’t until 2009, after singing with an ex-Nashville guitarist at a private event, that she began performing again regularly. “After hearing me sing, he made it clear I was wasting my true talent,” Reign recalls. “It has been such a blessed time with so many fun memories.”

But Reign is not just about taking everything that’s given her. She believes in giving back, too. Over the past year, her band has hosted benefit concerts for the American Cancer Society, The Strand Theatre, MS Society and the Wounded Warrior organization.

“Giving back through my music is hugely important to me. It has always been a part of who I am as a person. I want to use my music to inspire people and encourage them for whatever they might be going through. You can be having the absolute worst day of your life and music can bring you back to a better time and place.”

This is the legacy that Angela Reign inspires to leave – one that has taken her from corporate raider to compassionate songstress. “Today my band is my family; my music is my full-time job and the stage is my home.

I can’t imagine doing anything else. Will our uniqueness bring us continued success? Only time will tell, but we’re absolutely enjoying the journey.”

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Getting to know Angela Favorite Singer: Stevie Nicks Favorite (All-Time) Song: “Conviction of the Heart” (Kenny Loggins).

Best On Stage Moment: Singing Zac Brown’s “Free” with her bass player, Rick Sinclair.

Your Duet Wish List: Kenny Loggins.

Favorite Celebrity Moment: Hanging backstage with actor/comedian Steve Martin after his performance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Singer You’d Most Like to Meet: Madonna.

One Thing Everybody Should Know About You: I’m a science nerd.

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The One Song You'd Love to Record: “Don’t Stop Believin’” (Journey)

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Want to check Angela out on stage? Mark these dates on your country music calendar.

May 3 – The Branch House Tavern (Flowery Branch) May 24 – The Pourhouse (Ellijay) June 7 – A Rock Star Circus at East Andrews (Atlanta) June 8 – Georgia Music Awards at the Buckhead Theatre (Atlanta) June 22 – 120 Tavern and Music Hall (Marietta) June 29 – Jimmy Mac’s (Marietta) July 26 – The Pourhouse (Ellijay) July 27 – Cowboys Hotspot (Rutledge) August 3 – Hero Run (Kennesaw) August 10 – Rocco’s Pub (Jasper) Your vote counts The Georgia Music Awards recently nominated Angela for “Best Female Country Artist of the Year” award. Your vote can help. Voting is open until May 31. Visit www.georgiamusicawards.com/gma/

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ATLANTA BALLET’S LOVE STORIES >>Join the Atlanta Ballet for an evening exploring the theme of love through both classic and innovative choreography. Highlighting the athleticism and passion of Atlanta Ballet’s dancers, these performances find new meaning in the world’s greatest love stories. Discover the new, distinctive voice of the Atlanta Ballet and fall in love all over again.

The Atlanta Ballet presents “Love Stories” on May 10 at 8 p.m., May 11 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and May 12 at 2 p.m. at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Ticket prices start at $20.

Information: 404.873.5811 or www.atlantaballet.com

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MARIETTA/COBB MUSEUM OF ART>>The Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art presents two exhibitions through June 30 – the AAEA Equestrian Exhibition and “In the Mind’s Eye: The Art of the Chattahoochee Hand Weavers Guild.” The Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art is located in downtown Marietta at 30 Atlanta Street. Museum hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, free for children younger than six years and free for members.

Information: 770.528.1444 or www.mariettacobbartmuseum.org THE DINING ROOM>>Action around the dinner table of a well-to-do household creates a story of funny, touching and thoughtprovoking scenes. Written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Mary Nimsgern, the Polk Street Players present “The Dining Room” from May 3 to 18 at St. James Episcopal Church, 161 Church Street in Marietta. Call for performance times and ticket prices.

Information: 770.218.9669 or www.polkstreetplayers.com/

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GEORGIA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS CONCERT #3 >>Hear the 400 students of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus display their remarkable talents at the Bailey Performance Center of Kennesaw State University. Offerings include three full orchestras, a string orchestra, percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, and chorus. Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus performs on May 11 at 3 p.m., and May 12 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All seats are $5.

Information: 770.429.7016 or www.georgiasymphony.org JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT >>Atlanta Lyric Theatre presents the well-known biblical tale of a young man with a very special gift and some very big adventures. When Joseph receives a wondrous, colorful coat from his father, his jealous brothers take matters into their own hands. In Egypt, however, his fortunes take an unexpected turn for the better when he helps a troubled Pharaoh. A delightful, eclectic pop score by Andrew Lloyd Webber highlights this timeless favorite for audiences of all ages. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is June 7 through 23, at Earl Smith Strand Theatre. Ticket prices range from $25 to $50. Performance dates and times vary. Call Atlanta Lyric Theatre or visit their web site for details.

Information: 404.377.9948 or www.atlantalyrictheatre.com ANJELAH JOHNSON >>San Jose, California native Anjelah Johnson made a huge splash with “Nail Salon,” one of the most successful viral comedy videos of all time. This was one of the most viewed YouTube and Google videos of 2007, and propelled Anjelah to new heights with touring dates, television appearances, and many more public engagements. Anjelah has a devoted following in comedy clubs, online communities, colleges, and churches everywhere. She recurred on Fox’s long-running sketch series MADtv and was one of the first Latina comedians to join a sketch comedy series. She was honored with a 2008 ALMA Award nomination for “Outstanding Female Performance in a Comedy Television Series.” A wildly successful stand-up comedian, Anjelah has performed for troops in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and continues to tour the country, playing to sold-out comedy clubs. She recently worked on “Our Family Wedding” alongside Forest Whitaker and “Alvin & the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakuel.“ Anjelah Johnson performs on May 18, at 8 p.m., in the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. All seats are $30.50.

Information: 770.916.2808 or www.cobbenergycentre.com

TARA WINDS SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT >>Kennesaw State University presents the Tara Winds Scholarship Concert on May 18, at 7 p.m., in Morgan Concert Hall at the Bailey Performance Center on the KSU campus. Tickets are $12 for adults, $7 for students and seniors.

Information: 770.423.6650 or www.kennesaw.edu/arts A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE “A Streetcar Named Desire” reveals the very depths the character Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject the realities of her life. The pressure

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brought to bear upon her by her sister, with whom she goes to live in New Orleans, intensified by her sister’s earthy and extremely normal young husband, leads to a revelation of her tragic self-delusion and, in the end, to madness. Next Stage Theater Company presents “A Streetcar Named Desire” on May 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18, at the Alley Stage Theatre, 11 Anderson Street, off the Marietta Square. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for students and seniors.

Information: 678.744.6398 or www.nextstagetheatrecompany.com

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The Day1 ministry hosted its annual benefit baquet at the Cherokee Town and Country Club in Buckhead. The event honors leaders in metro Atlanta well known in their community, but who may not have been recognized for their commitment to their church. The event supports Day1.

1. Day1 honorees Buddy and Lillian Darden, of Marietta, members of Marietta First United Methodist Church. Buddy Darden is a former congressman and currently serves as senior counsel at McKenna, Long & Aldridge. Lillian Darden is a retired president and CEO of the Foundation of Wesley Woods. 2. Perk Lawrence of Marietta and Elsie Gould of Sandy Springs.

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reflections

Musings on Marriage “You should spend more time preparing for your marriage than your wedding day; your marriage lasts much, much longer than one day.”

That was the advice my grandmother gave me as I contemplated colors, fabrics, flowers and décor ten years ago. And what wise words they were.

As May ushers in the wedding season in the South, here is a compilation of marriage, not wedding day, advice from friends in Cobb County, and a few who live outside of Cobb.

They have all walked the road of marriage for many years and found ways to have a marriage that stands the test of time.

“For husbands, learn not to always offer quick solutions to her problems. Most times she just needs a

By Jaillene Hunter sounding board, not Mr. Answerman.” – husband married for 39 years “Men want to be respected and woman want to be cherished.” – wife married for 39 years “Just when I was getting use to yesterday, along came today! Be flexible.” – wife married for 43 years

“I remember my first visit to the pediatrician with my newborn. He told me our children were guests in our home and that my husband and I were there first. I took that to mean make sure my husband was my priority after God.” – wife married for 40 years “Do fun things together. And remember what is ‘fun’ for one may not be for the other, so learn to enjoy giving fun to your spouse.” – husband married for 46 years “Most couples spend the first 10 years of marriage trying to change their spouse. That’s not your job. You love her as she is, and allow God do any necessary changing.” – husband married for 15 years “Use humor, early and often. And try your best not to talk about just your children whenever you have time to be alone.

This is hard!” – wife married for 25 years “Two can live as inexpensively as one, but only if each is agreeable to having and doing half as much as they will want.

Watch your budget.” – husband married for 25 years “We often put in priority the things that are superficial, shallow, and not so everlasting. Look at him from the inside out.” – wife married for 43 years “It's hard to be a real family with only two. Children complete the cycle of life and fill empty places in your heart you never knew you had. Watch your children. They are gone too soon.” – husband married for 25 years “The idea of ‘fair’ can wreck a marriage. It moves you into the realm of keeping score, ‘I did the dishes last time, it’s her turn’ etc. which leads to resentment. Always assume you will do 80 percent of the work around the house and with the kids.

Worst thing that happens is you’ll be right (but you won’t be resentful— it’s what you assumed you would be doing.) Most likely, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how helpful your spouse truly is.” – husband married for 15 years “Every morning when you wake, turn to your wife and say, ‘I’m sorry.’” – husband married for 42 years

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